iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy s3?

[Blocker]

I will admit that I am an iPhone fan (note not an Apple fanboy in that I don't go out and buy everything that Apple makes, I just have the iPhone). But if Apple don't start pulling its finger out and start making iPhones which are ground breaking once again, like they used to be, I may just give it the flick. Their last 3 iPhones, while all being more advanced than their predecessor, are not ground breaking enough. Samsung and Google (android) are leaving it behind. The iPhone needs to come up with an alternative to flashplayer so to allow users to use products that are flashplayer reliant, it needs a bigger screen, its battery life needs to be longer and it needs widgets. People love widgets. People want to customise their phone and unfortunately the iPhone lacks the customisation specs of the Galaxy.

Having said that, at this stage, I'm still in favour of the iPhone, albeit slightly, because overall it works better and looks better. But if current trends continue, it won't be too long before Samsung/Google leave Apple in its wake and I start looking for another type of smartphone. It is an understatement to suggest that Apple needs to implement some big ticket items in its next iPhone.

[JoelDali]

Originally Posted by Blocker

I will admit that I am an iPhone fan (note not an Apple fanboy in that I don't go out and buy everything that Apple makes, I just have the iPhone). But if Apple don't start pulling its finger out and start making iPhones which are ground breaking once again, like they used to be, I may just give it the flick. Their last 3 iPhones, while all being more advanced than their predecessor, are not ground breaking enough. Samsung and Google (android) are leaving it behind. The iPhone needs to come up with an alternative to flashplayer so to allow users to use products that are flashplayer reliant, it needs a bigger screen, its battery life needs to be longer and it needs widgets. People love widgets. People want to customise their phone and unfortunately the iPhone lacks the customisation specs of the Galaxy.

Having said that, at this stage, I'm still in favour of the iPhone, albeit slightly, because overall it works better and looks better. But if current trends continue, it won't be too long before Samsung/Google leave Apple in its wake and I start looking for another type of smartphone. It is an understatement to suggest that Apple needs to implement some big ticket items in its next iPhone.

I have to agree. My 5 has developed some interesting quirks since the 6.0 update and reminds me of my 10 years with blackberry. I'm missing my 4S which was so flawless and perfect.

There is no loyalty in the fanboy fone game. My problem is I tried the S3 for 3 weeks and just did not like the experience at all. I'm going to look at W8 but Microsoft is also ******* me off lately in work related ways. Quality control has gone out the window and metro UI sucks rusted sack of balls.

[Blaxican10s]

Originally Posted by JoelDali

I have to agree. My 5 has developed some interesting quirks since the 6.0 update and reminds me of my 10 years with blackberry. I'm missing my 4S which was so flawless and perfect.

There is no loyalty in the fanboy fone game. My problem is I tried the S3 for 3 weeks and just did not like the experience at all. I'm going to look at W8 but Microsoft is also ******* me off lately in work related ways. Quality control has gone out the window and metro UI sucks rusted sack of balls.

I've had two different stints with the S3 (ICS & now JellyBean) and the latest has completely changed the game for me. The integration of Google Now has really helped the Android experience for me. I was so bored with my iphone 5 and its 2007 interface that it didn't take much to woo me away but I'm glad I gave the S3 another shot because it's a keeper for me.

[Power Player]

I hacked google now into my last droid and hated it. Everyday it would alert me about stuff that I didnt really need to know about it.

Its all about the OS. I just prefer the iOS over everything else. Apple obviously has others catching up to them, so I am not as interested in the latest and greatest phones (they are all pretty powerful now) as I am the OS updates coming down the line.

[pushing_wins]

is there an xda for iphone?

[JoelDali]

Both foans suck.

[Sid_Vicious]

Originally Posted by JoelDali

Both foans suck.

What happened? The Iphone not working smoothly anymore?

[JoelDali]

It's amazing how the Blackberry did so many things better than iPhone or S3. Seriously. So many things. The ability to create auto playlists without iTunes BS I really miss. Blackberrys music player had so many cool little features that I don't have with even 3rd party apps I've bought trying to find these features.

