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Which between the two do you prefer? (Galaxy S or iPhone?)
« on: September 20, 2011, 01:25:15 pm »
Out of curiosity, which do you guys prefer? Every where you go it seems its either the Galaxy S or the iPhone.
I have been an Apple fan ever since the iPhone first came out in 2007 and owned all three- the iphone, 3GS, and 4. My iPhone 4 got cracked when I dropped a month ago so I changed to Galaxy S2.

To tell you the truth, since everything is made by Samsung here, I kinda had this feeling of revulsion almost to the level of hostility towards Samsung ;) … so I didn’t want to try the Galaxy S2. but now after using it for a month, man I’m in love with this.
Which phone do you use, and which do you prefer?

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Re: Which between the two do you prefer?
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2011, 03:51:24 pm »
I have had both an iphone and I now have a galaxy.  I originally wanted an iphone because I was happy with mine back in the states.  It was compatible with my computer, car navigation, dock, group of friends (everyone had one).  I just couldn't get one easily enough here.

So after a ton of drinking and stumbling into a phone store that was oddly open late, I got a galaxy u which is the fatter cousin of the galaxy s.

I like the galaxy because in my opinion the apps are so great.  I dislike it because kies is a pos.  Overall, I like the galaxy platform better.  The iphone feels much nicer in my hand.  I still give it up to Samsung here.

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Re: Which between the two do you prefer? (Galaxy S or iPhone?)
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2011, 07:26:21 pm »
I think it boils down to whether you like Apple OS or Android. My wife has an iPhone and I have a HTC (android) and I much prefer the HTC even though it is significantly bigger. I find the Android operating system and apps much more user friendly and overall the phone is a lot easier to use.

The Galaxy and HTC have 8 MP cameras while the iPhone has a 5 MP, that also played a role in my choice.
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Re: Which between the two do you prefer? (Galaxy S or iPhone?)
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2011, 08:46:19 pm »
Out of curiosity, which do you guys prefer? Every where you go it seems its either the Galaxy S or the iPhone.
I have been an Apple fan ever since the iPhone first came out in 2007 and owned all three- the iphone, 3GS, and 4. My iPhone 4 got cracked when I dropped a month ago so I changed to Galaxy S2.

To tell you the truth, since everything is made by Samsung here, I kinda had this feeling of revulsion almost to the level of hostility towards Samsung ;) … so I didn’t want to try the Galaxy S2. but now after using it for a month, man I’m in love with this.
Which phone do you use, and which do you prefer?

My friends and I converted like you and feel the same way. It gets even better when you root the phone to give you even more flexibility and control.

A lot of people give this analogy:

PC/Android is like driving stick, while Apple products are like driving automatic. That said, the Android (or at least the S2) is "automatic," too, and we finally don't have to use the hideous software called iTunes.





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Re: Which between the two do you prefer? (Galaxy S or iPhone?)
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2011, 07:17:07 am »
Davey nailed it.

If you're someone who doesn't want to have to think about making your stuff work how you want it to, and instead are just happy if it looks nice and is totally stable, get an iPhone.

If you like having a lot more control over your stuff, and want your electronics to be customizable and openended, get an Android phone.

Personally, I have an iPhone 4 because I wanted something that'd retain resale value when I went back to Canada, and (as people who've read my threads probably know) I hate it. iOS is a total joke. The App Store is a joke. Apple's EULA is... occasionally draconic. And, iPhones are irritating to sync up if you have a PC. However, the camera in the iPhone is top notch, and I truly love it. It takes fairly respectable pictures, and I can't count the number of times I've been happy to have it with me. And it really is much better than the camera in the Galaxy S2.

So, if you just want a phone where you can listen to music, make phone calls, and play Angry Birds (or whatever), and you value total stability over personalization or customizability, get an iPhone.

Otherwise, get an Android. But don't get any Galaxy other than the S2 series. Galaxy U and and all the other Galaxy letters are Samsung's budget brand smartphones. The 'S' stands for 'Special' in their naming scheme.

