Note 5 vs iPhone 6s

[Joneser2006]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

I don't have to keep it for two years though. I get upgrades every year.

Yearly upgrades would be great. I don't like getting the first iteration of anything, especially phones because when new and improved arrives I'd be stuck with old and unpaid for. The more involved that the Apple ecosystem becomes, the more complicated it gets. Android provides a level of as sunk or as shallow in the ecosystem that you'd like to be. Do you just want access to media and files? It's possible. Do you want to customize every level of your phone to your tastes and needs? It's possible. Congratulations on your choice of phone for this year.

 

[The Walrus 1984]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

What concerns me with phone batteries in general is longevity over the course of thousands of charge and discharge cycles. It's one of the reasons I didn't want to keep the Note 5 and switched to the 6 plus. Is for the much better battery life. Batteries will wear out over time. I've had cell phone batteries swell and balloon on me. They will eventually not hold as much of a charge. Keeping a phone for two years would concern me about the battery longevity. If I intended on trading it or selling it a year, then not so much.

Agree that non-replaceable batts tend to cause some to worry re: charge cycles. However, I am pretty sure a cycle is generally defined as a complete cycle of capacity. In other words, on a (for example) 1500 mah batt, starting out at 100 pct charge and using it until it is at 50 pct and then charging back up to 100 pct would only equate to half a cycle, not a full cycle. I am also pretty sure it is not healthy (for longevity) to routinely run a li-ion/Li-po batt down to 0% - that is not what I was implying in my babble-ish message.

 

[Joshua Luther2]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

I've pretty much decided that my next smartphone, which won't be for another 22 months, will have to have a removable battery or atleast come close to the battery performance of my 6+.

 

[Eddster]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

I think the difficulty for having one foot in each operating system, for those of us who have it, is clinically a form of OCD. I have it, have called it "evenism" in jest for years. Its a basic resistance to balancing unequal quantities/ qualities. It shows up in mobile technology as android vs apple. I know its absurd, but I too would never want an android phone and an ipad, or vice verses. There is no logic to define it, its just a condition you have to recognize and manage in day to day life

I use a Mac and an iPad. This could be part of the reason I returned my Note 5 in favor of my iPhone 6s Plus.

 

[jimpryde]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

I'm glad you posted, because I find myself in a similar situation. I use a Mac desktop but my tablet is a Kindle Fire, so that's fairly irrelevant. I have considered buying an iPad though. That said, I'm currently using a Note 4 on Verizon, and while I love the camera and battery life, I cannot stand the software. It's slow, it's buggy, and I have already done more hard resets on it than I did my 2013 Moto X.

I hate how I can't disable Samsung's Calendar App or any number of other apps on the phone. I'm contemplating the iPhone 6S or 6S Plus, or trying the new Moto X Pure. How much better is the Note 5 than the 4, if you're in a position to say. Thanks so much!

 

[jdawgnoonan]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

I have done the same thing. I had the 6 Plus. It was a great phone, but I became so irritated with not being able to switch application defaults that I returned to Android. I didn't use Apple Maps, Apple Mail, Apple Calendar, etc.... It was very annoying to not be able to select a default within the OS. I know though, if Apple releases an iPhone 7 that offers app defaults (and maybe kills the gigantic bezels) I will be tempted to try it again (actually if they did those two things I might stay on iPhone).

 

[Kelly Kearns]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

What concerns me with phone batteries in general is longevity over the course of thousands of charge and discharge cycles. It's one of the reasons I didn't want to keep the Note 5 and switched to the 6 plus. Is for the much better battery life. Batteries will wear out over time. I've had cell phone batteries swell and balloon on me. They will eventually not hold as much of a charge. Keeping a phone for two years would concern me about the battery longevity. If I intended on trading it or selling it a year, then not so much.

What is the difference where the Note 5 battery is concerned and any iPhone battery?

 

[Kelly Kearns]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

I'm glad you posted, because I find myself in a similar situation. I use a Mac desktop but my tablet is a Kindle Fire, so that's fairly irrelevant. I have considered buying an iPad though. That said, I'm currently using a Note 4 on Verizon, and while I love the camera and battery life, I cannot stand the software. It's slow, it's buggy, and I have already done more hard resets on it than I did my 2013 Moto X.

I hate how I can't disable Samsung's Calendar App or any number of other apps on the phone. I'm contemplating the iPhone 6S or 6S Plus, or trying the new Moto X Pure. How much better is the Note 5 than the 4, if you're in a position to say. Thanks so much!

Sure you can disable that. There is an app, made only for Samsung phones that will allow you to disable almost anything on the phone.

It is called Package Disabler Pro.

 

[recDNA]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

I don't know, why do more Apple phones get hacked than Android phones?

I don't understand. I am serious in my question. I have never owned an iPhone but I have heard they are more resistant to virues/malware. I'm asking if that is true.

 

[Joneser2006]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

I don't understand. I am serious in my question. I have never owned an iPhone but I have heard they are more resistant to virues/malware. I'm asking if that is true.

I'm serious as well, and my question is serious. I think that the nature of viruses and attacks are centered on vulnerability and the two os's have different cultures and vulnerabilities.

