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Iphone 5 or high end android based, is the iphone worth the added expense? What makes one preferable over the other?
Jailbreaking does not change the hardware...and there is still significantly less software available than an Android device.Personally, I still have an iPhone and have jailbreaked it in the past to get around DirtyOldBoats arguments.
You're lucky. Batteries go bad all the time. In addition to that, battery life sucks on every smartphone. I can just pop in a new battery with my Samsung and keep going. I have three. They are peanuts on ebay.My iphone 4 is 2 1/2 years old and the battery life is very similar to when it was new so not sure its that much of a drawback that I can't replace the battery.
Lots of people use memory cards. It's not just the expansion ability that's nice, you can use an SD card like a floppy disk to transfer files from one place to another. 16GB is not a lot of space for music and it's a tiny amount of space if you watch any high definition videos. I have more than 12gb of Apps alone installed on my phone.The memory argument is interesting. I know dozens of people that have android phones and iPhones. None of the Android people have ever used an SD card so a lot depends on how you use the phone if its necessary. I have a 32GB iPhone and have never used more than 16Gb of its capacity. Its basically all music on my iPhone.
If you want to spend a boat load of money up front. Plans like net10 are not really comparable to the big carriers like AT&T if you actually use your internet connection. It's fine if all you do is talk.What cracks me up about DirtyOldBoats comments about price is that the price of the phone is insignificant when you get down to the amount of money people spend on their phone service over its contract. Get the best phone and get an aftermarket service like Net10 or Straight talk and you will be thousands of dollars ahead after a few years..
Actually not true. Typically, major apps are always written for the iPhone before the Android. I know a few app developers and they say the same thing. I had a Dishpointer app I needed for installing DirecTv antennas. Took a year before the Android app was available after the iPhone app came out.Jailbreaking does not change the hardware...and there is still significantly less software available than an Android device.
So...have you ever owned an iphone or ipad and used the Apple IOS system?Iphones are for people that need to be told what to do and when to do it. If you walk around in a $500 pair of skinny jeans, then you probably want one.
You do realize that Net10 and StraighTalk are just resellers and use the ATT or T-mobile system right?Plans like net10 are not really comparable to the big carriers like AT&T if you actually use your internet connection. It's fine if all you do is talk.
Not really. Android has around 75% of the market. Why would a developer make an app for the other 25% first? Apple had more apps a few years ago when Android first came out, I'll give you that. Things have changed.Typically, major apps are always written for the iPhone before the Android.
Not true at all. That's why each new smartphone and tablet that comes out has more and more pixels on the screen. Better video.Putting HD quality movies on a smartphone is pretty pointless. You can reduce the quality and file size a lot for a smartphone and not see the difference. I never watch movies on a phone anymore now that I have a tablet.
I don't pay extra for inferior products that have fancy plastic cases. Do I know people that have iphones and always want me to fix it for them? Yes.So...have you ever owned an iphone or ipad and used the Apple IOS system?
Just because they use the same towers doesn't mean their plans or service are even remotely similar. The cheap plans cut you off after just 1 or 2 GB of internet usage, even though they claim "unlimited". After you hit the limit, they "throttle" your data by lowering the speed so low that it's unusable. Like I said, if you only talk and don't use data, then they're great. You'll also have to fork out around $700-1000 for a phone. I'm not sure why you'd want a smartphone if you don't use any data...You do realize that Net10 and StraighTalk are just resellers and use the ATT or T-mobile system right?
For someone who know iphones so well, you would think you would know they don't have plastic cases.I don't pay extra for inferior products that have fancy plastic cases
Curious what you do with your smart phone that requires 2GB of data. Do you stream video a lot? For me, my main use for my smartphone is for email for my job and my side businesses, both are very low data intensive. Keeping all my appointments. Doing stock transactions. Programming my Directv. Checking sports. Programming my thermostat. Some facebook. Checking weather. GPS for the car. Yelp. Tracking packages with FedEx and UPS...I think my most usage to date is 500Mb.Just because they use the same towers doesn't mean their plans or service are even remotely similar. The cheap plans cut you off after just 1 or 2 GB of internet usage, even though they claim "unlimited". After you hit the limit, they "throttle" your data by lowering the speed so low that it's unusable. Like I said, if you only talk and don't use data, then they're great. You'll also have to fork out around $700-1000 for a phone. I'm not sure why you'd want a smartphone if you don't use any data...
My Galaxy Note and tablet are both 1280x800. (More than the 15" computer monitor I'm using now!) Every 3 weeks or so when they come out with a new version it usually has more pixels than the last. Android phones definitely have Apple beat for displays.The current Galaxy S2 has 480x800 pixels to 640x1136 of the iPhone. Trust me...keeping videos in an HD format to view on your phone is a waste of memory.
I need to get a new camera too, but the phone is the thing that is always in my pocket. I'd be really pissed if I couldn't take a video because my memory is full. An empty 32gb card only holds about 5 hours of HD video. Obviously much less if I've already got other stuff on the card.I still use a separate camera from my phone.
I can eat 2gb with video in less than an hour. Get bored and hit youtube...or make a video call and it adds up really quick. I probably listen to Pandora a couple hundred hours a month. Plus I have it set to automatically upload every pic I take to my dropbox account, that's 2-3mb each. (I take a lot of pics) I also use it as a hotspot for my tablet...it seems like the bigger the screen, the faster you use data...Curious what you do with your smart phone that requires 2GB of data.
I guess I would rather be bored and save the $700/year.I can eat 2gb with video in less than an hour. Get bored and hit youtube...or make a video call and it adds up really quick.
And to think I just bought another new flip phone. :facepalm: Yes, they still make them......:lol: