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Your question of who the Android is meant for has a very simple answer. It's designed for people who want a smartphone, but aren't willing or capable of spendin

Your question of who the Android is meant for has a very simple answer. It's designed for people who want a smartphone, but aren't willing or capable of spending enough for an iPhone. Also Apple haters as noted.

morsch 15y ago
I guess the parent is a flamebait, but I was going to make a similar point: I got a used entry-level Android smartphone (ZTE Blade) for 100 EUR. Installing a custom Android 2.3.5 ROM on it was easy. A used iPhone 3GS fetches 2 to 3 times the price over here, despite the much inferior screen. I could spend more, but I would constantly worry about losing or breaking it or having it stolen. And when I relax my spending criteria a bit, chances are for 200 to 300 EUR an Android phone would still be a much better value than a used/outdated iPhone.
- vetinari 15y ago
  I can vouch for ZTE Blade. It is a a very nice, cheap phone. Does everything I need, despite being ARMv6. It was 100 GBP for me (got the OLED one) and I'm not afraid that I will lose or damage it. Btw., Nexus S is around 260 EUR today (retail, unlocked, no contract).
llgrrl_ 15y ago
Linux is designed to people who want a computer, but aren't willing or capable or spending enough for Windows or Mac. Also Microsoft and Apple haters as noted. Your level of ignorant is amazing.
nextparadigms 15y ago
You do realize people pay just as much for high-end Android phones as others do for iPhones, don't you?
- babebridou 15y ago
  I paid 0.20€ for my Motorola Atrix, one month ago. It comes with the same data plan as the iPhone. It was high-end last january.
  - mbreese 15y ago
    And the iPhone 3GS is now free on contract too... You really can't compare the two. The top-of-the-line Android phones are competing with the top-of-the-line iPhone, and they are roughly the same price.
    - babebridou 15y ago
      The 3GS is from june 2009. The Atrix was unveiled in january 2011 and hit the market in april 2011. It was considered the top of the line phone in may 2011. It's useless to compare overpriced flagship phones and say that android phones are as expensive as iPhones. It's just not true. It's like taking a high end desktop PC with the very latest hardware and comparing it to the price tag of the iMac and deduce that PCs are more expensive than Macs.
    - sebbi 15y ago
      Roughly the same price? To make that statement you'd have to compare prices without contracts (which are generally more expensive than just buying the phone with one big moneydrop). I've done that and the iPhone costs 200 [currency] more than highend Androids like the SG2. You can almost get 3 Nexus S for the price of 1 iPhone 4S and the 3GS - while much older than the Nexus S - still sells for 100 [currency] more ... iPhones aren't cheap and maybe people are buying Android because it works and doesn't empty their pockets this much ;-)
lemieux 15y ago
You realized that most of the time iPhone are cheaper than Android phones?

morsch 15y ago

I guess the parent is a flamebait, but I was going to make a similar point: I got a used entry-level Android smartphone (ZTE Blade) for 100 EUR. Installing a custom Android 2.3.5 ROM on it was easy. A used iPhone 3GS fetches 2 to 3 times the price over here, despite the much inferior screen. I could spend more, but I would constantly worry about losing or breaking it or having it stolen. And when I relax my spending criteria a bit, chances are for 200 to 300 EUR an Android phone would still be a much better value than a used/outdated iPhone.

vetinari 15y ago
I can vouch for ZTE Blade. It is a a very nice, cheap phone. Does everything I need, despite being ARMv6. It was 100 GBP for me (got the OLED one) and I'm not afraid that I will lose or damage it. Btw., Nexus S is around 260 EUR today (retail, unlocked, no contract).

llgrrl_ 15y ago

Linux is designed to people who want a computer, but aren't willing or capable or spending enough for Windows or Mac. Also Microsoft and Apple haters as noted. Your level of ignorant is amazing.

nextparadigms 15y ago

You do realize people pay just as much for high-end Android phones as others do for iPhones, don't you?

babebridou 15y ago
I paid 0.20€ for my Motorola Atrix, one month ago. It comes with the same data plan as the iPhone. It was high-end last january.
- mbreese 15y ago
  And the iPhone 3GS is now free on contract too... You really can't compare the two. The top-of-the-line Android phones are competing with the top-of-the-line iPhone, and they are roughly the same price.
  - babebridou 15y ago
    The 3GS is from june 2009. The Atrix was unveiled in january 2011 and hit the market in april 2011. It was considered the top of the line phone in may 2011. It's useless to compare overpriced flagship phones and say that android phones are as expensive as iPhones. It's just not true. It's like taking a high end desktop PC with the very latest hardware and comparing it to the price tag of the iMac and deduce that PCs are more expensive than Macs.
  - sebbi 15y ago
    Roughly the same price? To make that statement you'd have to compare prices without contracts (which are generally more expensive than just buying the phone with one big moneydrop). I've done that and the iPhone costs 200 [currency] more than highend Androids like the SG2. You can almost get 3 Nexus S for the price of 1 iPhone 4S and the 3GS - while much older than the Nexus S - still sells for 100 [currency] more ... iPhones aren't cheap and maybe people are buying Android because it works and doesn't empty their pockets this much ;-)

lemieux 15y ago

You realized that most of the time iPhone are cheaper than Android phones?