Hi! I DO NOT want the IOS android fan war here. I like them both. Thinking about going from 5s to the g3. Just a few HARDWARE comparisons if anyone has used both.
1) camera- is the g3 as good? Low light?
2) speaker- is g3 call quality as good on both external speaker and regular speaker.
3) Bluetooth- does it pair easily?
4) GPS- does it lock quickly and accurate?
5) Screen responsiveness - on keyboard and general phone navigation...as good as 5s?
I switched from an iPhone 5 to the G3 on Verizon, my wife has a the 5s. Here's what I've found so far:
The camera is very good, I think in low light there may be a touch more color noise. After so many awful android phone pictures I've seen this was a big deal for me. I've been very impressed with the camera and the video quality.
Speaker. The iP5 has a little better bass response. The G3 gets a little louder without distortion. The phone speaker seems a touch more muddy than on the iPhone, but it may have been the connection. It's acceptable, but neither of them (iP or G3) were really all that great to begin with. I'd say I like the iP5 better if I *had* to choose, but it's close.
Bluetooth...um, I haven't tried it yet. The last couple of chapters of my audiobook are on my old iPhone so I've been leaving the old phone in the car. Neither of my cars have useful speakerphones (aftermarket) so I never use it for that.
GPS seems accurate - Waze (my primary nav app) works as well as on the iPhone.
The phone is more responsive than the iP5. Stock keyboard was very nice - having the numbers is great, and symbols with a hold-press - but Swipe...holy $#!+ that's some serious awesome. After 3 days with the Swipe keyboard, typing without swipe is like going back to punchcard input.decks. There is no vertical sharing/skewing of the screen when you scroll like the iPhone (good), but it occassionally "catches" or pauses for a few ms when you scroll past a large picture in facebook. I haven't found any stuttering or responsiveness problems which were worse that my iP5.
The screen is gorgeous - my wife was rather jealous when she saw it. It's max brightness is about 80% of the iPhone, but it's been more than bright enough for everything I do (I rarely had my iPhone at 100% - usually at 60%). I'm a moderate user and get similar screen-on time (vs iP5) and a bit longer sleep time (on low-use days I could go 36-40 hours between needing to charge - essentially every other night).
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