"What you consider as "better" doesn't necessarily mean someone else (such as myself) finds it "better"
I lost my iPhone a month ago now and I've been using Android 2.3 Gingerbread on a Samsung Galaxy that my Girlfriend had spare, I'm going to be completely honest, just wow, what a pile of horse crap, its slow, dumb witted and has one of the worst reacting keyboards I have ever come across, its also really annoying having to have so many buttons, I some how got more done on an iPhone which has one button than this phone with 3 buttons, Hell I get more done on a Windows phone (which hopefully I will be moving to next month until I [FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit]save[/FONT][/FONT] up for an iPhone again).
Again though, just food for thought, just because YOU find something BETTER than an iPhone, doesn't mean everyone else in the world does."
- If I ever lost my phone, I have multiple ways to use GPS & track it down. You obviously didn't.
- If your girlfriend had a spare phone, that's because Android devices last longer. Where was your iPhone spare? Oh?
- Dumb witted? The iPhone was meant to simplify things for users...who can't learn new software...
- So many buttons! You don't say? Two more than an iPhone? That must have been confusing for you.
- You claim you "some how get more done" so...again...considering this is your girlfriend's OLD phone, you should have restored it to default, in which I'm sure it wouldn't be "too slow"
F - Surprised you didn't mention Siri, but Android has apps that work much more efficiently, and can be activated while the phone is locked, making it safer to use while driving.
G - It's funny that you have to "Save up for an iPhone AGAIN" My old Android phone is now over 3 years old, and works absolutely fine. I paid $50 for it. I upgraded a few months ago...and paid $50 for it. You lost(and couldn't find) the only phone you had.
Your typical iPhone user swears it's the greatest device in the world, yet doesn't mention what happen to the one they bought a few months ago for $300+...hates on Android users, yet we're saving money, rarely have cracked screens & don't have to deal with repeating ourselves to a robot named Siri...Sorry if some of us appreciate devices that we can pick more than just the color and memory size of.
Your typical Android device user doesn't swear that because we feel OUR device is better we try to get everyone in the world to think so. We're just tired of childish hatred for anything BUT your one single device that you over-paid for then swore there was not a SINGLE thing wrong with it. Therefore we rebuttal, and iPhone users whine about it and make completely illogical arguments about things like how two more buttons than the iPhone is too many.
I don't know why I'm replying to such a silly post but I'm bored at work so I might as well.
Firstly of course I know how to track my phone, the fact you think I didn't worries me. But It was gone, for good, I think I dropped it out on a road and it more than likely got ran over, especially in London.
Android Devices don't last longer at all, this Galaxy feels older than a Nokia N85 to me but its not. The reason I don't have my old iPhone 3GS is because I sold it, Unlike most Android Phones, iPhones seem to keep their value better when re-selling, I've already factored into my phone budget this year to pickup a spare Windows phone for if my iPhone is out of action for any reason.
When I say more buttons, I mean that I have a button for opening extra menu's, another for going backwards and another for getting to the menu, it feels really un-natural to press a physical back button, I found this issue on the windows phone also, just felt smoother on windows though, I think that's purely down to menu styling.
I didn't mention Siri because it is still technically in Beta and I don't use it much unless I'm in the car and replying to text messages, I don't understand why your mentioning Siri?
I can learn new software, hell I'm currently studying Windows Server 2012, got it on a virtual machine in front of me right now trying to get it into a useable production environment, I just found Android has little quirks missing that make it feel cheap, such as when texting someone, you click on spare area above the keyboard, on an iPhone the keyboard minimizes so you can read more text on screen, on android it just opens up that particular text. There are several little things I could list but I can't be bothered.
I don't understand what money has got to do with it either? Top end Android phones are almost just as expensive yet the operating system is essentially free? Apple actually had to develop theirs.
Anyway I'm bored of replying now, all I'm going to say is I have friends who prefer android and friends who prefer iPhone / Windows phone, the reasoning behind each person will be different.