Comments on: The Verizon Phone Crisis

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 23:02:42 +0000

Your delineation between OS vs. hardware is correct. A few of the major perks of Android phones is that they are much more customizable, can relatively easily be rooted allowing for more technical use of the device and applications, and do run on a wide variety of form factors and manufacturers if you find one you love.

I’ve tested no less than 100 different combinations of devices by nature of my job, and while I’ve grown to like some of the more recent Android phones (particularly ones that are running Lollipop – the Nexus 5 and Galaxy S6 are awesome) – I’m definitely partial to Apple. I always suggest people try out both platforms for a contract cycle to see which one suit their style. I have a strong feeling you’d like iOS better and never go back.

The iOS app submission/approval process doesn’t limit creativity, either. Mostly just makes sure the apps are not abusing any of Apples APIs or services, and that if they are upselling from within the app – Apple gets a piece of the pie.

By: Tom Stortz

Tom Stortz — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:16:33 +0000

I’m hoping Evan chimes in here but I’ll educate you on Apple and IOS, from my limited knowledge, and how that compares to Google’s android.

Apple controls every aspect of the IPhone. There are no other “Apple” Manufacturers. They make sure the software works functionally and that it is “approved” on iOS (i Operating System). This gets viewed as both good and bad. Good because it assures consistency and bad because it limits creativity. Steve Jobs would argue that HE should tell the consumer what they should want.

Andoid isn’t a phone, it’s an operating system. Other manufacturer’s use Android’s OS to make a phone. There are thousands of phones that run off Android. So just because you got a shitty phone from LG doesn’t mean that Samsung’s phone is going to be shitty because it could have different hardware and run a completely different version of Android.

Like buying any other electronic device, research is crucial to knowing what’s best for you.

The market share of IOS and Android are nearly identical from this latest poll:
https://gigaom.com/2015/02/04/android-and-ios-are-nearly-tied-for-u-s-smartphone-market-share/

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:47:05 +0000

As I’m sure you know, I had an android phone (Revolution) prior to my current iPhone. I didn’t want to be the typical Apple fanboy, so I went with Android. It was the worst phone I’ve ever owned. Not the worst smart phone – the worst phone, period. Worse than the Razor, worse than the NV3, worse than everything. I I had that phone for a little over 2 years before switching to the iPhone and my world changed.

It was an LG, which people say are bad, but that wouldn’t happen with an iPhone (at least it hasn’t to me yet). Why would Android even provide a bad option? Maybe I was stupid and picked the bad phone, but they lost a customer because they were offering it. I’ll be loyal to Apple until my experience changes, but thus far, it’s been spotless.