Comments on: Switching between Android 4.0 ICS and iPhone 4S

By: Dedeebabi101

Dedeebabi101 — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:15:00 +0000

The same thing happened to me. But I got an HTC Sensation and I haven’t touched my iPod Touch 4G ever since I got the sensation. But I recently used my iPod because someone stole my Sensation but I got a new phone the next day. IPods/Iphones are too blocked meaning that Apple doesn’t let a user customize as much as an android user.

By: Sqube

Sqube — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:46:00 +0000

You showed Apple’s home screen versus the GNex’s app drawer. Seriously? Are you moonlighting as an Apple attorney or something?

This series of articles has been quite interesting. But that is a massive, glaring, and (IMO) embarrassing oversight.

By: dk81

dk81 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:38:00 +0000

get a life spammer pos

By: dk81

dk81 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:32:00 +0000

agreed. competition and capitalism. always a win-win for the consumer

By: dk81

dk81 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:29:00 +0000

same here. once i switched from stock to gummy the volume greatly improved. use speakerphone on a daily basis now

By: dk81

dk81 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:23:00 +0000

in response to you they are comparing a nexus which is a developers phone. i think u may find a highet number of these rooted than anything else so i feel my statements are completely relevant

By: dk81

dk81 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:18:00 +0000

ill say it this way. if u need to root then something is really wrong with the carrier/manufacturer. the phone should be fully customizable out of the box

By: dk81

dk81 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:18:00 +0000

ill say it this way. if u need to root then something is really wrong with the carrier/manufacturer. the phone should be fully customizable out of the box

By: Bristecom

Bristecom — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:33:00 +0000

There was a time when I was considering switching to AT&T just to get an iPhone. There was also a time when I was waiting to get a Windows Phone 7. But now with my Galaxy Nexus and unlimited Verizon data plan, I am very satisfied. I’ve messed around with the iPhone quite a bit and it just feels outdated and boring to me. I’ve also played with some Windows Phones and they seem too limited – like a step backwards coming from my Windows Mobile 6 phone. The Galaxy Nexus has pretty much everything I want and I can customize it how I want. Sure, it may not be as polished as an iPhone or Windows Phone but I’m confident that most, if not all issues will be resolved in the future with updates from Google.

By: Bristecom

Bristecom — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:33:00 +0000

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:06:00 +0000

I agree on the camera, from what I’ve heard the 4S camera is the best on the market. Animation smoothness highly depends on the device. The iPhone 4S is wickedly smooth, the 4 is very smooth, my iPod Touch 4G lags like you wouldn’t believe on iOS 5. When I unlock it, sometimes the slider just stays stuck on the far right side for 15-30 seconds before it will actually open the screen. There are all kinds of times where it just seizes up and lags like crazy. Never happened before iOS 5.

By: GetMouse

GetMouse — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:30:00 +0000

One word DROID.

By: ebernet

ebernet — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:27:00 +0000

If you were using this guide to decide what phone you should get, I’d feel sorry for what a lousy guide you used to base decisions on…

By: ebernet

ebernet — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:25:00 +0000

Sadly, the author does not really know iOS as much as he thinks he does. For example, in the 1st 5 minutes he mistakes transcription for Siri, asks Siri a stupid question and does not compare it to searching the web on Android, and then he goes on to say a misinformed comment like “the iPhone uses CPU to power scrolling while Android can use the GPU” whereas the iPhone has always had tight coupling between the OS and CPU/GPU since day one, while Android has finally added ANY kind of hardware scrolling (CPU OR GPU) in Android 3 (yes there have been hardware hooks since Android 1. for games, but the UI was not channelled through the hardware). At that point it became pointless to watch anymore because of the obvious lack of knowledge of the author. If you are looking to decide between iOS and ICS, I recommend reading a comparison by someone who has spent more than one week with an iPhone (and for that matter, more than one week with Android…)

By: ebernet

ebernet — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:25:00 +0000

By: Adas Weber

Adas Weber — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:05:00 +0000

I don’t care what the market says. I have one and it’s great.

By: Adas Weber

Adas Weber — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:05:00 +0000

I don’t care what the market says. I have one and it’s great.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:42:00 +0000

i disagree to both of your points.

When I install a firewall software on my PC does that mean something is wrong with my PC? Not necessarily. Rooting a phone just gives you and the apps to have access to the root aka superuser. If you don’t know what that means, perhaps Linux 101 will get you right on that. Having root access extends what you can do with the phone’s OS such as installing a firewall, overclock the cpu among other great things.

Custom Android ROMs can change the UI to as polish as your photoshop skills can take you. Look into the MIUI ROM. I practically switch my UI between themes almost every week because I get bored looking at the same UI all the time.

By: Brian Topping

Brian Topping — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:04:00 +0000

It’s a good thing someone is spending money on innovation or all the phones would still look like blackberries.

What’s funny/sad is now Apple has gotten wise to copycatting and is letting Android figure out how to get the power profile down on the LTE chipsets they were so eager to get on board with. Competition suffers in these situations, with all camps doing “just enough” to stay ahead of the other. Historically, Microsoft is the only other major player with fresh ideas (though as WinMo 8 plans show, they know they have a lot of problems), and RIM is dead. So I wouldn’t get too cheerful about competition yet. It could be a relatively dark few years after the smoke clears.

