The stupid comments about “My friend has an Android and it doesn’t work”, is just childish and most likely a lie.  First off, if it doesn’t work, get one that does.  850,000 a day.  Some of them MUST be working, you think?  Live and let live.  If you want to buy a “smart” phone that has “problems” with data — knock yourself out.  There giving them out free with a two year contract, since they don’t work.  So at least it’s a pretty rock. 

The stupid comments about “My friend has an Android and it doesn’t work”, is just childish and most likely a lie.  First off, if it doesn’t work, get one that does.  850,000 a day.  Some of them MUST be working, you think?  Live and let live.  If you want to buy a “smart” phone that has “problems” with data — knock yourself out.  There giving them out free with a two year contract, since they don’t work.  So at least it’s a pretty rock. 

Stop freaking lying.

Disclaimer: real GNex owner.

now, on to camera res … well, this is not related to display res — i.e. you might be able to shoot 1080p, but you’ll only be able to view it natively on a 1080p display (your tv/pc). for instance, the iphone 4s screen is the same as the 4, but they updated the camera hardware and included one that can record 1080p. i think most people that want to do video from their phone end up getting it onto a pc where they can burn it to a dvd or stream to a 1080p display.

yea, i’m happy with my lumia 900 because it’s exactly what i want in a smartphone right now.

Done that? Good.

Evidently you missed the only point I’ve made so far when I said that my Samsung Focus has crashed 5 times total on a freshly released v1.x OS over 16 months of ownership. I’m still waiting for you to give me an example of an Android phone with that level of stability.

Windows phone was out of my radar until recently and I wanted something to help me in my work.   I’m not going to baby talk you like *ooooh look at the pretty colors!*. No, I’ll be talking jargon so if you want to follow allow you’ll have to google the terms.

1.  Office integration – Webapps which include Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Onenote.
I can put my docs in skydrive and view them on my phone and edit them there too.    Do you realize what this means?!?  It’s freakin neat!

2.  The amount of built-in features are many, but the thing is, you won’t need a manual.  If you had a tech-phobic momma who’s afraid to even add contacts on her old phone, she could Own this thing.  It took me 1 hour to breeze thru the phone system, no memorization required. What you feel should be the next step to perform the task will probably what you’ll have to do.

3.  Music Pictures   -  it depends on the hardware, my phone is an old mozart and it’s ok

4.  Phone calls   -   GOOD!  My house has a metal frame and I could never get a signal inside ( Gaussian effect ).  I’m thankful FINALLY just to be able to use my phone indoors and not leave it at the windowsill.

5. APPS  -  the store has all the apps I need.  I’m not really into games and most of what I have are productivity related.  This is not a kid’s phone.  It’s a business or IT phone.    …. but when I do play,  it’s decent hehehe.

6. Battery  -  Crap!  But I don’t know if it’s because it’s a second-hand phone with worn out batteries, the hoops I have to get the phone thru all day, or if it’s built that way but it only lasts me 1 day.  But if I have to charge it every night, I’ll thank my stars because of what it does for me throughout the day.

First, the HTC Dream ran the first version of Android OS. It is 4 years old and the OS has gone through 3 more versions since then. Can’t draw a comparison with that. I’m pretty sure Apples first attempt at a smart phone OS was buggy (I had one) and Microsoft’s was damn near unusable (Windows Mobile).

Second, I could name 4 people with a Galaxy Nexus and 4 people with a Galaxy S off the top of my head who love their phones (I have a Nexus, my brother has a Nexus, etc.) but that is such a dumb argument that instead I will try to help your friend out. It sounds like your friends device is having hardware issues, and she should most likely return it under warranty. I’ve had a blackberry that’s done the same thing, returned it, got a new one, works fine. To assume that its the operating system or that its similar to all Nexus devices simply because you know one person whose phone is having issues is just plain silly. My friends iPhone 4s didn’t work when he first got it either, but Apple fixed it… Whats even sillier is the fact that she hasn’t returned it to have it fixed yet… I mean really, really? You think that there wouldn’t be millions of complaints if everyone was experiencing that issue??? Its obviously just a faulty device, out of millions of successful, which happens with every tech release.

