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Samsung Stages Galaxy Note vs. iPhone 'Street Challenge' [Video]
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=20185
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She got Samsunged
Looks alittle staged. If not I don't think she can do anything even if she had a note
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haha samsung owns
I dunno that commercial is pretty annoying. That's probably the last thing I'd use a note for, and they could have used a less loud and ridiculous person.
borijess said:
Looks alittle staged. If not I don't think she can do anything even if she had a note
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It wasn't staged. She was literally pulled off of the street.
I sort of feel like Samsung focusing on the spen hurts the marketing of this device more than help it. But again, any publicity can be good in this case.
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Haha. Read some of the comments on YouTube. So funny to see fanboys so enraged. There aren't even android fans defending it and they're flipping ****. They're having their own little pissing and moaning party because android has a sweet phone. Wow.
They're all complaining, "there's an app for that," or "get somebody who knows how to use the phone!" Completely missing the point. That girl owns her iPhone and doesn't know how to do that stuff, and they picked this guy off the street and only gave him a couple of hours to play with it, and everything he did is using stock software, not an extra app. Yes, maybe they should have picked somebody who knows the full potential of the iPhone, but I feel that she's a pretty damn accurate representation of the average iPhone user.
I know there are several previous iPhone users here, so just to be clear, that last line isn't a jab at you, as I assume you are all above average iPhone users.
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welchertc said:
Haha. Read some of the comments on YouTube. So funny to see fanboys so enraged. There aren't even android fans defending it and they're flipping ****. They're having their own little pissing and moaning party because android has a sweet phone. Wow.
They're all complaining, "there's an app for that," or "get somebody who knows how to use the phone!" Completely missing the point. That girl owns her iPhone and doesn't know how to do that stuff, and they picked this guy off the street and only gave him a couple of hours to play with it, and everything he did is using stock software, not an extra app. Yes, maybe they should have picked somebody who knows the full potential of the iPhone, but I feel that she's a pretty damn accurate representation of the average iPhone user.
I know there are several previous iPhone users here, so just to be clear, that last line isn't a jab at you, as I assume you are all above average iPhone users.
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I dunno..most of the iPhone users I see on @ilikegirlsdaily are better quality.
Just sayin..
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Deff staged but its still true the iPhone can't do what the note can...period
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That is so staged.... But still looks like a real outcome!!!!
That commercial only pleases people that already have a bias towards android.
She is a typical iphone user.
They just buy iphones without knowing what smartphones can do, and
think iphone is the only smart phone in the world.
As an iPhone owner that recently bought the Note, I'd say that the commercial in question is a joke.
The Note is quite versatile for those particular "challenges", but still that iPhone user seemed extremely incompetent. I really like my Note after spending a few days getting adjusted to it, and I'm also well aware of how dated the iPhone 4 and 4S are in comparison to a few of the better Android phones (such as the Galaxy Note and the Galaxy Nexus). Android phones should be aiming to beat the iPhone 5, not the 4 and 4S. That will be the true challenge.
Funny you say that, especially when the iphone 5 isn't even out yet. The commercial was promoting the Note...who cares if its staged? Just like the iphone commercials, most of the things done on the phone were speeded up so the phone would look very smooth.
-On another NOTE, Samsung goes 5.3"
bdeitemeyer said:
As an iPhone owner that recently bought the Note, I'd say that the commercial in question is a joke.
The Note is quite versatile for those particular "challenges", but still that iPhone user seemed extremely incompetent. I really like my Note after spending a few days getting adjusted to it, and I'm also well aware of how dated the iPhone 4 and 4S are in comparison to a few of the better Android phones (such as the Galaxy Note and the Galaxy Nexus). Android phones should be aiming to beat the iPhone 5, not the 4 and 4S. That will be the true challenge.
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Sorry, but the ball is in Apple's court. They need to produce an iPhone 5 that will beat phones such as the Galaxy Note, Galaxy Nexus, Razr, Razr Maxx, etc. In my opinion, those phones, and some others that aren't coming to mind, bested the 4S in technology advances. Galaxy Note for obvious reasons, screen, size, s pen, LTE etc. Nexus beats it in screen, has ICS, LTE. Razr bests it in thinness, screen (imo), and LTE. Maxx in battery life, screen, LTE. This whole crop of phones was designed to beat the 4 and 4s, and I feel they have done it. Now it's the 5's chance to take the lead in tech again.
After the 5 is released, then Android will again have to (mayyyyybe) fight for the best phone technology wise once again. Although I don't see Apple making the necessary changes to have the top dog in the fight.
That being said, even if it isn't better than the current crop of Androids, the iPhone 5 will sell like mad, purely due to Apple loyalty and insane fanboyism.
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As an iPhone owner that recently bought the Note, I'd say that the commercial in question is a joke.