Typing on touchscreen blows. On any phone. I hate it. Autocorrect sucks!

You could say that yes, my 5 has developed some quirks since the last ios upgrade that has made me a sad panda lately. I also don't like the synching mechanisms of both phones and miss the Blackberry way. I like to have my own copies of contacts not in some BS cloud BS. I don't wanna use google sync. I want my data here safe with me in my possession protected by a password and my arsenal of Basalt stacks.

Anyhow. Just venting for no reason. I remember our CEO had the first blackberry and how revolutionary it was just to have corporate email mobilized. Now it's a big media con game sucking the collective life out of all of us.

Attention span theft. Rampant.

I could sit here and name all the big 2's shortcomings but I don't give a fuch.

I'm too busy FOATing.

[Power Player]

My i5 works better after the update. Freaking crazy. I got lucky i guess, this thing is killing it for me.

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by Power Player

My i5 works better after the update. Freaking crazy. I got lucky i guess, this thing is killing it for me.

The syncing is a little dicey with iTunes so I typically just avoid it and I'm very happy with the I5.

[Blaxican10s]

Originally Posted by JoelDali

It's amazing how the Blackberry did so many things better than iPhone or S3. Seriously. So many things. The ability to create auto playlists without iTunes BS I really miss. Blackberrys music player had so many cool little features that I don't have with even 3rd party apps I've bought trying to find these features.

Typing on touchscreen blows. On any phone. I hate it. Autocorrect sucks!

You could say that yes, my 5 has developed some quirks since the last ios upgrade that has made me a sad panda lately. I also don't like the synching mechanisms of both phones and miss the Blackberry way. I like to have my own copies of contacts not in some BS cloud BS. I don't wanna use google sync. I want my data here safe with me in my possession protected by a password and my arsenal of Basalt stacks.

Anyhow. Just venting for no reason. I remember our CEO had the first blackberry and how revolutionary it was just to have corporate email mobilized. Now it's a big media con game sucking the collective life out of all of us.

Attention span theft. Rampant.

I could sit here and name all the big 2's shortcomings but I don't give a fuch.

I'm too busy FOATing.

You're living in the past man!

[sphinx780]

Originally Posted by Blaxican10s

You're living in the past man!

...or the future if BB can pull off the new phoan lineup

[JoelDali]

Blackberry, like WP8, will never have a GOAT app supply. I love iPhoan apps.
It's what will keep me GOATing Apple for the time being.

Android is just too ragged and sloppy.

[sphinx780]

There is something to be said for apps. I wish the other two could garner the support they need and make a game of it. Watching the phoan race over the past year has been like watching two drunk gorillas in a slapping fight...albeit entertaining, it essentially goes nowhere. The innovation is stagnating and the smaller players fail to get a foothold to compete with said gorillas.

[Nostradamus]

With this new software Upgrade now, Galaxy blows away Iphone by 10,000 miles.

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

FINALLY got out of my iPhone and into an Android, in the form of LG Optimus G.

You have no idea how gratifying it is to be able to use the Bluetooth technology, you know, the same technology that's already on the iPhone to transfer files instantly. I mean, to think that I can finally use a simple feature like bluetooth like it was intended, enough said.

Apple's continued practice to use iTunes as the ONLY method of file transfer is thoroughly annoying.

The quad-core Snap Dragon processor is stupid fast, along with its 2gigs of RAM. And thank you Android/LG for allowing me to put music/multimedia/etc. files on a separate SD card (comes with the phone). This allows me to load up my phone with music and such without worrying about bogging down overall performance.

iPhone continues to be a great gadget for newbies and the non-tech-savy users. But for those of us who wants more customization options, the iOS is severely limited.

Now I'm just waiting on the Jelly Bean update and watch the quad-cores go nuts!

[JoelDali]

Anyone ever lose all their music off an iPhone for no reason? Or all your contacts? I'm still trying to understand what happened with these 2 recent incidents. Thankfully I had a contacts backup in Outlook and recovered 90% of my contacts. Pretty sure it was an iCloud iTunes fail of some sort but I still don't know.

