Android VS iOS

[Zoostation]

I know it seems like the 6 Plus has a "much" larger battery but it's fascinating that it is only 10% larger than the S6 edge (2915mAh on the 6 Plus vs. 2600mAh on my S6 edge). It's clearly all about Apple's magnificent OS battery management. I think Android has many incredible features and really enjoy the platform, but battery management is clearly not one of them

Don't forget the 6+ has a 1080p screen and S6 is qhd.

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[jcp007]

Quad core vs octa core?

 

[Ray3613]

Have any1 got ny idea how to make the volume buttons of beats work with s6 or any android device without rooting?

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[bkeaver]

Quad core vs octa core?

I phones are only dual core are they not?

 

[jcp007]

I phones are only dual core are they not?

You're right. Take two...dual core versus octa core. Apple does well on single core but not multi core.

 

[Wiggum333]

You can't really compare the battery life of the iPhone 6 plus to the s6. You have to compare the regular iPhone 6 battery

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@emad1995 ... I'm only quoting your post because it's readily available, but my below comments are not directed specifically at you ... they are directed in general to the whole idea of how we compare phones around here.

First off, I totally understand that not all devices are created equal, and that some relativity in comparisons has to be used. That said, this whole business of "you can't compare this phone to that phone" is ridiculous as often as that is said around here. What people are generally comparing is the EXPERIENCE of using one phone vs. another. In this case, it's the iPhone 6+ vs. the GS6. Yes, the 6+ has a larger battery and "lesser" display ... but as others have said, what we are really comparing is two flagship devices that are at the same basic price point. I think that's a way more than fair comparison. ie: you can buy one phone or the other with the same hit to your wallet, and should be getting roughly the same experience of usability and screen time, etc.

Long story short on the above is, Samsung made some decisions to go with a smaller battery and better display on the S6 ... and if that's inherently going to cause the battery to drain more quickly than "comparable" devices, then I personally find that to be a bad choice on Samsung's part. They chose a slimmer design for aesthetics vs. a slightly (VERY slightly) thicker design for better function. At least, that's how I see it.

Now, on to one of the main issues we seem to discuss over and over here. Apple has somehow found a way to have their phones (with less ram and a less powerful processor) to run longer and more fluidly than most android devices - and this is withOUT having to "manage" your phone's settings for things like location, wifi on/off, bluetooth on/off, so on and so forth. I'm not tech savvy enough to know what the deal is, but it baffles my mind from a common sense standpoint that the "comparable" android phones are not ALL getting the same basic performance from the battery, and the same basic fluidity from multi-tasking & app switching. And please, I don't need an explanation of how what Android does is with multi-tasking/app-switching/whatever is different technically than what Apple phones do. To 99% of users out there, they all "do" the same thing. You open an app, switch to another app, then switch back, etc. The background apps should all come up right where they left off, on all these phones, period. Whether it means the app was floating solely in the RAM, of if it was written to a cache to be reloaded later, I dont know, and I don't care. The point is, all these flagship phones SHOULD do that effortlessly.

The other thing is, when comparing the apple phones to the android phones (or iOS to Android) is a lot of talk of customization. I can't argue with that. Apple has their stuff locked down pretty good. But, the benefit is, a typically smoother running phone, and most all the apps they give you to use are as good as what else is out there. You can debate the lack of being able to customize the look of your messaging app, but in the end, as long as it handles SMS/MMS properly, allows you to easily see the conversation, etc... then there really isn't a problem. The only thing left is "Hey, I'd rather my message bubbles be color X for incoming, and color Y for my own. That has very little if anything to do with functionality, unless the stock colors are so similar and the layout of the app is so screwy that it's hard to read.

Now, I'm not here promoting apple/iOS, or dogging Android. I LOVE my S6, and can't see me switching back to an Apple phone. There are just too many things I like about Android vs iOS. But the point of this thread is comparing one phone/system to another... and it's a very valid comparison if you ask me.

I still think the only real problem with the S6 that cannot be solved via software updates and bug fixes is the battery ... you can talk all you want about 5.1.1 coming out, but the battery is going to be the same exact size then as it is now. There might be slight improvements in battery life, but if you are expecting 5.1.1 to change your SOT from 4-5 hours up to 9 hours, I hope you're not holding your breath. Samsung SHOULD have made the phone thicker to put close to a 3500mAh battery in there, which would have barely increased thickness of the phone, and made the effective depth of the camera bezel smaller - both of which would have been GREAT improvements.

 

[BioFanatic]

Wiggum333, I couldn't agree with you more about everything you said!

 

[AlphaTango414]

He must of went to a prep school with strict assigned dress code that made it look like all 99% of everyone else there.