The Note is quite versatile for those particular "challenges", but still that iPhone user seemed extremely incompetent. I really like my Note after spending a few days getting adjusted to it, and I'm also well aware of how dated the iPhone 4 and 4S are in comparison to a few of the better Android phones (such as the Galaxy Note and the Galaxy Nexus). Android phones should be aiming to beat the iPhone 5, not the 4 and 4S. That will be the true challenge.
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Yeah the next new iphone will have voice integration, 1080p video recording, and a dual core processor. Oh wait that's the iPhone 4s. Oh wait all those things were already in most new android phones before the iPhone came out already.
No wait I know...the iPhone 5. A dual core 3.5" phone with a better Siri (because remember Siri requires a dual core processor ) and longer battery life and LTE. Remember it's the next great thing.
So the wife just bought a new Iphone 4s.
I have been an android user for some time now. I must say though. I am EXTREMELY impressed. Honestly the phone IMO seems much superior if you are not running custom ROMs, themes, etc. Hell, MOST roms dont even touch it as pretty much every rom never runs flawless and always crashes or has some sort of bug.
This is one android user who is really debating about getting the Iphone 5 when it is released.
Anyone else have any experience with the iphone VS EVo3D?
I think evo 3d not so good enough compare to 4s, i was seen in YouTube, evo 3d loose in almost test.. But evo 3d got a flawless victory against iphone 4.. Imho I have to say evo 3d is the fit to compete iphone 4 not for 4s..
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JuggZaPoppiN said:
So the wife just bought a new Iphone 4s.
I have been an android user for some time now. I must say though. I am EXTREMELY impressed. Honestly the phone IMO seems much superior if you are not running custom ROMs, themes, etc. Hell, MOST roms dont even touch it as pretty much every rom never runs flawless and always crashes or has some sort of bug.
This is one android user who is really debating about getting the Iphone 5 when it is released.
Anyone else have any experience with the iphone VS EVo3D?
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compare Evo 3D versus Iphone 4. Iphone will lose. compare HTC One X versus Iphone 4s, same story? I just sold Iphone 4 after one week, it's just... Device annoyed me, a lot Small screen, camera sucked... Moved to Evo 3D, great camera, 3D big screen, fast cpu.
First of all,iPhone is flawless because it doesn't have any features.It's a shinny brick.Saying that the iPhone is better is like saying that a no-options '93 car is better than a 2012 full-option car.iPhone is flawless because it has too little features to break down.You can't even put a custom ringtone only if you put it through ****ty iTunes.Why do you think Android has taken over?(and now it has about 60% from Worlds phones).People started realising that you buy an iPhone only if you are a douchebag/hipster and want to impress others OR you haven't heard of Android/Windos Phone.
IN MY OPINION,F*** APPLE and their overpriced products
I love both android and iPhone. They both have their pros and cons. The reason I got an evo was because of the screen size. And once the iPhone 5 I will be debating if I should get the evo lte or iPhone.
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johnmarshton said:
First of all,iPhone is flawless because it doesn't have any features.It's a shinny brick.Saying that the iPhone is better is like saying that a no-options '93 car is better than a 2012 full-option car.iPhone is flawless because it has too little features to break down.You can't even put a custom ringtone only if you put it through ****ty iTunes.Why do you think Android has taken over?(and now it has about 60% from Worlds phones).People started realising that you buy an iPhone only if you are a douchebag/hipster and want to impress others OR you haven't heard of Android/Windos Phone.
IN MY OPINION,F*** APPLE and their overpriced products
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and so it starts again....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678446
woody296 said:
and so it starts again....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678446
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isn't it true or what?
woody296 said:
and so it starts again....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678446
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It's not about hate, but about freedom and features. Iphone got small screen and camera, one or two unique features. Compare almost any Windows Phone or Android phone and you will get lot of features, bigger screen, better camera, lot of free apps. HTC frequently release source code for a kernel or even all base. Android is open source. Apple made MAC OS and parts of iOS from a FreeBSD. Did anyone here got any kernel source from apple?
johnmarshton said:
First of all,iPhone is flawless because it doesn't have any features.It's a shinny brick.Saying that the iPhone is better is like saying that a no-options '93 car is better than a 2012 full-option car.iPhone is flawless because it has too little features to break down.You can't even put a custom ringtone only if you put it through ****ty iTunes.Why do you think Android has taken over?(and now it has about 60% from Worlds phones).People started realising that you buy an iPhone only if you are a douchebag/hipster and want to impress others OR you haven't heard of Android/Windos Phone.
IN MY OPINION,F*** APPLE and their overpriced products
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I must say though. One feature iphone 4s has that is pretty sweet is Siri. Pretty amazing. As far as the screen size. That's one reason I would never get the 4s. However the iphone 5 is supposed to have at least a 4 inch screen.
