Ah yes, time for the next crop of “xxxxx phones will beat the iPhone”. And like the other competitors they will fall in the iPhones shadow. People like the iPhone because it’s simple, thin and easy to use. When you get a iphone it comes with 5-6 apps and you buy the rest. Throwing numerous gadgets onto a phone won’t persuade users to use your phone.
Some people will buy a particular phone for a particular gadget, the products will fill a niche.
My particular issue is, as I get older, I have a hard time reading from a little screen. One of those phones with a 5” screen is looking pretty good to me.
Well, I have a Samsung Galaxy which has been good. Got a hold of a friend's iPhone and found it anything but easy compared to the Droid OS. Smaller screen, more searching through menus. Really couldn't see why anyone would pick that phone other than name recognition.
I had the iPhone 4 for over a year but wanted to upgrade to 4G internet. I liked the phone but wanted faster data transfer capability for work. I thought the 4S had to have it, but no. Then I compared it to the Driod Razr 4G. It was no contest and blew away iPhone in every single category.
I got the Razr. It is thinner, much much faster, longest battery life in the industry, feels more solid and has a much bigger screen. I thought it was just as easy to use and was ready to go as soon as I charged it. If you can read, you can use it. I never asked for help or opened a manual. Yes, it came with a few apps that I would never use but I uninstalled them in less than one minute.
Also, it is far easier to develop your own software for Android and you don’t have to submit it to apple for approval.
My gripe with the wife's iPhone is that it's "simple and easy to use" in the way Apple wants you to use it. Stray off their path and it's a b!tch.
Great device for non-technically inclined people (like my wife), but when one is used to having full control of their system using an iPhone is frustrating.
Example: my wife would like to have a copy of our vacation pictures (taken with a digital camera) on her iPhone. No problem, I think; there's a DCIM/100Apple folder on the phone visible when I plug it into my Ubuntu machine. Oh, except the iPhone by itself will not scan that folder for pictures; it uses sqlite to track the photos so unlike inexpensive digital cameras, one can't simply copy digital images onto the phone. Ditto with digital music. In both cases one must do the transfer via iTunes which means my PC must do some of the heavy lifting for the iPhone.
Good for some, I guess.