Why would I want a cookie cutter phone that looks like 99% of every other iPhone out there. You make it seem like we should be fine with no customization. That's like buying a car and someone telling you, you can't put aftermarket parts on it and such. It has to stay just the way it is. People has personalities and they express these things by changing things in their life's to express them. From home decor, vehicles, work desks/offices, phones, and ect.

If someone likes cookie cutter things, then iOS has got that covered.

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[grover5]

Interesting. I usually do not see less than 50% on my nexus 6 after a routine day. Once I tried to use the phone as much as I could and got into the 40's. I usually get good battery life because I am OCD about closing stuff and backing out of apps. The best device I have seen on battery is the one plus one and xperia Z2. Not sure why my iphone 6+ has not been as stellar on battery as others get. It is not bad, but not as good as my stock nexus 6.

Posted via my Galaxy S6!

My Nexus 6 gets good battery life as well.

 

[Techno-guy]

Don't forget the 6+ has a 1080p screen and S6 is qhd.

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Fair point....but in reality, I cannot see any difference, at all, between the screen quality of my already HD, 6 Plus vs my QHD S6 that has double the pixels when I hold them side by side. So, maybe it was a Samsung design decision that resulted in poorer battery life without any other tangible benefits. I don't know.

That said, I do know I prefer the AMOLED of the S6 over the IPS of the iPhone - I like the color richer, more saturated display of the S6 for sure. Best thing about Samsung phones is always their screens!

 

[thoots]

I moved from Blackberry to Samsung Android, with a side trip to iOS with the first iPad Air. Oh, yeah, I have some thoughts about the differences between Android and iOS:

I just have GOT to have the impression that iOS fans probably don't deal much with iTunes. I paid an INSANE amount of money to get an iPad Air with a lot of memory so that I could put a lot of "content" onto it -- and I have got to say that iTunes must be the absolute worst piece of "programming" that I have ever experienced. Why on EARTH should working with Images be different than working with Videos, and different than working with Music files, and so on? But each kind of media is done COMPLETELY differently via iTunes. And if you want to work with Document files, like Excel spreadsheets, well, that's almost completely ignored.

Compare that to Android's simple drag-and-drop into clearly named folders, and, well, I just can't believe that the average iOS user is doing much in iTunes at all. Nor do I expect that they are doing much of anything with documents like spreadsheets and such.

Also, one enormous difference is the lack of widgets in iOS -- I don't use a lot of them, but I ABSOLUTELY DEPEND upon having a few bits of information quickly at hand, via Android widgets.

Kind of associated with widgets is the basic ability to customize your device to meet your needs, which is essentially impossible with iOS -- I guess you can move icons around. But you have hundreds, perhaps thousands of options to customize Android to fit your needs. There simply is no concept of "launchers" or apps that can change how your device works and looks with iOS -- oh, gosh, there are so many more apps for iOS, but, but, but -- but you can't find ONE that will let you customize your device like all of the apps you have to choose from for Android devices. This is a fundamental difference -- iOS works the way that Apple has chosen for you, whereas Android can be highly customized to work the way YOU want it to work.

In the end, if you want to transfer media files to your device, and especially if you want to use documents like spreadsheets and word processing files, I sure think Android is miles ahead of iOS and the despicable iTunes. And Android gives you the ability to build an environment that works the way YOU want it to work, as opposed to just doing it the way that Apple has chosen for you.

I think these basic things make far more of a difference between iOS and Android than the endless sniveling over battery life and such -- and there are a whole lot of Android devices to choose from, which give you a wide selection of battery sizes and screen sizes to meet your needs. In regards to the Galaxy S6 specifically, you can make a huge difference in battery life by optimizing a few settings, and with wireless charging, a quick charge is as easy as plopping the phone down on a wireless charging stand.

I gave iOS a try with my iPad Air -- but I bailed out of it in less than a year, and I'm very sure that I won't waste any more of my own money on an iOS device, ever again. And I'm quite happy with my Galaxy S6 -- I'm getting plenty of battery life, I love the screen, and I make great use of the Samsung "S View" case to see what's going on through the window in the case. I bought the 64-gigabyte version, which should give me plenty of room for my files, and while I have bought extra batteries for all of my prior devices, I must say that I have NEVER actually needed to remove the original battery and make any use of the extras. So, I'm willing to give a non-replaceable battery a shot.

 

[Wiggum333]

He must of went to a prep school with strict assigned dress code that made it look like all 99% of everyone else there.