With all that being said. For the aspect of just a smartphone, the iphone seems far superior in how smooth it is.
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4"? Still small... Ours is 4.3" and now norm is 4.7"
I had an iPhone 4 before. I hated you need iTunes to do anything on it.
I love having google synchronize everything for me (contacts, calendars et etc). I jumped ship before apple came up with icloud. So I don't know how its now. Does icloud store and synchronize all those?
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Both phones are good. Haters gonna hate, but the iPhone has always been a top-quality product. I'm not saying it's better than the Evo, I'm just saying it isn't a BAD phone. I've tested both of them, and according to me, the EVO is a better option, because it performs better and runs on Android. iOS gets boring after the first five minutes of use, while Android (especially ICS) is a more interesting operating system. You have much more abilities. The iPhone may beat the EVO in some cases (like smoothness in the menus), but overall, the EVO is a winner here.
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Both phones are good. Haters gonna hate, but the iPhone has always been a top-quality product. I'm not saying it's better than the Evo, I'm just saying it isn't a BAD phone. I've tested both of them, and according to me, the EVO is a better option, because it performs better and runs on Android. iOS gets boring after the first five minutes of use, while Android (especially ICS) is a more interesting operating system. You have much more abilities. The iPhone may beat the EVO in some cases (like smoothness in the menus), but overall, the EVO is a winner here.
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True. I just really love how smooth the phone is. Not to mention it doesn't have random crashes and reboots cause you are on a custom rom.
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something wrong with you evo3d, mine never crashes
I barf on all that is apple
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meangreenie said:
something wrong with you evo3d, mine never crashes
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It only crashes when running different roms. Don't tell me that every rom you flash never crashes or reboots.
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My friend has a Toyota Yaris and I just bought Corvette Sting Ray.
I think the Sting Ray is much better and never crashes.
I've said this before.... An unrooted Android device has more features and power than any IPHONE could ever have. lol. apple makes too many things standard.
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you buy an iPhone only if you are a douchebag/hipster and want to impress others OR you haven't heard of Android/Windos Phone.
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That's a little offensive. My wife has a 4s and she is neither a douchebag or a Hipster. She's even heard of android and wp7, if you can imagine. What she wanted is a simple smartphone that handled her needs flawlessly. The iPhone does just that. Is it for me? No..I like the customization of android. But seriously, rethink your words. Just makes you sound like the douche.
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Should have made the thread title.
Hot fantasy porn (Android) vs. old people f**king on Sunday (apple)
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Sorry i**** 5 my phone will stomp you in all aspects... Good day...
EVO LTE...
I'm thinking about doing it. Anyone else make the plunge? What do you think of the incredible vs the 4s?
I haven't but I guess it just depends on what you like or dislike about your operating system and the phone looks.
I've never owned an apple anything much less an Iphone. I will say this though, I do have friends that have Iphones and I watch them power it up, zip right to an app or go right to the phone and start dialing away, seems pretty fast to me. My Dinc is somewhat laggy compared to their speeds of hitting buttons, like waiting for my dialer to come up or say the market to load or other stuff.
Now I realize I got apps I've downloaded etc, but so have they. I'm not pitching a sales for Iphone because I am not an Apple fan however, I personally think the Iphone is a hell of a lot sexier than most any other makers phones available. That aluminum housing is just badass looking.
Also realize this is just my thoughts compared to an OG Dinc, I would imagine the Inc 4g should be a crapload faster than my Dinc....
My gf just got this phone from the iPhone 4 yesterday. She loves it so far and is absolutely amazed how much you can customize. She was a little overwhelmed from everything but that's just because the iPhone had literally nothing to customize. Screen is soo crisp, an phone is fast.
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ohredwood said:
I would imagine the Inc 4g should be a crapload faster than my Dinc....
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Yes. This phone is a world of difference from the original Incredible. I loved the original Incredible but there was never any question that the iPhone was smoother--just completely impossible to customize without jailbreaking. With the Incredible 4G and Ice Cream Sandwich optimizations, the difference is negligible. So now it's really just a question of whether you want customizability or not, and which UI design you prefer. I think Sense 4 is much more beautiful than iOS, but that's a matter of taste.
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Polarimetric, that's good to hear, and what I was hoping to hear myself. One question though, I know I've heard of jailbreaking, and my interpretation of this was the same thing as rooting? If that's the case wouldn't the Iphone peeps have the same level as customizing their Iphones as we do our Androids?
I had a 4s prior. Yes pretty customizable if jailbroken, had nice themes. However I find myself preferring android, because of more options, connectivity, and 4G service, of course on Verizon.
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ohredwood said:
Polarimetric, that's good to hear, and what I was hoping to hear myself. One question though, I know I've heard of jailbreaking, and my interpretation of this was the same thing as rooting? If that's the case wouldn't the Iphone peeps have the same level as customizing their Iphones as we do our Androids?
