Why all android users look up to ios?

[Mercury81]

Hmmm iPhone users dumping their phones for android ICS. I wonder if this will hurt apples stock in the near future?

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[lkbig]

It's been said a million times before, iOS has the advantage on being on only a few pieces of hardware that Apple has full control of the whole UX. Android does not have that luxury. The curses and benefits of having android as an "Open Source" platform is that low end pieces of garbage can run it.

Frankly, Google needs to be a little less dogmatic about the open source thing and publish a higher minimum spec requirement for mobile devices.

FTR if I were to switch to another mobile os it would be WinPho7 not iOS. However, I will never make that switch.

 

[Ry]

I do not look up to iOS.

 

[Ry]

And here's the thing. iPhones are affordable.

 

[ChromeJob]

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Most. Obnoxious. Space-hogging. Sigline. EVER.

Thanks for inspiring me to turn that crap off.

 

[palm3x]

I specifically selected an Android tablet rather than an iPad. I had an iPod Touch and sold it because I got tired of trying to run everything through iTunes. Having said that, I have a friend with with an iPad that has the "Pages" word processor installed, and Pages beats the pants off of any word processor I've seen for the Android OS. As much as I prefer the control and customization of the Android, there are at least a few areas where it can't yet compete with the iPhone/iPad.

 

[metz65]

I look up to the I phone for many different reasons.

It's large screen size makes it a joy to view video.

All the different styles of the I phone to choose from.

The ability to install non market apps.

Customization and the way I can make it look and operate how I want it to.

The way, oh my bad wrong phone, never mind.

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[Ry]

I specifically selected an Android tablet rather than an iPad. I had an iPod Touch and sold it because I got tired of trying to run everything through iTunes. Having said that, I have a friend with with an iPad that has the "Pages" word processor installed, and Pages beats the pants off of any word processor I've seen for the Android OS. As much as I prefer the control and customization of the Android, there are at least a few areas where it can't yet compete with the iPhone/iPad.

That's up to app makers.

 

[BergerKing]

Maybe it's so they can shop in the iAisle at Wal*Mart.

 

[palm3x]

That's up to app makers.

Yes, that's mostly true. Apple had already some software running that could be ported over to iOS, and many Android apps started out being designed for small screen phones, so there's a natural lag. I would hope that Google is fast tracking some things like print drivers and porting some open source programs like AbiWord over to Android as fast as they can.

Although there is certainly no reason that Android can't do everything iOS does, my point is simply that's it's not quite there, yet. As Android catches up, I expect it will cut into more of Apple's sales. Until then, people will choose the platform that has the capabilities they need already working.

 

[Ry]

Yes, that's mostly true. Apple had already some software running that could be ported over to iOS, and many Android apps started out being designed for small screen phones, so there's a natural lag. I would hope that Google is fast tracking some things like print drivers and porting some open source programs like AbiWord over to Android as fast as they can.

Although there is certainly no reason that Android can't do everything iOS does, my point is simply that's it's not quite there, yet. As Android catches up, I expect it will cut into more of Apple's sales. Until then, people will choose the platform that has the capabilities they need already working.

Android has the install numbers, but Android customers don't like to pay for apps. Android app developers have a powerful platform at their disposal but can't make enough money to make it worth putting in the effort.

Chicken/egg situation.

I hope Google beefs up Google Drive (the former Google Docs) to compete with Pages. Maybe they should take MOTOPRINT from Motorola and make that a part of the next version of Android.

 

[Froyo is yummy]

I personally have an iPod touch but I just switched to an android cell phone, now I really do like both platforms and use them equally (but i'm tipping more towards my android). The only reason I still use my iPod is because i got an older android (The Samsung Galaxy Q) and it tends to be quite sluggish at times, it can't upgrade past 2.2 (Froyo) but i'm still very happy with it. It doesn't have much internal memory, but I won't ramble on about whats bad about my phone, its a great phone to get introduced into android with and hope to upgrade to a newer model. I proverbially will stop using my iPod though.