 

[Rogue Tomato]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

What concerns me with phone batteries in general is longevity over the course of thousands of charge and discharge cycles. It's one of the reasons I didn't want to keep the Note 5 and switched to the 6 plus. Is for the much better battery life. Batteries will wear out over time. I've had cell phone batteries swell and balloon on me. They will eventually not hold as much of a charge. Keeping a phone for two years would concern me about the battery longevity. If I intended on trading it or selling it a year, then not so much.

I don't get that reasoning. Both phones have non-removable batteries, so what's the difference? And you can get a non-removable battery replaced. Local shops will do it for about $45. So it's not like the phone is useless after 2 years. Just get the battery replaced.

For what it's worth, I'm still using the original battery in my retired 3-year-old S3 (I use it as an alarm and Internet radio player) and it hasn't swelled or stopped holding a charge yet. I can easily replace it if it does, but that shows batteries don't always die in 2 years. I did have a cheap Chinese extended battery swell up and die on me in 2 years, though.

 

[Joshua Luther2]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

I don't get that reasoning. Both phones have non-removable batteries, so what's the difference? And you can get a non-removable battery replaced. Local shops will do it for about $45. So it's not like the phone is useless after 2 years. Just get the battery replaced.

For what it's worth, I'm still using the original battery in my retired 3-year-old S3 (I use it as an alarm and Internet radio player) and it hasn't swelled or stopped holding a charge yet. I can easily replace it if it does, but that shows batteries don't always die in 2 years. I did have a cheap Chinese extended battery swell up and die on me in 2 years, though.

I wasn't saying that iPhone batteries are better than ones found in Android phones. Just that a phone that doesn't last long means that the battery will have to go through more charge and discharge cycles thereby shortening the life span of the battery.

How many people actually send their phone out to get their battery replaced as opposed to just upgrading their phone? I'm betting it's a small percentage.

I'm just a little worried that a battery that needs to be charged 2-3 times during a 24 hour period, for heavy users, will not last or be as efficient over the entire 2 years that I use it.

My 6 plus will easily get me from 4am to the end of the day around 10pm on one charge and often has plenty to spare.

If the Note 5 had a removable battery, there's no question that I would've kept it. I just would've bought a spare battery. I wanted to like the G4 but wasn't impressed with the screen on it compared to Samsung. Overall, I'm not impressed with battery efficiency in any Android phone out there.

The arguments that people used to use for not buying an iPhone, being always connected to a charger instead of being able to pop in a fresh battery, seem to be the things that those same people are sweeping under the rug or compromising or denying so they disable or remove apps to get a longer battery life.

I'll hop off my soapbox now. I know some things are more important to others. Many will not mind being tied to a charger all day or are just light cell phone users. I feel anxiety whenever my battery dips below 40%. Most days I leave work I have 50%+ battery left.

 

[recDNA]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

I'm serious as well, and my question is serious. I think that the nature of viruses and attacks are centered on vulnerability and the two os's have different cultures and vulnerabilities.

So are you saying iPhone just as susceptible to viruses and malware obtained by merely surfing the net as opposed to jailbreaking or sideloading? My sister in law told me iPhones don't get viruses but it's not like she is an expert or anything.

 

[pbickel]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

So are you saying iPhone just as susceptible to viruses and malware obtained by merely surfing the net as opposed to jailbreaking or sideloading? My sister in law told me iPhones don't get viruses but it's not like she is an expert or anything.

Anything connected to the Internet can get a virus. When people say iPhone and Mac don't get viruses they're partly right. It's not because they're so good they don't get them, it's actually that they're so bad it's too easy for hackers and people that create viruses that they don't care. Also usually hackers don't care because the majority of the world's population is windows and Android and they want to cause the most damage possible. I have a degree in Computer Science and research this for a living lol. Just some knowledge in case someone tells you that again.

 

[WeAreAllUnique]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

Sure you can disable that. There is an app, made only for Samsung phones that will allow you to disable almost anything on the phone.

It is called Package Disabler Pro.

Disable or uninstall?

 

[recDNA]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

Anything connected to the Internet can get a virus. When people say iPhone and Mac don't get viruses they're partly right. It's not because they're so good they don't get them, it's actually that they're so bad it's too easy for hackers and people that create viruses that they don't care. Also usually hackers don't care because the majority of the world's population is windows and Android and they want to cause the most damage possible. I have a degree in Computer Science and research this for a living lol. Just some knowledge in case someone tells you that again.

I have heard that too. The thing is though that I don't care why they don't get malware only that they do not so it is a consideration. It is such a pita to click on some innocent looking website to look up a item in the news or something only to havse some crap download onto your device and mess it up.

It is interesting with all the iPhone around that are are not targeted more.

 

[DX9]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

Disable or uninstall?

Disable

 

[WeAreAllUnique]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

I should probably stop reading these forums. All this talk about s-pens breaking is bothering me.

 

[Eddster]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

I should probably stop reading these forums. All this talk about s-pens breaking is bothering me.

uh oh...LOL

 

[WeAreAllUnique]

Re: Aggravated with iOS /Android back and forth

uh oh...LOL

It will be fine. If it does happen to me, I just hope that it doesn't get stuck inside the phone. Best thing you me is to not worry about it. Nonetheless, I wish I hadn't read those threads.