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Theoretically, yes. Jailbreaking and rooting are pretty much the same thing (they're both just essentially using an exploit to remove the restrictions placed on the phone by the carrier/manufacturer/OS developer), so iPhones and Android phones in theory should be customizable to the same degree. However, one of the reasons the Android dev community is so much more robust (and thus Android phones are considerably more customizable) is the difference between Google's attitude toward the dev community and Apple's attitude. While Google has largely taken a look-the-other-way approach (the only way in which they've really ever put their foot down is disallowing Google-branded apps from being distributed with custom ROMs, but they've never done anything about the Gapps packages that float around the internet), Apple has devoted hours upon hours of development toward addling or completely getting rid of the iPhone dev community. Although they've been unsuccessful and jailbreaking still exists, Apple's adamant anti-development, closed-source policy has turned many developers toward Android. While almost all Android phones are customizable all the way down to the system level (installing a custom ROM can completely change the user experience), iPhones are mostly just tweakable. An iPhone is always going to be an iPhone. If you like iPhones, that may not be a problem for you, but if you like being part of a community that pretty much guarantees choice, Android will always be the way to go.
im on the verge of switching from my 4s to the inc 4g lte due to the fact that i miss android. this is my 3rd time switching from the iphone to android due to the fact that i miss lte and the community :silly:
My dad just traded in 2 old iphones and got the inc4
i think he will like the switch from crapple to android.
esp once i steal and root his phone,
IMO the only thing this phone needs is an Amoled screen and it would be absolutely perfect. Battery life is excellent even in low signal areas like my home. I really don't have anything to complain about with this phone...and I'm pretty picky. I'm just not a fan of the larger screen phones...battery life suffers tremendously. My wife was playing with it all weekend, she has the iphone 4s and wants the Inc 4G immediately. And she is a die-hard iphone junky. Let's see how she feels when the iphone 5 comes out...hehe.
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IMO the only thing this phone needs is an Amoled screen and it would be absolutely perfect. Battery life is excellent even in low signal areas like my home. I really don't have anything to complain about with this phone...and I'm pretty picky. I'm just not a fan of the larger screen phones...battery life suffers tremendously. My wife was playing with it all weekend, she has the iphone 4s and wants the Inc 4G immediately. And she is a die-hard iphone junky. Let's see how she feels when the iphone 5 comes out...hehe.
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I think even once icrap5 comes out inc4 will still be on top, crapple just sucks, what are they gunna do make it a 3.8' screen. lol, iphone4s was the biggest joke in scmartphone history.
andybones said:
I think even once icrap5 comes out inc4 will still be on top, crapple just sucks, what are they gunna do make it a 3.8' screen. lol, iphone4s was the biggest joke in scmartphone history.
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I don't see how that can be said. I went from a DINC 1 to the iPhone 4S and was amazed with how smooth it is. I miss Android and flashing stuff some, so I'm looking back into it a bit. Just don't understand the statements like this. The thing is stupid fast, takes some amazing pictures, and the battery life has been killer.
Not a fanboy at all, just can respect things. If the DINC 4G LTE came out before the 28th, I'd have snagged one and kept my unlimited. Now I think I'll have to buy phones outright. :crying:
If you have been sticking with iPhone or at least iPod or iPad, I strongly recommend you to move over to Android world. I had iPhone 4S before (although it's not my previous phone), it's dramatic but more fun to discover. iPhone was just too bring for me, and I didn't like jailbreaking because the system got unstable. If you like customizing stuff, I'm pretty sure you would like the phone!
Squeaky192 said:
I don't see how that can be said. I went from a DINC 1 to the iPhone 4S and was amazed with how smooth it is. I miss Android and flashing stuff some, so I'm looking back into it a bit. Just don't understand the statements like this. The thing is stupid fast, takes some amazing pictures, and the battery life has been killer.
Not a fanboy at all, just can respect things. If the DINC 4G LTE came out before the 28th, I'd have snagged one and kept my unlimited. Now I think I'll have to buy phones outright. :crying:
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While I agree his statement was childish...
You went from the dinc 1 to the iPhone 4s... That's like going from a tube tv to a 1080 Samsung flat screen. I owned the dinc 1 before but that was like 10 tech years ago...
Comparing the latest incredible 4g to the iphone 4s would be more fair. I am stunned how far android has evolved and HTC Sense becoming an actual benefit rather than a burden.
So far the incredible has a great camera, killer OS, and is smooth as butter. I just wish manufactures really did spend more time coming out with quality 4 inchers.
HTC is the maker. Cmon google! Give them the nexus.
PhillyCheez said:
While I agree his statement was childish...
You went from the dinc 1 to the iPhone 4s... That's like going from a tube tv to a 1080 Samsung flat screen. I owned the dinc 1 before but that was like 10 tech years ago...