Why would I want a cookie cutter phone that looks like 99% of every other iPhone out there. You make it seem like we should be fine with no customization. That's like buying a car and someone telling you, you can't put aftermarket parts on it and such. It has to stay just the way it is. People has personalities and they express these things by changing things in their life's to express them. From home decor, vehicles, work desks/offices, phones, and ect.

If someone likes cookie cutter things, then iOS has got that covered.

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Obviously you missed the part of my post that made it clear I prefer Android mainly because of features you cant get on iOS. Also, the point of my post was how we compare the phones - mainly battery life - and how we should not have to manage the phone settings to get comparable battery life.

 

[stevelam]

I have a 6 Plus as well and while it's hard to get an equivalent Screen on Time (Apple "usage" is not the same), I'd say I get a solid 8-10 hours (not gaming, mostly reading or browsing) on my 6 Plus.

And, here's the big thing - not one thing needs to be shut down on my iPhone - I have WiFi calling, Bluetooth ON, VoLTE, all Google services synching, NFC (Apple Pay), etc. My S6, on the other hand, is lucky to get 3.5 hours SoT with half of Android's coolest features turned off (no haptic feedback, no widgets, no Google Now, brightness way down, no VoLTE, no WiFi calling, no NFC, etc.).

You are right, though. Where the iPhone truly excels, and what the test sites don't measure, is idle (Standby) time. I might burn 1-2% in idle over the course of an entire 10 hour work day on my iPhone if I'm not using it. My S6 loses 3-4% per hour (sometimes more) just sitting there so I can often leave my office and be down to under 60% (on a bad drain day) not having touched the S6 if it's a super busy day for me.

As much as I love my S6, the difference is day and night.

i would have to agree with a lot of this. on the s6 i'm constantly having to monitor things that are running. i have to remember to toggle off every feature i use once i'm done using it. on the iphone, i barely ever have to toggle anything off and on.

 

[stevelam]

He must of went to a prep school with strict assigned dress code that made it look like all 99% of everyone else there.



Why would I want a cookie cutter phone that looks like 99% of every other iPhone out there. You make it seem like we should be fine with no customization. That's like buying a car and someone telling you, you can't put aftermarket parts on it and such. It has to stay just the way it is. People has personalities and they express these things by changing things in their life's to express them. From home decor, vehicles, work desks/offices, phones, and ect.

If someone likes cookie cutter things, then iOS has got that covered.

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who says you can't change your iphones look or customization? its called jailbreaking. easy peasy. in fact i find i can customize my iphone way more and easier than i can vs my s6.

on the s6, how do i add another page of quick toggles when you swipe down from the top of the screen? right now its just limited to 2 pages. can you even add another one?

 

[Techno-guy]

You can't really compare the battery life of the iPhone 6 plus to the s6. You have to compare the regular iPhone 6 battery

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Have to disagree on this. The batteries of the iPhone 6 Plus and Galaxy S6 edge are within roughly 10% of each other. That's as comparable as it gets. The 6 Plus is 2915mAh and the S6 edge is 2600mAh. They are both in the same battery category as the LG G4 (3000mAh) and the HTC M9 (2840mAh).

Now I would agree with you if you were comparing the S6 battery to the Note 4 (3220mAh) or the Lumia 1520 (3400mAh). They are clearly in a different battery (much larger) category.

But, likewise the iPhone 6 is in a different battery (much smaller) category than the S6 at only 1810mAh. That's 31% smaller than the 2600mAh S6 edge battery so no, they are not really comparable, and yet, somehow, the iPhone 6's battery life is either as good or better than the S6. Clearly Apple has figured out a way to do more with less, at least with battery life.

If we could somehow motivate Samsung and Google to really make the effort and optimize their software & hardware to act as efficiently as Apple iPhones, imagine just how fantastic the Android eco-system would be...because then we would have the best of both worlds - a fantastic and flexible OS while being lag-free, smooth, and highly energy efficient.

 

[jcp007]

Obviously you missed the part of my post that made it clear I prefer Android mainly because of features you cant get on iOS. Also, the point of my post was how we compare the phones - mainly battery life - and how we should not have to manage the phone settings to get comparable battery life.

Conversely, you have the option to fine tune your devices. Great comments.

 

[razza1987]

@emad1995 ... I'm only quoting your post because it's readily available, but my below comments are not directed specifically at you ... they are directed in general to the whole idea of how we compare phones around here.

First off, I totally understand that not all devices are created equal, and that some relativity in comparisons has to be used. That said, this whole business of "you can't compare this phone to that phone" is ridiculous as often as that is said around here. What people are generally comparing is the EXPERIENCE of using one phone vs. another. In this case, it's the iPhone 6+ vs. the GS6. Yes, the 6+ has a larger battery and "lesser" display ... but as others have said, what we are really comparing is two flagship devices that are at the same basic price point. I think that's a way more than fair comparison. ie: you can buy one phone or the other with the same hit to your wallet, and should be getting roughly the same experience of usability and screen time, etc.