So this is the record your basing it on, your 2 pals… I could name 5 android devices right now which are great devices: Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Note, Droid Razr Maxx, HTC Rezound and Droid 4. All of which have gotten critical appraise, sold well, and work great, even the devices with gingerbread. Nokia has 1 WP device available in the US, the 900, which has been purchased by a very small proportion of the smartphone population (30th still means theres 29 phones out there selling better, the majority of iOS and Android devices). Don’t get me wrong, I like WP, and the idea behind it, but there’s no need to bash Android when obviously it works well and is deemed great by many phone owners…

Aside from that, I’ve lived with two Android users. Currently, they own a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and a Samsung Galaxy S. The Galaxy Nexus crashes daily and spins in endless reboot loops until she removes the battery. It’s pitiful to see that behavior on a freaking flagship device with “Nexus” in the name. The Galaxy S fares a little better, but still reboots around twice a week during normal use.

My Samsung Focus has crashed 5 times in the last 16 months. Internet Explorer has crashed perhaps a dozen times, but when it does it neither loses my tab URLs nor forces a system reboot. So tell me, what “good” Android phones have that kind of a record?

what kind of customization are you talking about ? i want a phone that’s easy to use, has a great form factor/design, and handles all social interactions with ease. iphone meets these criteria but has a couple of “serious” drawbacks: 1) they’re way too expensive, 2) they’re terribly fragile (see 1) about replacement cost) — made ugly with fat cases, 3) the ui is smooth, but dated. a lot of people seem to forget that ios only added multitasking and other real goodies starting with iphone 4 … so, it took them 4 revs to put some good things into that os. as far as droid, well, it’s just a mess…

you’re correct — pretty much all the other smartphone platforms can provide the same kind of “general” (not all have that 1080p video shooting you require) functionality. however, in my opinion, the lumia is the best thing to happen to smartphones in a while and it’s a refreshing change from the boredom (and to me — not so great experience) of droid + ios.

Where I think WP does well is the interface. Now how much of the praise in this area is due simply to the novelty and how much it has actually “advanced” the UI field is questionable. I liked test driving WP, and it did work well, but I have never had problems using my Android phones either, so its not a big selling point for me.

Again, your knowledge of the computing power difference between 1 and 4 cores is idiotic at best. 4 cores allow for greater threading/multi-tasking. Neither the iPhone 4S or any Windows Phone does true multi-tasking. With ICS there is even no lag due to multi-tasking thanks to ICS hardware acceleration. More cores don’t mean run smooth, more cores mean run smooth and do 4 separate things at once. Something neither of your phones can do. By your logic, all computers should only have 1 core, because no one will ever want to do 2 things on their computer at once… Whats even better is that Apollo is supposed to support multi-tasking, but it won’t be an upgrade option for Nokia’s released phones…why…because it requires multiple cored computing…

I have no problem with Android owners who switched to Windows Phone, they generally seem to be normal, friendly people. But I feel like every iPhone user whose moved to WP has quadrupled their elitist smug ways… I am not a Fandroid, I have had an iPhone and Android phones in the past, I am not a WinFan, Microsoft has done both great and poor things to its consumers in the past, and I am not an iFan, I have an iPad, iPod, etc. and still think they could do things better. But you sir, are a jerk, and an ignorant one at that.

Seriously, what is it about Android morons (poor people) that they love to brag about dual/quad core(s)? My iPhone 4 and soon Nokia Lumia run smooth in a single core. Why does it take a quad core to run smooth? Fail!

Fan droids are scared! They should be. Their crappy plastic(y) phones are garbage compared to the iPhone 4 and Lumia 900