Why iPhone and not Android?

[warnergt]

Why is it his loss? Because he doesn't own an Apple product? Plenty of people, millions of them, get along just fine without an iPhone or other Apple product.

It is his loss because (surveys consistently show) there is a
better product out there and he refuses to even consider it.

Trends can say whatever you want them to. In my situation, the Droid3 is my best option.

Huh? I'm talking about the trend of owner experiences.
If you've got a product that ranks best by far in owner
experiences -- in three different large surveys -- how could
you not interpret that as a good thing?

When only 64% of Android users surveyed would stick with
that type of phone versus 84% for iPhone users, that says something.

Enjoy your Android phone.

 

[warnergt]

In 2+ years of using a Droid, I think I've bought 2 apps - everything else I have downloaded has been free and the music has been ripped from a CD. With all the free apps I can download, install, and if it doesn't work, nuke it and try another app. The Droid app store is miles deep and a big chunk of it is free.

Exactly how deep is "miles deep?"

iPhone users are downloading more than 5 million free apps a day.

Currently Google Play has some 500,000 apps for Android
while Apple has 600,000 apps in its app store. Source.

 

[kserg]

Was not a fan of iphone. As far as android phones, motorola razr maxx is amazing.

 

[MJ5150]

When only 64% of Android users surveyed would stick with that type of phone versus 84% for iPhone users, that says something.

I agree that it says something. People like their iPhones more than people like their Androids. OK, now what? I should buy one and get rid of my Droid?

This is where I don't follow your logic. These stats you dug up make the iPhone a better device since more people like it? Even if it was 99% that liked the iPhone, it still isn't the best device for me. Why is that hard to accept?

I don't want to argue or make anyone mad. After all, these are just pieces of plastic and metal anyway. If someone likes their smartphone, fine. As has been said, there is no best overall.

-Mike

 

[kserg]

I agree that it says something. People like their iPhones more than people like their Androids. OK, now what? I should buy one and get rid of my Droid?

This is where I don't follow your logic. These stats you dug up make the iPhone a better device since more people like it? Even if it was 99% that liked the iPhone, it still isn't the best device for me. Why is that hard to accept?

I don't want to argue or make anyone mad. After all, these are just pieces of plastic and metal anyway. If someone likes their smartphone, fine. As has been said, there is no best overall.

-Mike

Also, ~99% of apple users are fanatics.

 

[ChadonBass]

Tried iPhone. Returned it for a Droid Razr by Motorola. 4g, gorilla glass, kevlar and half as thick as the iPhone. I haven't had any issues at all. Its a great phone and the dual core processor makes it as fast or faster than other phones.

 

[Eric Perry]

Tried iPhone. Returned it for a Droid Razr by Motorola. 4g, gorilla glass, kevlar and half as thick as the iPhone. I haven't had any issues at all. Its a great phone and the dual core processor makes it as fast or faster than other phones.

But don't you know that 88% (or whatever) of iPhone users are happy with their device???? Clearly you must return your substandard Android crap and exchange it for the obviously superior Apple product.

 

[Eric Perry]

For those of us that have owned both the iPhone and and Android device, only to settle on Android, and then have someone tell us we're WRONG because some lame percentage chose "other" is laughable to me.

But... I've come to accept that from the Steve Jobs fanbois.

 

[MJ5150]

Same here Eric. It's a fine device, the iPhone, but some of the people who use them are over the top zealous. Relax already.

-Mike

 

[Pilgrim]

For those of us that have owned both the iPhone and and Android device, only to settle on Android, and then have someone tell us we're WRONG because some lame percentage chose "other" is laughable to me.

But... I've come to accept that from the Steve Jobs fanbois.

You have summed up the situation.

 

[Rusty Chainsaw]

It's horses for courses really. I might be an Apple apologist, but competition is good in the mobile space as it means all parties involved need to keep innovating to keep up with their rivals.

iOS and Android are now both nice, full-featured OSes, and adding WinMo 7 to the mix just ups the ante that bit more. Each OS does some things better than the others (iOS - media/audio/gaming, Android - customisability and app interaction, and WinMo - Office and Xbox Live integration) but they all keep each other in check.