Long story short on the above is, Samsung made some decisions to go with a smaller battery and better display on the S6 ... and if that's inherently going to cause the battery to drain more quickly than "comparable" devices, then I personally find that to be a bad choice on Samsung's part. They chose a slimmer design for aesthetics vs. a slightly (VERY slightly) thicker design for better function. At least, that's how I see it.

Now, on to one of the main issues we seem to discuss over and over here. Apple has somehow found a way to have their phones (with less ram and a less powerful processor) to run longer and more fluidly than most android devices - and this is withOUT having to "manage" your phone's settings for things like location, wifi on/off, bluetooth on/off, so on and so forth. I'm not tech savvy enough to know what the deal is, but it baffles my mind from a common sense standpoint that the "comparable" android phones are not ALL getting the same basic performance from the battery, and the same basic fluidity from multi-tasking & app switching. And please, I don't need an explanation of how what Android does is with multi-tasking/app-switching/whatever is different technically than what Apple phones do. To 99% of users out there, they all "do" the same thing. You open an app, switch to another app, then switch back, etc. The background apps should all come up right where they left off, on all these phones, period. Whether it means the app was floating solely in the RAM, of if it was written to a cache to be reloaded later, I dont know, and I don't care. The point is, all these flagship phones SHOULD do that effortlessly.

The other thing is, when comparing the apple phones to the android phones (or iOS to Android) is a lot of talk of customization. I can't argue with that. Apple has their stuff locked down pretty good. But, the benefit is, a typically smoother running phone, and most all the apps they give you to use are as good as what else is out there. You can debate the lack of being able to customize the look of your messaging app, but in the end, as long as it handles SMS/MMS properly, allows you to easily see the conversation, etc... then there really isn't a problem. The only thing left is "Hey, I'd rather my message bubbles be color X for incoming, and color Y for my own. That has very little if anything to do with functionality, unless the stock colors are so similar and the layout of the app is so screwy that it's hard to read.

Now, I'm not here promoting apple/iOS, or dogging Android. I LOVE my S6, and can't see me switching back to an Apple phone. There are just too many things I like about Android vs iOS. But the point of this thread is comparing one phone/system to another... and it's a very valid comparison if you ask me.

I still think the only real problem with the S6 that cannot be solved via software updates and bug fixes is the battery ... you can talk all you want about 5.1.1 coming out, but the battery is going to be the same exact size then as it is now. There might be slight improvements in battery life, but if you are expecting 5.1.1 to change your SOT from 4-5 hours up to 9 hours, I hope you're not holding your breath. Samsung SHOULD have made the phone thicker to put close to a 3500mAh battery in there, which would have barely increased thickness of the phone, and made the effective depth of the camera bezel smaller - both of which would have been GREAT improvements.

Thank you for taking my post for what it was. I was talking about my experience using different phones and why I like each phone for different reasons and just because one phone has a bigger battery or a better display I'm not allowed to compare my experiences with them? Smfh

 

[Zoostation]

First off, I totally understand that not all devices are created equal, and that some relativity in comparisons has to be used. That said, this whole business of "you can't compare this phone to that phone" is ridiculous as often as that is said around here. What people are generally comparing is the EXPERIENCE of using one phone vs. another. In this case, it's the iPhone 6+ vs. the GS6. Yes, the 6+ has a larger battery and "lesser" display ... but as others have said, what we are really comparing is two flagship devices that are at the same basic price point. I think that's a way more than fair comparison. ie: you can buy one phone or the other with the same hit to your wallet, and should be getting roughly the same experience of usability and screen time, etc.

The one area I will disagree a bit on is price point. I'm on Verizon and there is a $150 price premium for a 6+ at each storage size compared to the S6. That's pretty significant.

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[jcp007]

Thank you for taking my post for what it was. I was talking about my experience using different phones and why I like each phone for different reasons and just because one phone has a bigger battery or a better display I'm not allowed to compare my experiences with them? Smfh

No one is saying that can't compare your experiences. There are a lot of strong feeling about both devices. Battery size and screen displays are factors that need to be balanced out with some of your experiences. Glad you are trying to help other with experiences similar to your experience.

 

[razza1987]

The one area I will disagree a bit on is price point. I'm on Verizon and there is a $150 price premium for a 6+ at each storage size compared to the S6. That's pretty significant.

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Here in Australia it's more for the Samsung. 1240 for a 128gb iPhone six plus and 1120 for only a 64gb s6