Re: Android vs iPhone

On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 at 12:51:03, David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2/21/2013 12:38 PM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I hope I am not starting a holy war but I want your opinion on
Android vs iPhone. As far as price goes - not my problem. Work is
paying for it. It will replace my Blackberry. Work is saying I can
pick either.

I've had both. From a UI and support perspective, I far prefer the iPhone.

The Android marketplace is heavily fragmented ... with some vendors keeping their phones current on Android versions, others abandoning phones to the older releases.

I'm with David on this. I have a Samsun Android phone that I use in the US and I really dislike it. Partly because I find the interface nowhere near as good as the iPhone but also because the supplier (Samsung/Virgin in my case) hasn't upgraded or even patched the OS in the 18 months I've had it. Talking to others that have Android devices they have had similar problems. I don't want to have to upgrade my hardware just to get bug fixes and I shouldn't have to.

Susan's iPhone on the other hand has been through 2 complete OS upgrades since she got it plus various minor bug fixes and updates.

I also like the fact that although not 100% guaranteed you are much less likely to get nastyware installed in iOS because of Apple's strict policies and controls on what goes in the app store. That may reduce choice a little but as more and more of your life goes on the device I find that reassuring.


Jon Paris

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