By: John Appleseed

John Appleseed — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:15:00 +0000

You sir, are a dumbass. Quality not quantity – megapixels isn’t everything.

By: HolidayNC

HolidayNC — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:43:00 +0000

If you have to use a standard apple iOS wallpaper to keep your home screen from appearing cluttered… I’d be willing to bet your choice of platform is the problem, not your wallpaper. I’m just saying.

And for the record, I don’t think it looks cluttered at all, even with app icons all over it.

By: paxmos

paxmos — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:03:00 +0000

I returned that one since it had a German T-Mobile splash screen and got another one. This one came with Spanish language set when turend on but without any carrier Splash screen. I updated it and also added the ATT APN and have either 3G or H and it is pretty fast….So you are right, the first one went back and the second one is working just fine.

By: paxmos

paxmos — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:03:00 +0000

By: infinityLinuxGeek

infinityLinuxGeek — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:35:00 +0000

Maemo 5 and Meego have better multitasking capabilities than iOS and Android, that’s the hardest thing to adjust to when moving from the former two platforms.

By: infinityLinuxGeek

infinityLinuxGeek — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:35:00 +0000

Maemo 5 and Meego have better multitasking capabilities than iOS and Android, that’s the hardest thing to adjust to when moving from the former two platforms.

By: n900mixalot

n900mixalot — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:41:00 +0000

Sure. Voice command works a lot better when it comes to navigation and sending text messages, and recognizing my contacts. Siri I doesn’t seem to understand him or to be able to differentiate between his requests and background noise.

By: n900mixalot

n900mixalot — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:41:00 +0000

By: Kin

Kin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:08:00 +0000

WP7, the Market has spoken: It is a NO!!!!

By: Kin

Kin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:08:00 +0000

WP7, the Market has spoken: It is a NO!!!!

By: therealciviczc

therealciviczc — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:19:00 +0000

In other words, “He didn’t get the result I wanted, so he’s biased”. As the other guy pointed out, this is an iOS user who concludes that he’ll be staying with iOS. How is that a droid fanboy?

By: therealciviczc

therealciviczc — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:17:00 +0000

The Nexus is a far different beast from android phones of the past. I’ve always been an android fan, but I certainly recognized that many things that iOS offered that android lacked. With ICS on the Nexus, most of the things that were advantages on iOS have been nearly eliminated, and all of the things that were advantages with previous versions of android are even better now. The two very minor places where iOS still shines in my opinion are animation smoothness, and the camera.

By: technobaboy

technobaboy — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:12:00 +0000

i came from iPhone 4 and switched to Galaxy Nexus. it’s not that hard to adjust.

By: EVIL_JIMMY

EVIL_JIMMY — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:10:00 +0000

I disagree with your statement ‘if you really have to root, something is wrong with the phone.’ I find ICS to be everything I want and need from a phone, however I rooted within a month, and preceded to flash a custom rom, kernel, baseband and design my own boot animation. Stock ICS is amazing, but when you root, the customization is endless, and many people with iPhones are constantly wanting to see all the features of my phone that I can customize. It is, after all, my phone, so I want it to be different to everyone else’s!

By: Adas Weber

Adas Weber — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:05:00 +0000

I agree. For my requirements, WP7 does everything I need it to. I like the WP7 UI a lot.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:38:00 +0000

I’ve had an iPod Touch for years, currently a 4th generation running iOS 5. I’ve always preferred Android for my phone, but there have been MANY times where it was just easier or more fun to use iOS. It may be a little more limited, but I always thought iOS was a platform I couldn’t live without. Thursday, I got my Galaxy Nexus delivered. Aside from music in the car, I haven’t touched my iPod since. In terms of looks, functionality and every measurable way, ICS and the Nexus absolutely destroys iOS. I never thought an Android update could feel like a completely new OS and seem so much more advanced, but it really does. My iPod seems washed out, laggy and outdated, even the brand new iOS 5 just feels like an OS from the mid 1990′s compared to ICS. This is not a “fanboy” rant, I have always preferred iOS for games and media consumption, but that officially changed last week. I still like iOS for music and exclusive apps, but for everything else, my Nexus has stolen my heart.

By: Brian Fell Over

Brian Fell Over — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:10:00 +0000

In a different post you said that you returned your Lumia 800 as it didn’t work on AT&T (silly tri-band Nokia instead of their usual pentaband on all their other devices). So, are you really using it every day?

By: Brian Fell Over

Brian Fell Over — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:10:00 +0000

By: Hardy

Hardy — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:56:00 +0000

Dude he us using an iPhone 4S, how is he a droid fanboi?

By: Hardy

Hardy — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:56:00 +0000

Dude he us using an iPhone 4S, how is he a droid fanboi?

By: Derek Stiles

Derek Stiles — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:00:00 +0000

“I think Android is a much better phone but I’m gonna keep using my iphone.” In other words, “I’m so hip!”