Android might have the lead in numbers for phones, but I suspect it will be the loser in the tablet stakes - Apple have a huge lead already in terms of mindshare and installed user base, and Microsoft are going to do very well with the tablet version of Win8. With the possible exception of the Kindle Fire, Android tablets haven't exactly had a lot of success thus far.

 

[MJ5150]

I agree with you on the tablets. I own an iPad1 and have taken a few of the Android offerings for a test drive. I always come back to my iPad. Nice efforts so far from the Android side, but nothing compellling enough for me to dump the iPad1.

-Mike

 

[CrashClint]

Without reading through all the threads, here is my response. I am in IT, so I have to keep our employees connected. We don't issue phones to our employees but if they have a smart phone and want there corporate Email on their phone we allow it after going through our policy, blah blah. Anyways, the iPhone/iPad have been flawless for me getting setup on Exchange, Calendar and view Folders. Android phones have been hit and miss, the EVO has worked without any problems but phone like the Photon have been an absolute nightmare. When someone comes to me saying they are thinking about an Android phone I always tell them to do an Internet search to see what problems people are having as Android is open source and manufacturers tweak the software to work with their phones which sometime causes an issue even if they are running active sync.

 

[Rusty Chainsaw]

Without reading through all the threads, here is my response. I am in IT, so I have to keep our employees connected. We don't issue phones to our employees but if they have a smart phone and want there corporate Email on their phone we allow it after going through our policy, blah blah. Anyways, the iPhone/iPad have been flawless for me getting setup on Exchange, Calendar and view Folders. Android phones have been hit and miss, the EVO has worked without any problems but phone like the Photon have been an absolute nightmare. When someone comes to me saying they are thinking about an Android phone I always tell them to do an Internet search to see what problems people are having as Android is open source and manufacturers tweak the software to work with their phones which sometime causes an issue even if they are running active sync.

This is a problem that Google need to get a grip on - the fragmentation of Android. OK, so Android is open-source and hence tweakable by anyone, but there's so many different flavours of it going around out there that any standardisation it might have had is disappearing, which is leading to lots of compatibility issues.

Google have come up with some new standardisation rules for ICS (Android 4.0) including a new API for developers for handling all the different available screen resolutions and DPI settings, but it's still far from a stable ecosystem for both developers and consumers. Let's not even talk about the Kindle Fire, which is technically Android, but with so much of the OS changed that it's practically a new OS.

Also, the other bit of it I don't get is why it takes so long for new versions of the OS to filter through to all the different device manufacturers and carriers? I understand that it has to be compiled and tested for every platform, but surely the carriers and manufacturers would have access to it at the same time as everyone else? ICS has been available since late last year, but I've only just been able to upgrade my Xperia Arc this past week.

 

[warnergt]

For those of us that have owned both the iPhone and and Android device, only to settle on Android, and then have someone tell us we're WRONG because some lame percentage chose "other" is laughable to me.

But... I've come to accept that from the Steve Jobs fanbois.

When you shop at amazon.com, do you pick the items with
5-star customer reviews or do you pick the items with
3-star customer reviews? There is a reason they post those
ratings. That's valuable information.

Ultimately, the choice is yours. Pick what you want.
But to broadly dismiss the highly rated products and then
condescendingly label the happy customers as fanbois
sounds like a rationalization to support the purchase of an
inferior product.

The OP asked "why iPhone?" My answer was the proven
higher level of customer satisfaction and loyalty. Seems like
pretty clear logic to me.

 

[EricF]

For those of us that have owned both the iPhone and and Android device, only to settle on Android, and then have someone tell us we're WRONG because some lame percentage chose "other" is laughable to me.

But... I've come to accept that from the Steve Jobs fanbois.

I had a happy relationship with a Droid X, but didn't care for any of my Droid options (physical size and music management, mostly) when my Droid X failed. I have since become a very happy iPhone user. The software is simply easier to use.

