Pick My Next Phone: iPhone 4 vs. Droid X

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Wait until summer. samsung galaxy 2 should be in the states in a month or two. The specs on new andriod hardware is insane. Not to mention the iphone 5 is due summer/fall.

I wouldnt even think about a new phone until the 2011 models come out. Anything else will be lile buying a used laptop.
 


wow wtf is with all of you retards?

1. "hurr iphone is just marketing" - really? This is a marketing forum. iPhone is meant to be a device that 'just works', and it does the job damn well.

2. Android OS as a whole, is highly unpolished in comparison, and is largely geared towards the same people who say things like "look at my linux box, it's far more customizable, all I have to do is spend 6 hours coding and bam! my windows now have a rounded corner instead of a square!"

Android OS feels like a grad student's unfinished thesis project. iOS feels like a finished product.
 
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Samsung Omnia 7, I moved from an iPhone 3G to this. Windows Phone 7 is going to be huge, they just made a deal with Nokia who are going to be dropping their own OS and using Windows Phone instead on all their new models. and lol @ android, they have dual core CPU's and all that shit happening now but the menus still lag when you scroll, what a joke. All I'm sayin' is consider it bro, don't count it out because it's Microsoft, they've done a fucken excellent job on this one.

Pros

- When I take photos it automatically uploads them to SkyDrive which is synced with my PC. The same with notes, it all syncs up with OneNote and it's all built into the OS.

- The simple UI is fantastic to use, I don't miss iOS in the slightest. Apps are designed to be panoramic, and you're just changing your viewpoint of it by sliding it left and right. In reality it is very intuitive and a pleasure to use. Best way to explain is with this picture below. On an iPhone each of those 3 sections would be totally separate and require button presses to switch between, which feels very disjointed after using a windows phone.

panorama-ctrl_3.jpg



- Interface is designed to be black which goes perfect with the samoled screen.

- Zune is a nice piece of software, kills iTunes in almost every way especially aesthetics.

- It has a back button.


Cons

- App market is much smaller than android & iphone, but it is growing steadily. All the major apps are out there.

- True multitasking is missing, but the back button accomplishes a similar feat. If you leave an app to reply to an sms and then hit the back button, it brings you right back to where you left off. True multitasking (web OS style) is coming in an update in the near future.

- There's no black market of apps yet, there is a "jailbreak" that allows you to perform customisations, but no full on illegal app shit yet. Fortunately most paid apps allow trials.


Look at this gorgeous SAMOLED screen, the blacks are 100% perfectly black. Iphone's look washed out next to this, although the iPhone 4 does have a higher resolution screen.
Samsung-Omnia-7-1.jpg
 
Having used both, the iPhone was a pain in the ass to use compared to droidx/android os. Not major things, but alot of little annoyances and unnecessary steps I had to take on ios that was enough to irritate me to switch.
 
Had blackberries for years. (probably 6?) then bought an iphone4 sometime back... It's okay, but I tend to fuck off wayyyy more on it than BB.

Then a week ago I played with my buddies new Droid. Fuck, I honestly though I made a mistake buying the Iphone4. Thing is nice!

Also - comparing the number of apps? 250k is better than 75k?

Right, that's why you see a grand total of maybe 150 in the Apple App Store, and why half of those are basically identical. Penis measuring contest much? My buddies droid had some apps I'd droll for that the App store didn't have.
 
papajohn56 said:
2. Android OS as a whole, is highly unpolished in comparison, and is largely geared towards the same people who say things like "look at my linux box, it's far more customizable, all I have to do is spend 6 hours coding and bam! my windows now have a rounded corner instead of a square!"

Android OS feels like a grad student's unfinished thesis project. iOS feels like a finished product.
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^^ :thumbsup:
 
Had a droid x , what a POS. Bought an iPhone 4 with no contract discount tht thing sucked so badly. The warranty replacement they sent me had 1:4 of the screen out and the thing rebooted 4x/day randomly.

lol android
 
Also remember that Android OS *was* going to be like Blackberry OS...until iOS was released. Then Google scrapped it and started over.

Evidence:

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Get a HTC Desire HD or Samsung Galaxy S.

I for myself want to get rid of my iPhone as I am just bored of it and I dont support iTunes anymore :p

I ll get the HTC Desire HD
 
Looking at going Verizon? Then Thunderbolt. Or, if you're sticking with your two picks, Droid X.
 
Not much of anti-fanboy, just I don't agree that having something that every other Joe has adds to your coolness :)
 
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