Comparing the latest incredible 4g to the iphone 4s would be more fair. I am stunned how far android has evolved and HTC Sense becoming an actual benefit rather than a burden.
So far the incredible has a great camera, killer OS, and is smooth as butter. I just wish manufactures really did spend more time coming out with quality 4 inchers.
HTC is the maker. Cmon google! Give them the nexus.
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According to the rumor mill, Google is giving everyone the Nexus. http://www.redmondpie.com/google-wi...h-november-to-commemorate-5-years-of-android/
So HTC getting the Nexus? How is that going to work?
polarimetric said:
According to the rumor mill, Google is giving everyone the Nexus. http://www.redmondpie.com/google-wi...h-november-to-commemorate-5-years-of-android/
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If I read that right it says, "Google looks to be going all-out in an attempt to appease consumers in both software and hardware, the latter of which will likely be all provided by Samsung."
I really hope those 5 devices aren't Samsung!
PhillyCheez said:
If I read that right it says, "Google looks to be going all-out in an attempt to appease consumers in both software and hardware, the latter of which will likely be all provided by Samsung."
I really hope those 5 devices aren't Samsung!
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Ooh. Should have read the specific article I linked to before I linked you to it.
That article seems to theorize they'll all be Samsung, but most other articles I've read have said that the 5 incoming Nexus devices will come from all different manufacturers, bringing more diversity to the Nexus phone brand. Here's a better article on the same subject that lines up better with what I wanted to say: http://androidandme.com/2012/05/new...from-different-manufacturers-by-thanksgiving/
So, essentially, if the rumor is true, the major manufacturers (presumably HTC and Samsung, obviously the Google-owned Motorola; the other two depend on who they can get--I'd bet Asus will be one of them) would all contribute a phone to the Nexus brand, making Google's Nexus store kind of like a carrier of its own.
I am down for that!
Considering I'm stuck buying phones at retail I'm in for sure. Very exciting news.
motionUS said:
I'm thinking about doing it. Anyone else make the plunge? What do you think of the incredible vs the 4s?
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The incredible is a way better choice, u will be happy with ur decision, considering ur going to root it, only get it if ur planning on rooting. I am purchasing this phone tomorrow, upgrading from the HTC Thunderbolt and I'm very exited.
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I've had Android since the HTC hero on sprint, moved to the Evo Shift, got the nexus S, and now the new evo.
This phone is incredible, but I'm just bored as hell. Does anyone else get really bored with their phone?
I'm thinking of selling this and buying an iPhone, only because it finally somewhat caught up to android and it's just different.
How much do you think I should sell this phone for? Also, if I did want an android after the iphone, the iPhone has amazing resale value and thats just attractive as well.
Oops free thanks there
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Have fun with your iPhone 5 which just now caught up to the OG EVO in terms of technology....
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When I get bored I flash a new ROM and play with that lol
all the roms are the same imo.
all sense roms look and feel the same
I had miui and aosp on my nexus s and had that.
Im just bored lol
Iphone 5 isnt that bad. its got a solid processor thats better than the current s4.
The build quality has also always been really good too.
Well, the glass panel on the back was a poor decision but overall I agree on build quality
You're bored with ANDROID and think an iPhone will excite you?? Hahaha.
Enjoy deciding whether your icons are on screen one or screen two.
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I understand where you are coming from, but if you are a tech geek iphone won't excite you for long, you just want the latest toys. The tech everyone wants. And right now you are trying to justify it
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Spyderekz said:
I understand where you are coming from, but if you are a tech geek iphone won't excite you for long, you just want the latest toys. The tech everyone wants. And right now you are trying to justify it
Swyped on my EVO LTE
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If i had the nexus s and the evo now.. im pretty sure thats not the case.
sell evo
buy ip5
sell ip5
buy newest android.
The Iphone 5 processor is better than the s4? Sure, on paper it looks nice but I personally won't make that call until I get to use them side by side. The s4 is such a good processor that even Samsung uses it in the us version of the galaxy 3. I'm not an apple fan, but in fairness, they make nice devices. To each their own.
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Keep evo
**** on iphone 5
Buy next best Android device in 6 months
Win.
- I'm a fungi
joebarkho said:
I've had Android since the HTC hero on sprint, moved to the Evo Shift, got the nexus S, and now the new evo.
This phone is incredible, but I'm just bored as hell. Does anyone else get really bored with their phone?
I'm thinking of selling this and buying an iPhone, only because it finally somewhat caught up to android and it's just different.
How much do you think I should sell this phone for? Also, if I did want an android after the iphone, the iPhone has amazing resale value and thats just attractive as well.
