Droid vs. iPhone

[aephi alum]

My husband had one of the early Droids. He was literally counting down the days to his contract expiry date so he could switch to an iPhone. He now has an iPhone 5.

I have an iPhone 4s and I'm happy with it. I'll probably go for an iPhone 6 once it's released.

The most important feature to me is that the phone can MAKE A DAMN CALL. It's first and foremost a PHONE. That's down to your service provider. Verizon has the best coverage I've found - I can get a signal in East Bumblefuck.

(But I still miss my StarTAC ... that thing could probably have gotten a signal from the moon.)

[GammaGirl1908]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

The most important feature to me is that the phone can MAKE A DAMN CALL. It's first and foremost a PHONE.

Word.

A Samsung Galaxy (1, I think) was my first smartphone, and it was The. Buggiest. Nightmare. Ever. I hated it so much that I did something I did not think I would ever do when I got rid of it before I had finished paying for it. This happened after I needed to get on a conference call, and I was 45 minutes late because the bleeping thing developed some gremlin that would not let me dial. I could not use my phone as a phone, and that was the last straw.

I got an iPhone 5 the next week, after marching into the T-Mobile store, slapping the Galaxy down on the counter, and demanding something, anything, that was NOT a buggy nightmare.

I am not really an Apple fan-girl and I don't get the Apple obsession some people have. In addition, every phone I've ever had has features I like, features I don't like, elements that are great, and elements I wish worked better, things it does, and things it doesn't do, and the iPhone 5 is no exception to any of that. It's not magic or anything super-special. But I will say that, in general, it does what it advertises that it will do, with very little drama. That is a HUGE point in its favor.

(My favorite phone I've ever had? A Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220. If the iPhone handled email the way that phone did, I'd be **way** more in love with it.)

[AlwaysSAI]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

My husband had one of the early Droids. He was literally counting down the days to his contract expiry date so he could switch to an iPhone. He now has an iPhone 5.

This is me. I hate hate hate hate my droid. Just hate it.

[cheerfulgreek]

I love my iPhone. I've always had iPhones. I have a 4S, now, but I was due for an upgrade to a 5S. It's just that it's too much like the 4S, so, I'm keeping it until Apple releases another phone that's much better than the 4S. I love Apple.

[unarose]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I love my iPhone. I've always had iPhones. I have a 4S, now, but I was due for an upgrade to a 5S. It's just that it's too much like the 4S, so, I'm keeping it until Apple releases another phone that's much better than the 4S. I love Apple.

I'm keeping my 4s until either it stops charging or I've saved up enough to get at least the 16gb 5s (gold) without losing my unlimited data—that is, unsubsidized by my provider.

I entered the smartphone world with a Droid, and while it did have some positives, it was slow as Christmas and the most random things would crash. I won't say my iPhone is perfect, but I do prefer it.

Part of that could be that I've just had better luck with my apple products all-around, though. Phone, computer, and tablet.