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The iPhone has many features that best android phones, and I'll give you the most significant in my eyes. My iPhone gets OS updates when the newest version is r

by jshen 13y ago

The iPhone has many features that best android phones, and I'll give you the most significant in my eyes. My iPhone gets OS updates when the newest version is released. This is not true of the vast vast majority of android phones.

ChikkaChiChi 13y ago
Please point me in the direction to a cost-comparative (to the iPhone) Android device to an iPhone that has not received updates. At least Android devices give you the option to upgrade. I've been forced into iOS upgrades on devices we use in the enterprise that have been made obsolete because of new bloat we didn't need (nor can we downgrade).
- woofyman 13y ago
  How were you forced to upgrade ? It's neither mandatory nor automatic.
- jshen 13y ago
  I had a droid x2 and it didn't get 3.0 despite being priced similar to an iPhone and it was less than a year old when 3.0 was released. This is very common with android phones.
  - trvr 13y ago
    Android 3.0 was a tablet only release.
    - jshen 13y ago
      I didn't mean 3.0, I meant any version from then on. For a phone that came out in may 2011, it was infuriating to be stuck on 2.x. Other than nexus phones, all android phones are at the mercy of the carrier and manufacturer. None of them get updated on the day a new version of android comes out, most experience long delays, and many see no major version bump. When iOS 7 comes out next week there is no doubt I will be able to install it on my iPhone.
Pengwin 13y ago
That is true, however the Nexus 4 is an exception to that rule. I own a nexus 4 and can not think of a single thing which i would switch to an iPhone 5 for. The only thing it is lacking is LTE support, which ill be happy without until my next phone. side by side, they are very similar - http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5048&idPhone2=5690 http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5048&idPhone2=... But the amazing thing is, the Nexus 4 (16GB) is now less than half the price of the iphone 5c (16GB). I cant justify ever looking at it compared to what i already have.
- jshen 13y ago
  LTE is a major difference even if you happen to be happy without it.

by jshen 13y ago

ChikkaChiChi 13y ago

Please point me in the direction to a cost-comparative (to the iPhone) Android device to an iPhone that has not received updates. At least Android devices give you the option to upgrade. I've been forced into iOS upgrades on devices we use in the enterprise that have been made obsolete because of new bloat we didn't need (nor can we downgrade).

woofyman 13y ago
How were you forced to upgrade ? It's neither mandatory nor automatic.
jshen 13y ago
I had a droid x2 and it didn't get 3.0 despite being priced similar to an iPhone and it was less than a year old when 3.0 was released. This is very common with android phones.
- trvr 13y ago
  Android 3.0 was a tablet only release.
  - jshen 13y ago
    I didn't mean 3.0, I meant any version from then on. For a phone that came out in may 2011, it was infuriating to be stuck on 2.x. Other than nexus phones, all android phones are at the mercy of the carrier and manufacturer. None of them get updated on the day a new version of android comes out, most experience long delays, and many see no major version bump. When iOS 7 comes out next week there is no doubt I will be able to install it on my iPhone.

Pengwin 13y ago

That is true, however the Nexus 4 is an exception to that rule. I own a nexus 4 and can not think of a single thing which i would switch to an iPhone 5 for. The only thing it is lacking is LTE support, which ill be happy without until my next phone. side by side, they are very similar - http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5048&idPhone2=5690 http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5048&idPhone2=... But the amazing thing is, the Nexus 4 (16GB) is now less than half the price of the iphone 5c (16GB). I cant justify ever looking at it compared to what i already have.

jshen 13y ago
LTE is a major difference even if you happen to be happy without it.