Anyone know why Apple refuses to address the inability to read Excel XLS files after the iOS 6 upgrade? Even across different file apps, you CANNOT open XLS files on iPhone iOS 6. You can open Excel 2010/2013 XLSX files but not older ones. There are threads on Apple support about this one but no one cares to address it. It's seriously an epic failure on Apples part after the 6.0 upgrade that you can't read XLS files. This is huge for a lot of important people such as myself or Fedace.

It's these additional things that have bummed me out on iPhone lately.

To lose data with no valid explanation just really freaks me out. I'm sure it was user error on my part since I have no idea how to work POS iTunes properly. Recently also I couldn't drag and drop mp3 files and luckily found a solution to log out and log back in to iTunes.

So yeah I'm getting burned out on the 5 for a few big reasons but the apps make me stay. I can't live without many of them. It truly goes to show that indy developers mean so much to every platform.

iPhone is so very far from perfect based on my own subjectives. Every phone is imperfect at this point in the game. Apple has lots of work to do. But I won't leave yet.

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by JoelDali

Anyone ever lose all their music off an iPhone for no reason? Or all your contacts? I'm still trying to understand what happened with these 2 recent incidents. Thankfully I had a contacts backup in Outlook and recovered 90% of my contacts. Pretty sure it was an iCloud iTunes fail of some sort but I still don't know.

Anyone know why Apple refuses to address the inability to read Excel XLS files after the iOS 6 upgrade? Even across different file apps, you CANNOT open XLS files on iPhone iOS 6. You can open Excel 2010/2013 XLSX files but not older ones. There are threads on Apple support about this one but no one cares to address it. It's seriously an epic failure on Apples part after the 6.0 upgrade that you can't read XLS files. This is huge for a lot of important people such as myself or Fedace.

It's these additional things that have bummed me out on iPhone lately.

To lose data with no valid explanation just really freaks me out. I'm sure it was user error on my part since I have no idea how to work POS iTunes properly. Recently also I couldn't drag and drop mp3 files and luckily found a solution to log out and log back in to iTunes.

So yeah I'm getting burned out on the 5 for a few big reasons but the apps make me stay. I can't live without many of them. It truly goes to show that indy developers mean so much to every platform.

iPhone is so very far from perfect based on my own subjectives. Every phone is imperfect at this point in the game. Apple has lots of work to do. But I won't leave yet.

I hate iTunes sync. It is only 1 way. So if you have no Contacts on your computer and a bunch on your phone, do a sync and watch your Contacts disappear. I don't bother with iTunes for Contacts. I sync with my Gmail contacts, I recommend you do the same. Gmail is the GOAT of contacting.

[Dags]

Originally Posted by Say Chi Sin Lo

Apple's continued practice to use iTunes as the ONLY method of file transfer is thoroughly annoying.

I use Dropbox for transferring files to my phone. In general I just let it do its thing and keep the file in the cloud, but if I know I want to access something locally on the device (for instance, if I'm going abroad where roaming costs are prohibitive) I'll flag it as a favourite so that there's a local copy.

Originally Posted by JoelDali

Anyone know why Apple refuses to address the inability to read Excel XLS files after the iOS 6 upgrade?

This works fine for me, both from an email attachment and Dropbox. I'm on 6.0.1. Maybe it's specific to certain features, or versions of .xls?

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Originally Posted by Dags

I use Dropbox for transferring files to my phone. In general I just let it do its thing and keep the file in the cloud, but if I know I want to access something locally on the device (for instance, if I'm going abroad where roaming costs are prohibitive) I'll flag it as a favourite so that there's a local copy.


This works fine for me, both from an email attachment and Dropbox. I'm on 6.0.1. Maybe it's specific to certain features, or versions of .xls?

Why should the users have to resort to using a 3rd party app when the phone already has the technology built in?

If the phone didn't have the technology and a 3rd party app steps in to better the phone, that's fine with me. But the iPhone does have that technology, it's just that Apple decided to lock the file transferring capability of bluetooth in order to force its users to continue to use iTunes as the only way to transfer files.