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Hey Joe, I been with Apple iPhone since the iPhone 3G-3GS. I got all into it and started to learn the process for jailbreaking. Let me just tell say, it was fun but like every customization. Not everything works! Due to the jailbreaking team catching up on the random iOS updates. Long story short.. When the iPhone 4 came out I was one of the few to get it the first day. It was a pretty good change at the time coming from the 3G. It took Apple two years to come out with the iPhone 5. I was waiting for the world wide conference to see if it will finally bring a change to the table. After seeing that it still looks like the iPhone 4 and will not surpass a big difference in performance like the iPhone 4S. I made the jump to Android over this past weekend. I knew I was because I had my doubts about Apple just trying to make more money. The reason I knew was making the change was because a few months back when the Samsung Galaxy S2 was at its peak I was a proud owner of one for about 3 months. While having a iPhone 4 and a Android device I quickly began to tell the difference in how advance Android phones were about. The screen size, the none laggyness, the performance was amazing compared to any iPhone. My girl now flows with the iPhone 4S. And to tell you the truth, yes its responsive but it still lacks in the department of performance. For me it lacks in two major factors! Free to customization and screen size. Plus the fact of having such a noob "user friendly" OS system is crap. For crying out loud, even my grandma is rocking an iPhone. It sucks that Apple is changing the way we communicate because of their well established campaign! (For the older crowd to get in the action too) lol... So yea my story simply is justifying that being a long term 4+ years user of a iPhone product. I'm here to say I'm done from their marketing scheme. Everybody has problems with Apps and their phones. But if you know how to run them correctly and are tech like you will not have a issue with any software or build. But what Apple is bringing to the table with these iPhones upgrades does not compare to what HTC EVO or any Android device done so far and will continue to do so. I suggest to see it for your self. But I am also saying, you will not be in for surprise. Except for two important updates they made to Two Apps. (youtube & facebook) Like I said, there is a reason why these two main apps on Android runs like shyt and on the iPhone they run great ever since like a month ago. (its all a scam, Apple are Gangsters with Suites On) Apple paid a big lump to Facebook & YouTube to recreate/renew their Application faster. For the purpose of being First in line. Mark Zuckerberg gave him self away by announcing on Facebook "how great the new update on the iPhone is recreated by his team" Trust me it should not take Android a million years to create "renew" these two Apps. But for some reason they are. Main reason should be: THEY ARE UNDER CONTRACT. That being said, I think the main two Apps you will enjoy more on the iPhone will be Facebook, & YouTube. Dam I wrote a lot..Or should I say, Ranting.
So in conclusion:
You have a look of a man who excepts what he sees, because he's excepting to wake up. Ironically this is not far from the truth. Let me tell you why you are here. You are here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire time with Android. That there is something wrong with the world of smart phones. You don't know what it is but its there like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has broughten you to me.
Do you know what I'm talking about?
(Joe answers): The iPhone....
(Me): Do you want to know what it is?
(Joe nods curiously)
The iPhone is everywhere, it is all around us. Even now in this very Thread! You can see it when you look out your window, or when you turn on your television, you can feel it when you go to work. When you go to Church! When you pay your taxes....It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to Blind you from the truth.
(Joe replys) What truth?
That you are a slave Joe. Like everyone else you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell, taste or touch. A prison for your mind!
Unfortunatly no one can't be told what the iPhone is. You have to see it for your self. (places pills on table)
This is your last chance Joe. After this there is no turning back. You TAKE THE BLUE PILL THE STORY ENDS, YOU WAKE UP IN YOUR BED AND CONTINUE ON WITH YOUR HTC EVO. You take the RED pill, you stay in wonder land AND I show you HOW DEEP THE RABBIT HOLE GOES.
(moments passes, with spooky music playing in the background)
Remember, all I'm offering is the Truth. Nothing more.
Sent from my EVO in The Matrix!
There is nothing wrong with your iPhone. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your iPhone. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to... The Outer Limits
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LoL...
Sent from my EVO in The Matrix!
I believe he took the blue pill.
sent from my Evo the awaken Eye. with your moms permission.!
joebarkho said:
I've had Android since the HTC hero on sprint, moved to the Evo Shift, got the nexus S, and now the new evo.
This phone is incredible, but I'm just bored as hell. Does anyone else get really bored with their phone?
I'm thinking of selling this and buying an iPhone, only because it finally somewhat caught up to android and it's just different.
How much do you think I should sell this phone for? Also, if I did want an android after the iphone, the iPhone has amazing resale value and thats just attractive as well.
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I'm the same way. As I write this I have 2 original evo's, a Thunderbolt, a Fascinate, 2 MiFi's, a Nexus 7 and the new iPad sitting around me. I do some phone flashing so thats why I have a couple of the phones but they are all mine...oh yea and my EVO LTE. I get bored easily too. I'm getting an iPhone 4 Friday because I'm getting a great deal on it and just want something else to play with. I'm thinking about getting a 5 if I can do a little trading for one. I ported my number to Google Voice when they started offering it so I could switch carriers with easy. Bottom line...I'm a Tech junkie just like you. I need my next fix!!!!
