zacharydansby said:
I hear ya, Rob. But how did you bear that waiting after every click of something before the next window appeared or the how it often took two taps of the screen to respond? Android just felt like a toy to me. And I've never heard 12:1 Android users say they've had a perfect experience with it. (Even on Android forums).. :-/ But each to his own/ Live and let live..
I hear you my friend but we REALLY travel in different circles. My experiences and talks with friends are 180° the opposite of what you've just explained. How could that be?? I had the very DroidX2 you cite and Galaxy all side by side doing my own tests and comparisons and then believing I was too "biased" I asked two people who still had flip phones of all things to test drive these three phones without telling them which one I used most. Both chose the 4S. Now that's with some simple app finding and getting into an email an text. It's not like living with both for weeks on end getting to mastery level with both and then reporting findings.See thats just it - it never had that experience. I clicked - it happened. I think, pound for pound, my DroidX2 was significantly faster than my iPhone4, maybe even a little faster than my iPhone4S - maybe the same... DEFINITELY not slower. At all. Whats more, I have never met anyone who has had bad experiences with an Android phone - and in my neck of the woods, Android phones outnumber the iphone by FAR. In fact, no one around me understands why I switched (it was for a 3rd party app that I needed for school - the android version was garbage, but that was the app makers fault).
Its simply a fact - you usually hear from the upset customers. The happy customers usually tend to be quiet. Like I said - thats just a fact of business that pretty much everyone knows. I mention that because on forums, I too have seen complaints about Android phones. But in real life (at least in my neck of the woods), everyone seems to love their Android phones.
I love my iPhone. I get teased - quite a bit sometimes, but I like my iPhone and I don't intend to switch anytime soon
Take care,
Rob
pianoman said:
Yes, I totally get that, Rob. Me too. The Android had nothing I needed and the iOS had everything I needed and functions it had in common with the Android, iOS performed them way better. So for me needed functionality AND performance were both better on iPhone for me after months spent on both. I believe I can "empirically" show iPhone's superiority but that would just be "over the top". I'd be interested to know what daily apps you need. I need my phone for business and it's likely we use different stuff. If you use your Android for Angry Bird and email and text it's probably just as competent as iOS. But I put some pretty heavy load on my SmartPhones. Android couldn't hang. But was WAAAY cool looking!! And very customizable!I did land with the iPhone and I am very happy here and see no reason (as of yet) to go back... But I feel compelled to point out once again that the reason I switched from the Android to the iPhone had NOTHING to do with either phone (good or bad), but rather a 3rd party piece of software that I needed for school.
If the situation were to ever reverse - should I need something for school that was better on the android, I would have no problems whatsoever switching.
I guess I am something of a techno-whore, I have no loyalty except to my own needs (in regards to technology). Whatever device best suits my needs at the moment, that's the one I will go with
Take care,
Rob