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Re: Which between the two do you prefer? (Galaxy S or iPhone?)
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2011, 08:24:48 am »
I have the Galaxy U and it must be a budget brand cuz it constantly freezes. I like the customizable interface but i would much rather have an iphone for the stability. Plus i could share apps with my ipad

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Re: Which between the two do you prefer? (Galaxy S or iPhone?)
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2011, 08:49:05 am »
i've been using iOS pretty much since it came out on various devices. i love my iphone 4, and i can't imagine a life without it. going to canada this summer and being with out a steady 3G connection was brutal.

that being said, i love android too. i've only used it on a friend's terrible samsung phone and watch other peoples' phones on the subway glide with ease. but it looks complicated and different than what i'm used to.

i think, however, once iOS 5 comes out (hopefully soon!!!  >:( ) that the arguments will be over. iOS 5 *should* blow everything out of the water.
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Re: Which between the two do you prefer? (Galaxy S or iPhone?)
« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2011, 09:05:28 am »
I have the Galaxy U and it must be a budget brand cuz it constantly freezes. I like the customizable interface but i would much rather have an iphone for the stability. Plus i could share apps with my ipad

Yeah. Galaxy U are jokelife. They're genuinely bad phones. The gap between the S models of the Galaxy and everything else is huge.


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Re: Which between the two do you prefer? (Galaxy S or iPhone?)
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2011, 10:16:25 am »
wow look at the poll results..
a bit surprising

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Re: Which between the two do you prefer? (Galaxy S or iPhone?)
« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2011, 11:58:35 am »
I'm with Cowboyshirt.  I own an iPhone 4 because it'll be much easier to transition when I go home for good, but every time I try to do something on it that Apple Marketing didn't predict that the "average, non-techy" customer would  want, I find myself unbelievably frustrated.  It's one thing to hide options in a menu where only people who need it will find it, it's quite something else to find that there is no option intentionally, because someone at Apple gets to decide what I do and do not want to do with my phone/home network/content/computer attached to the phone.

Also, Itunes on Windows is one of the most bloated and useless pieces of software I've ever seen.  I simply cannot believe how much worse it keeps getting with every version.  It was nowhere near this bad 6 or 7 years ago.  I actually kinda liked it then.  There is no excuse, in this day and age, for it to take 30 seconds to a minute to acknowledge that I pressed a single button, never mind actually do what I asked it to do.

I don't hate my phone (excepting Itunes on windows which I do hate), it's still a smartphone, which is a major upgrade from my previous one.  But overall I just can't imagine that my next phone will be an IOS phone.

Oh also, while my iphone 4 is fine, my wife's iphone keeps dropping calls.  Nice one, Apple.

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Re: Which between the two do you prefer? (Galaxy S or iPhone?)
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2011, 12:53:29 pm »
I prefer the S2 to the IPHONE. I played with both of them before I chose and am so happy with my choice. It takes better pictures than my digital camera and I find it much easier to use. I love the big screen and love how you dont really need an instruction manual to figure things out. Well, for most things that is.
Anyway, for those of you who have the S2, did you have any problems loaded the Samsung software? I think its called Keyes? Anyway, we installed it on my laptop but it wont connect to the actual phone? The person who helped me thinks it might be because I have Vista on my computer. He has Windows 7 and it worked fine for him. Any thoughts?
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Re: Which between the two do you prefer? (Galaxy S or iPhone?)
« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2011, 01:01:02 pm »
I just got an Iphone and love it!  One reason i got it was so I could take it back with me to US or anywhere else.  Not sure if you can do that with Galaxy.  Plus there are endless amounts of apps for it.  One thing I learned from using Korean phones is that they dont last very long.  A yr tops!

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Re: Which between the two do you prefer? (Galaxy S or iPhone?)
« Reply #12 on: September 21, 2011, 01:56:42 pm »
As long as you get the GSM version with a sim card then you can use the Galaxy S2 anywhere. If you have CDMA then no you cant.

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« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2011, 02:24:28 pm »
I never understood this "open and customize-able" point that Android users make. I have never met an Android user who gets more functionality out of their phone than I do with my iPhone (and no, I'm not jailbroken). There has never, ever been a time where I thought "oh, my phone can't do that. I wish I was on Android."

I realize that not everyone is an Android power user, but what exactly are you guys doing with all this "openness" that iOS is supposedly missing??