Tried iPhone. Returned it for a Droid Razr by Motorola. 4g, gorilla glass, kevlar and half as thick as the iPhone. I haven't had any issues at all. Its a great phone and the dual core processor makes it as fast or faster than other phones.

I was tempted to go with the Razr when my Droid X died, but the additional width of it I found to be quite awkward in my mid-size hands. The Droid X was perfectly sized (IMO). I tried the HTC Rezond briefly, but it never felt right either, and loading music was ridiculous.

They still haven't invented the perfect portable device, but it's getting closer. If the iPhone 5 includes all of the things I'm hearing about (larger screen, 4G capable, waterproof), it will be a good step closer to perfect (for me).

 

[Gaius46]

When you shop at amazon.com, do you pick the items with
5-star customer reviews or do you pick the items with
3-star customer reviews? There is a reason they post those
ratings. That's valuable information.

Ultimately, the choice is yours. Pick what you want.
But to broadly dismiss the highly rated products and then
condescendingly label the happy customers as fanbois
sounds like a rationalization to support the purchase of an
inferior product.

The OP asked "why iPhone?" My answer was the proven
higher level of customer satisfaction and loyalty. Seems like
pretty clear logic to me.

Not to rathole the discussion but Amazon's star ratings, like most "1 to 10 scale" kind of ratings are completely useless simply because the scale is subjective and you don't know why the rating was given.

Amazon's commentary can be useful but anyone who buys something simply because a bunch of people gave it a 5 star ratings is begging for trouble.

Case in point I recently bought an electric lawn mower at Amazon that got a significant number of 2 and 1 star ratings. Turns out those ratings were mostly because the charger for the mower wasn't a timed charger - i.e. you had to remember to unplug the thing or the battery would overcharge. That's not a particularly big issue for me so I pretty much discounted the low ratings and bought it anyway.

 

[Eric Perry]

When you shop at amazon.com, do you pick the items with
5-star customer reviews or do you pick the items with
3-star customer reviews? There is a reason they post those
ratings. That's valuable information.

Ultimately, the choice is yours. Pick what you want.
But to broadly dismiss the highly rated products and then
condescendingly label the happy customers as fanbois
sounds like a rationalization to support the purchase of an
inferior product.

The OP asked "why iPhone?" My answer was the proven
higher level of customer satisfaction and loyalty. Seems like
pretty clear logic to me.

Who "dismissed" anything? I've owned both (for extended periods of time), and made a very informed, intelligent decision that for me the GS2 was substantially better. You can drone on about ratings and stars and all that other crap all you want. I've OWNED both. For me the GS2 wins. What part of that are you too stubborn to accept???

 

[Eric Perry]

And I'm labeling YOU as a fanboi... Because you refuse to acknowledge the FACT that I've owned both and choose the Android. All Apple owners are not fanbois. You clearly are, however.

 

[Eric Perry]

Not to rathole the discussion but Amazon's star ratings, like most "1 to 10 scale" kind of ratings are completely useless simply because the scale is subjective and you don't know why the rating was given.

Amazon's commentary can be useful but anyone who buys something simply because a bunch of people gave it a 5 star ratings is begging for trouble.

Case in point I recently bought an electric lawn mower at Amazon that got a significant number of 2 and 1 star ratings. Turns out those ratings were mostly because the charger for the mower wasn't a timed charger - i.e. you had to remember to unplug the thing or the battery would overcharge. That's not a particularly big issue for me so I pretty much discounted the low ratings and bought it anyway.

Exactly. Plus, I'd bet money that many lower ratings for Android devices are because some people couldn't understand how to use them. They aren't simple like iPhones. Instead of taking the time to learn the OS, you dismiss it, and give it a boo-hoo one star rating, for being too complicated, or not working right (because you don't understand how to set it up), etc.

Look, I've already complimented the iPhone's OS as being well made ("The iPhone's OS is a clinic in elegance, simplicity, and buttery smoothness" were my EXACT words in THIS thread), but I also clearly outlined why I prefer an Android OS. I'm sorry you struggle with accepting that.