U know, when apple was coming up they had that commercial during the superbowl where people were being brainwashed in q black and white theatre. Then "Apple Zeus" or who ever it was smashed thru the screen and made everything color. Revolt and Revolution was rampant of course.
It's funny how sides have changed. Apple is now the establishment trying to brainwash everyone. Android is the new Apple as far as ingenuity is concerned.
Matter of fact, android doesn't even need Apple. Phone manufacturer's compete well enough on android to spurn innovation.
i mean android did completely change initially before the g1 when the iphone came out, It was going to be a blackberry style phone.
Apple did a great job introducing something new in the world, but android constantly changes.
The first iphone looks like the 6th one.
the G1 looks nothing like the Gnex. Android changes so much and keeps getting better and more unique with time.
I have been on iOS since the 3G was released. On Thursday I got the GNII and today I flashed Bean's ROM. Awesome!!! holy crap Batman, this is a geek's wet dream right here.
Bill
Welcome to the party!
Lol, you'll never go back.....
Congratulations on your purchase (and new found freedom!) -- I'm sure you'll enjoy your Note II.
Another convert! Awesome! :highfive:
My sister has the 16GB iPhone 4S and now she hates the iPhone lol She takes a ton of photos and eventually ran out of storage. Android Does what iPhone can't.
Android FTW!
My neighbors are an older couple. They're fairly tech saavy for their age but they're die hard Apple fans....Macs, iPods, iPhones, iPads, the works. I always give them hell and show off my new Android. Last week I showed them my GN2 and the wife actually said "that will be my next phone". She's got a few more months until her contact expires but she's fed up with little screens. Once I get her over, I'll see what I can do about replacing some other iCrap.
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Welcome, you'll never want to go back to a 4inch phone again.
Eh I can see why people hate iOS products but I really don't. I have an iPad and a Macbook Pro and I love them both. I also loved my iPhone 4 and 4S. I like iOS and I like how the iPhone 5 looks but I prefer Android. I eventually get bored with iOS and need a bigger screen so I go back to android. iOS is like that temptation you go out n seek for a few months but then always come back home to good old reliable n loyal Android
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Eh I can see why people hate iOS products but I really don't. I have an iPad and a Macbook Pro and I love them both. I also loved my iPhone 4 and 4S. I like iOS and I like how the iPhone 5 looks but I prefer Android. I eventually get bored with iOS and need a bigger screen so I go back to android. iOS is like that temptation you go out n seek for a few months but then always come back home to good old reliable n loyal Android
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The only iDevice I do like is the iPad. It was simply just done right. Simple and fun with a great app ecosystem, and Web browsing. That's all I really care about for a tablet (though I have the N7 and getting the N10).
The iPhone simply is too small and doesn't have enough of what I want/need. And Mac's, if you're coming from Windows, you have to find all these different work around to do stuff that's easy on Windows. Especially when it comes to rooting all my Android stuff.
Anyways, congrats on the upgrade and welcome to the family!
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My neighbors are an older couple. They're fairly tech saavy for their age but they're die hard Apple fans....Macs, iPods, iPhones, iPads, the works. I always give them hell and show off my new Android. Last week I showed them my GN2 and the wife actually said "that will be my next phone". She's got a few more months until her contact expires but she's fed up with little screens. Once I get her over, I'll see what I can do about replacing some other iCrap.
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I know what ya mean. My mom is 62 and she has the iPad 3, iPod mini 4th gen, iPad mini and a Mac Mini (she's a bit of an apple nut). I've gone through a ton of phones (as you know Josh) over the past year and every Android phone I've had she's been blown away BUT... with the Note 2 she is floored and loves the size and s pen. I've bought her android devices in the past to try and get her to convert. Problem is I was trying to early. I got her the HTC Evo View (honeycomb) and the 5" galaxy tab (gingerbread).... so you can imagine how those experiences were for her. To this day she says android is to confusing and buggy. I think her opinion has changed playing with my note.
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Congrats! The Note II is simply awesome, I love mine!
I still love OS X for my desktop OS though. I feel like it is the reverse of the phone world. Windows is like the iPhone (everyone just gets it without thinking) and OS X was for people who wanted a bit more, and its slowly catching up to Windows.
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My neighbors are an older couple. They're fairly tech saavy for their age but they're die hard Apple fans....Macs, iPods, iPhones, iPads, the works. I always give them hell and show off my new Android. Last week I showed them my GN2 and the wife actually said "that will be my next phone". She's got a few more months until her contact expires but she's fed up with little screens. Once I get her over, I'll see what I can do about replacing some other iCrap.
