(1) You can completely replace the operating system and various components with ease. Jailbreaking = the most difficult and tedious thing I've ever seen, and I don't consider myself to be technologically incompetent.
Where is your evidence to back this up both sides here seem to be extremely biased with no real evidence backing either sides claim this argument is getting you guys nowhere clearly and is nothing but a baseless trollfest you iPhone lovers realize your on an android forum right? You want your bragging rights put up your numbers. Android guys you wanna prove them wrong show em something. Jesus Christ y'all sound like 5 year olds.
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And yes I realize I'm on an Android forum. I have 4 Android phones in my house to compliment my iPhone. And because I am on an Android forum, I guess that gives you the right to spew your fud without recourse?
You do realize Jailbreaking is a one click process. Don't you?
The process itself is one-click; I've done it on my iPad, my friend's iPhone 4, and a friend's iPad 2. Doing anything with jailbreak, however, requires sorting through the tangled-mess that is Cydia, understanding what is applicable to your given iDevice, understanding how the "modifications" function and how to customize them, and general stuff such as the inane Winterboard process to theming. For something as simple as iOS, customizing it is an obnoxious and anxiety-riddled exercise.
I'll give you that. These features, however, are not improtant, nor wanted by everyone.
That's entirely subjective. To say they're not important presumes that the user is aware of the feature and actually chooses not to use it or desire it. This is, like anything, an economic choice and is thus dependent upon the actor's wants, desires, utility, and indifference. Further, I would argue that the popularity of Android is direct evidence to the contrary, but I digress.
See my answer to #2.
See above.
Which everyone & their mother complains about. You mention plenty more. Such as?
Most of these are related to the above, but with more specific detail, uses, and examples:
- Changing radios. You can use a variety of different setups, from prior images, current images, hybrid images, or even developed images.
- The ability to completely remap hardware keys and capacitative keys with a wide variety of development supporting the application of such ability.
- The configuration or reconfiguration of softkeys (changing the icon, use, secondary and primary commands, adding soft keys, deleting softkeys, having "swipable" commands from the softkeys, like a widget launcher ala AOKP).
- Having the choice of entirely different and radical homescreen setups (e.g. Chameleon launcher, MIUI, etc.).
- Having the ability to use radically different keyboard types (Swype, Slide It, etc.)
- The general ability to develop applications and software based upon a single binary/"exploit" ("root") that enables new and different uses for equipment (OTG cable/storage for Nexus 7 being an example of this).
- A development community that doesn't just develop surface modifications (unlike a decent portion of Cydia, which for some exists solely for changing lock screen and theming [qualifier: at least for the first iPad and as of 3 months ago when I decided to drop into that rabbit hole of sorrow and chaos), but rather deep, intense, and innovative stuff that you simply cannot do on other operating systems (Paranoid Android is a prime example of this; it has the ability to set different "modes" across a variety of levels, from your basic workspace to system apps to individual apps--THAT is innovation).
- The ability to offer a variety of modules and modifications that work with the kernel to alter the user experience. Examples of this include but are not limited to software such as PGM Nexus, torch add-ons, fast-charging, etc.
- Depending on kernel, you can completely reconfigure colors at a very deep, nuanced, and intricate level; you can completely reconfigure haptic feedback and vibration strength, pulses, etc.; you can add hot plug support which may add in extending battery life by reading a variety of inputs and shutting down a core(s) depending on the output/inputs listed or created; the ease and ability to overclock, underclock the CPU or GPU; the ease and ability to overvolt, undervolt, and configure the power structures and systems in order to gain performance or battery gains; the ability to add or configure WiFi drivers to better serve and configure your WiFi connection; etc.
- The ability to install and configure an OS not intended (through the natural upgrade lifecycle) for your device onto your device (although, I admit, this has varying effects depending on device).
- The ability to have full control over the development and implementation of the OS at the basic source level (see my compiling guide for more information), allowing the end user to ultimately build and run their own software while having the ability for them to develop it on their own with the use of established AOSP-practices, guides, java, and so on and so forth.
- The ability to take features from other "distributions" of Android (ala S-Voice, TW launcher, etc.) and have them workable and usable on another "distribution" of Android (i.e. putting said TW launcher or S Voice on my Galaxy Nexus); the mix and match ability of Android is one of the most powerful abilities of mobile software currently.
- Complete ability to reconfigure and adapt camera technology for a use that was unforeseen or unavailable when the device was released (a poor example, but an example nonetheless: the ability to use the Nexus 7's camera as a standalone camera and not just for video).
TL;DR - Android is a ball of clay. It is extremely powerful, adaptable, and flexible. All it takes is development and community. Fortunately, we have that in spades. Apple does not and will not, for that's not their purpose or use. As such, naturally, they have a less powerful and adaptable OS because those uses are not wanted. You make the choice, ultimately, but it is what it is. Walled v. Open Garden. Some like to grow their own peppers, some like to grow the town's choice. Your call.
*Yawn* As I've already linked.
You do realize Jailbreaking is a one click process. Don't you?
I'll give you that. These features, however, are not improtant, nor wanted by everyone.
See my answer to #2.
Which everyone & their mother complains about. You mention plenty more. Such as?
*Yawn* As I've already linked.
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