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Re: Which between the two do you prefer? (Galaxy S or iPhone?)
« Reply #14 on: September 21, 2011, 03:21:30 pm »
well its like asking,

what so darn cool about apple?
i mean what really is there behind the "cool factor" for apple products? is it steve job's key note speech? the design? Design by the way, is subjective.
It leaves then to the iOS that apple fans really boast about, but I never saw anyone complain about how fragile the android is. So in the end, its the user experience.
But from what I get from the comments above, users are pretty much loving their experience with their Galaxy phones.


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« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2011, 03:42:35 pm »
well its like asking,

what so darn cool about apple?

You point is not really analogous. After all, how many people say "I like my iPhone over other devices because it is so darn cool". They normally give an reason like ease of use/stability/apps/hardware.

I'm talking about specifics here. I'm really curious as to what all these Android users are doing out there that I am missing in my locked-down, walled-garden iOS world.

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Re: Which between the two do you prefer? (Galaxy S or iPhone?)
« Reply #16 on: September 21, 2011, 05:30:40 pm »
I love my iPhone 4.  I didn't like it until I jail broke it to be honest...but with the extra control that you get with the jailbreak...it suits me perfectly.  I really like it.

Having said that...I think I'll try a Samsung at some future point...just to see how Android stacks up.

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« Reply #17 on: September 21, 2011, 07:23:17 pm »
The App Store is a joke. Apple's EULA is... occasionally draconic. And, iPhones are irritating to sync up if you have a PC. However, the camera in the iPhone is top notch, and I truly love it. It takes fairly respectable pictures, and I can't count the number of times I've been happy to have it with me. And it really is much better than the camera in the Galaxy S2.

So, if you just want a phone where you can listen to music, make phone calls, and play Angry Birds (or whatever), and you value total stability over personalization or customizability, get an iPhone.


I never understood this "open and customize-able" point that Android users make. I have never met an Android user who gets more functionality out of their phone than I do with my iPhone (and no, I'm not jailbroken). There has never, ever been a time where I thought "oh, my phone can't do that. I wish I was on Android."

I realize that not everyone is an Android power user, but what exactly are you guys doing with all this "openness" that iOS is supposedly missing??

As cowboyshirt stated, if you're gonna use the iPhone to do basic tasks such as make calls, play X game, etc., the iPhone is more than sufficient and some may prefer it over X Android phone (everyone is different).

There are several reasons why I prefer the Android, such as

-better notification system

-greater customization with regards to home launchers (shortcuts, gestures, etc.). You can customize the iPhone home launch if you jailbreak it, but it's limited (although its limitation might be sufficient for some).

-widgets

-tighter Google Voice integration

-Flash

-if you want an example of real customization, you can almost customize "to the wire" so to speak via custom ROMs. You can google what this enables you to do, as there are different ROMs for different users (again, it depends on the user).

Most importantly, when I connect the phone to my computer, I can just drag and drop (it's recognized like a USB device), just like almost any other device. The iPhone, on the other hand, insists you go through obscene iTunes. And there's also that "syncing" issue--I can't just simply plug my phone into another computer because  iTunes wants to delete everything on the phone if I want to transfer files from the newly synced computer. I'm aware that there's a way around it, but I find it troublesome.

Ultimately, it's up to what the user wants to do with the phone. You may not care/want what the Android can offer over the iPhone and, in that case, stick with the iPhone--I've had it and it is a great phone, no doubt. That said, you can't really say which one is better for you until you've delved into both phones.


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Re: Which between the two do you prefer? (Galaxy S or iPhone?)
« Reply #18 on: September 21, 2011, 09:41:14 pm »
I'm an owner of an iPhone but I really prefer getting an android phone because of the ability to customize it much more than the iPhone. I'm definitely planning to buy one when I get the money.

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« Reply #19 on: September 22, 2011, 07:59:59 am »
Someone commented that Korean phones only last a year. Well my wife's iPhone 4 has been replaced twice in a month by SK. She keeps having problems with it. When I spoke to the service centre they told me that they have enormous problems with the iPhone 4 and they keep replacing them.

The fact that you cannot change the battery on the iPhone also sucks and of course as has been said, working with iTunes only is also so bad.

Give me android any day.
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