[PAST] iPhone versus Android: Which is better overall? [PAST]

Justin wrote:I have to say iphone 5. My friends have both and my brother has a Note II while my other friend has an S4. They have both slowed down CONSIDERABLY since they were purchased- and they are only around a year old. It may just be an issue due to small sample size, but multiple people i talk to say that their android has gotten really slow.

#teamiphone for me :3

gunmage8 wrote:I am confused by the topic, it says iphone vs android but then it is all about the galaxy s5. If we want to make this the same we can say apple phone products vs android phone products

It's overall Android and iPhone products. The Android and iPhone chosen were the ones that were tagged as most popular. However, this is about which has better performance overall, Android phones or iPhones.

Sorry for the confusion; hope that clears things up .

Tuff Tiga wrote:
Look at it this way, Android is like a Ferrari while an iPhone is like a Chevy Cruze.

Tuff Tiga wrote:Android all the way. In fact Android's don't overheat as you say, if your android overheats, it means that you're overclocking your phone (+1 to android for overclocking). Androids come with MORE than sufficient amount of RAM. It has way more RAM than the iPhone 5S even on lower flagship phones. You also stated that it requires the CPU to run its OS, so does the iPhone and so does a computer. You aren't losing ANYTHING on bootup with an Android, the widgets that come with stock Android take up MINIMAL power and RAM that it's hardly noticeable.

Look at it this way, Android is like a Ferrari while an iPhone is like a Chevy Cruze. The speed on an Android will FAR out perform the speed of an iPhone (running stock OS's). When you're opening apps, yes you are sacrificing speed but on an Android you still have plenty of power to tap into.

While we can use all this speed it comes at the cost of battery life. Everyone knows that on an Android battery is an issue because of the giant displays and specs packed into something so small. Though some people think that you can't get a full day's worth of battery out of an Android, they are wrong. You can get up to 2 days maybe more from a fully charged battery.

The only win I would give to the iPhone is the flat OS they have. This doesn't require so much power like the old OS do but Android is well on it's way. Most features of the OS on iPhone's were already implemented in Android OR required a third-party app to function, this alone wins my favour over.

At the end of the day, I would still definitely favour Android over iPhones.

gonecase wrote:

Tuff Tiga wrote:Android all the way. In fact Android's don't overheat as you say, if your android overheats, it means that you're overclocking your phone (+1 to android for overclocking). Androids come with MORE than sufficient amount of RAM. It has way more RAM than the iPhone 5S even on lower flagship phones. You also stated that it requires the CPU to run its OS, so does the iPhone and so does a computer. You aren't losing ANYTHING on bootup with an Android, the widgets that come with stock Android take up MINIMAL power and RAM that it's hardly noticeable.

Look at it this way, Android is like a Ferrari while an iPhone is like a Chevy Cruze. The speed on an Android will FAR out perform the speed of an iPhone (running stock OS's). When you're opening apps, yes you are sacrificing speed but on an Android you still have plenty of power to tap into.

While we can use all this speed it comes at the cost of battery life. Everyone knows that on an Android battery is an issue because of the giant displays and specs packed into something so small. Though some people think that you can't get a full day's worth of battery out of an Android, they are wrong. You can get up to 2 days maybe more from a fully charged battery.

The only win I would give to the iPhone is the flat OS they have. This doesn't require so much power like the old OS do but Android is well on it's way. Most features of the OS on iPhone's were already implemented in Android OR required a third-party app to function, this alone wins my favour over.

At the end of the day, I would still definitely favour Android over iPhones.

Disagree about the general statement that androids dont overheat. It depends on the type of phone and the body. Plastic phones dont overheat but try a metallic unibody android like the HTC One and just start playing games or using the gps and see what happens. It heats up a LOT more than the iphone tbh.

Ironic wrote:Iphone for now, i've never been too fond of a Andriod device, because its way too complicated  for me, iOS devices are much easier and straight forward...

I do agree with you completely on iOS devices being simpler to use. When I used Cille's Android phone last year it took me a few hours just to figure out where was what, and that was after she changed the phone to English !

Tuff Tiga wrote:Androids aren't meant for people that have no idea what they are doing, but this topic isn't about the functionality of each OS. Or maybe the topic should be more clear, perform as in specs or perform as in overall OS functionality. Either way saying Android is more difficult to use than iOS has no relevance to the topic.

Tuff Tiga wrote:OK now that we have changed the topic title to give a more clear idea of what we are talking about, I'll continue.

The title/topic title is pretty clear in stating "which of them is better overall?" In context "overall" meaning all of the things that encompass to make up general Android phones and general iPhones, which is better overall in their respective fields (more comfortable to use, stronger OS, can handle having multiple things open, lasts long, doesn't break as easily, ease of access, battery length, so on and so forth) .

Anyway, continue, having fun reading this discussion. I can't really give my opinion to which is better overall. All of my opinions in this have been simply based off using my friends' phones occasionally. I have a dinosaur phone, so not like I can really give a good weighed answer, regardless .

Kelly wrote:

Tuff Tiga wrote:OK now that we have changed the topic title to give a more clear idea of what we are talking about, I'll continue.

The title/topic title is pretty clear in stating "which of them is better overall?" In context "overall" meaning all of the things that encompass to make up general Android phones and general iPhones, which is better overall in their respective fields (more comfortable to use, stronger OS, can handle having multiple things open, lasts long, doesn't break as easily, ease of access, battery length, so on and so forth) .

Tuff Tiga wrote:

Kelly wrote:

Tuff Tiga wrote:OK now that we have changed the topic title to give a more clear idea of what we are talking about, I'll continue.

The title/topic title is pretty clear in stating "which of them is better overall?" In context "overall" meaning all of the things that encompass to make up general Android phones and general iPhones, which is better overall in their respective fields (more comfortable to use, stronger OS, can handle having multiple things open, lasts long, doesn't break as easily, ease of access, battery length, so on and so forth) .

Yeah I got Kid to change the topic cause his initial debate and the topic contradicted each other. The initial title was which performed better and some arguments presented wasn't relevant to that initial topic

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That hasn't changed since the start of the thread … But yeah, I agree that the title this way works better. Longer, but works better.

Kelly wrote:

Tuff Tiga wrote:

Kelly wrote:

Tuff Tiga wrote:OK now that we have changed the topic title to give a more clear idea of what we are talking about, I'll continue.

The title/topic title is pretty clear in stating "which of them is better overall?" In context "overall" meaning all of the things that encompass to make up general Android phones and general iPhones, which is better overall in their respective fields (more comfortable to use, stronger OS, can handle having multiple things open, lasts long, doesn't break as easily, ease of access, battery length, so on and so forth) .

Yeah I got Kid to change the topic cause his initial debate and the topic contradicted each other. The initial title was which performed better and some arguments presented wasn't relevant to that initial topic

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That hasn't changed since the start of the thread … But yeah, I agree that the title this way works better. Longer, but works better.