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Exactly. Part of the reason for my switch was bordom. I knew everything about iOS. No challenge. The geek factor was gone. I had dreams of flashing ROM's
I feel the fact I appreciate Android now makes me very "well rounded". iOS and Android have their places. My mom, she has an iPhone and iPad. She jumped right in, figured the basics out, and is very happy. I can't imagine handing her my GNII and having her manage it.
xXJay_RXx said:
Eh I can see why people hate iOS products but I really don't. I have an iPad and a Macbook Pro and I love them both. I also loved my iPhone 4 and 4S. I like iOS and I like how the iPhone 5 looks but I prefer Android. I eventually get bored with iOS and need a bigger screen so I go back to android. iOS is like that temptation you go out n seek for a few months but then always come back home to good old reliable n loyal Android
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iOS and Android have their places. My mom, she has an iPhone and iPad. She jumped right in, figured the basics out, and is very happy. I can't imagine handing her my GNII and having her manage it.
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Also just switched from years and years with iOS. For me the great irony was that when we met my technologically-challenged wife had an Android phone and I had an iPhone 4...now she has a 4S and I just got the Note 2. Her almost daily frustration with her old phone (Droid of some sort) made the choice easy when her upgrade time came...my tinkering nature combined with the size and smoothness of the N2 made my choice easy. She just shakes her head when I start yammering on about having just rooted it, or how I'm customizing the latest launcher I'm playing with...but we're both much happier.
IOS most definitely has its place.
One of my best friends for years is a major factory rep for a bunch of electronic lines and is tech savvy.
He lives in a 3 million dollar house on CapeCod and has an awful lot more money than I do......
This guy could have any phone/OS etc that he wants for free but he uses an iphone. I asked him why once and he is one of those guys who says "i just want it to work, I could care less about any customization etc."
I looked at his iphone and he never even bothered to change the wallpaper and he absolutely loves the thing.
Oh ya, head shaking and blank stares when I start talkign about the excitement of the unlock process and loading a new rom. I love it.
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Also just switched from years and years with iOS. For me the great irony was that when we met my technologically-challenged wife had an Android phone and I had an iPhone 4...now she has a 4S and I just got the Note 2. Her almost daily frustration with her old phone (Droid of some sort) made the choice easy when her upgrade time came...my tinkering nature combined with the size and smoothness of the N2 made my choice easy. She just shakes her head when I start yammering on about having just rooted it, or how I'm customizing the latest launcher I'm playing with...but we're both much happier.
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Exactly. It's hard to touch iOS from a "just pick it up and start using it" standpoint. I get a bit annoyed when people are so one sided they trash talk either Android or iOS. We are very fortunate to have 2 excellent choices (ok, 3 if you count Win8, which isn't too bad either)
But for me Android didn't become a player until ICS/JB. I started getting really curious in June of last year, then when I watched the Google IO keynote I was like 'Damn, project butter rocks".
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IOS most definitely has its place.
One of my best friends for years is a major factory rep for a bunch of electronic lines and is tech savvy.
He lives in a 3 million dollar house on CapeCod and has an awful lot more money than I do......
This guy could have any phone/OS etc that he wants for free but he uses an iphone. I asked him why once and he is one of those guys who says "i just want it to work, I could care less about any customization etc."
I looked at his iphone and he never even bothered to change the wallpaper and he absolutely loves the thing.
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Seems like people start with one or the other and stay with it. They really only change to the other if:
Android to IOS
- Friend got an iPhone
- My really old phone is still on GB
- My really old phone is buggy and/slow
- I can't figure this thing out
IOS to Android
- I'm bored. Why can't I customize
- No Flash Player??? WTF
- When will I get JB for IOS 6?
- Apple Maps don't know where I am (it's really not that bad lol)
- I want NFC, big screens, expandable memory, changeable battery, ect!!!
- That's neat, can I flash Roms on my iPhone?
- This is getting expensive
- Wait, I can get free apps without jailbreaking??
There's probably more for each list lol.
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Seems like people start with one or the other and stay with it. They really only change to the other if:
Well, there are a million different reasons. So... this was dumb.
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Exactly. It's hard to touch iOS from a "just pick it up and start using it" standpoint. I get a bit annoyed when people are so one sided they trash talk either Android or iOS. ".
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So do I.
I coach my 12 year daughters soccer team and one of the Moms from the team was talking about upgrading her old droid phone (I'm not even sure which one she had) to an iphone. She told me her phone was very slow/laggy and buggy and she just wanted something simple that worked.
I had a spare ROMed and tweaked Rezound that I was not using and I offered it to her for free. She turned me down flat saying "I never want to see another android phone at this point" and two weeks ago she used an upgrade to buy an iphone 5.
I was talking to her last night and asked how she liked her new phone. She said "this is what I should have bought in the first place"