Why do people still choose iPhones over Android phones?

Hingle McCringleberry wrote:

I often stand in awe when I look down at the toilet after dropping a load.

That comment is useless without pics.

Yeah, I'm not the biggest benchmark person either. The point remains that the Moto G is considered a mid-tier phone, however. It's probably the best mid-tier smartphone available, and it's a fantastic option.

ask the user wrote:

2nd gen didn't exist when I bought mine months ago.

You quoted the current Amazon price?

Also, 1st gen has model with LTE radios. I like my LTE.

The 2nd gen is not as good at the 2nd gen. Oops!

The more you talk, the more any pseduo internet credibility you had evaporates...

You mean the more you troll on this the thread. Actually, you never had an credibility with your posts. I can see who your bloated ego convinces you that everyone will blindly follow you "expert Computer-Guru" lead.

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Mid-tier for $100-$150 off contract.

1st gen Moto X was $300 off contract.

dreams do cufm tru wrote:

ppppppppppppl wrote:

You need to work on your reading comprehension. These are also facts.

Moto x with my contract $99. Iphone 5 with my contract $299. That is 1/3.

Also the Moto had

-essentially same screen

-better battery

-better processor

-twice the RAM

-4.7in versus 4 inch screen.

These are also facts. My facts are relevant because they were from when I bought my phone. Yours are not.

At the end of the contract your Moto X is freaking worthless, you couldn't get 50 bucks on eBay. If your iPhone is in good condition then you will easily get 300. You bought an inferior phone to save 200 bucks and have no choice but to say how great it is. I'm happy for you, now go ride your fixie and root into your system and change your wallpaper to something cool...the fact that you own a MotoX means you are not an adult.

Oh I forgot 10 MP camera versus 8 on the iPhone 5. Also, cant underestimate how much better a 4.7 inch screen is versus a 4. And yes, better processor, better screen, twice the RAM..for 1/3 the price when I bought it.

forgot better battery

typical runner or sockpuppet wrote:

Hingle McCringleberry wrote:

I often stand in awe when I look down at the toilet after dropping a load.

That comment is useless without pics.

Apple's camera is not better than Android's camera on the Panasonic Android phone with 1" sensor and builtin Leica lens. Normal smartphone sensors are only hobby sized 1/3rd inch. Also the hardware companies provide reference software for their sensors that Panasonic, Android, and Apple simply copy and adapt to their specific operating system mostly verbatim.

ppppppppppppl wrote:

dreams do cufm tru wrote:

At the end of the contract your Moto X is freaking worthless, you couldn't get 50 bucks on eBay. If your iPhone is in good condition then you will easily get 300. You bought an inferior phone to save 200 bucks and have no choice but to say how great it is. I'm happy for you, now go ride your fixie and root into your system and change your wallpaper to something cool...the fact that you own a MotoX means you are not an adult.

Oh I forgot 10 MP camera versus 8 on the iPhone 5. Also, cant underestimate how much better a 4.7 inch screen is versus a 4. And yes, better processor, better screen, twice the RAM..for 1/3 the price when I bought it.

You do know iPhones 8MP is the better equiv of 16MP because it's double MP size? What you didn't know because you're dumb?

What you didn't know it has twice the RAM because the phone is so bad it requires it to run simple stuff whereas iphone doesn't? You didn't know they needed twice as much because it's a poor product? Dumbas*

What you didn't know the processor sucks in comparison to iphone because you have no idea how all that works?

What you didn't know the screen was worse too because you don't understand anything beyond resoltion?

Go get a degree in how not to be stupid.

Exactly. Even without the specs part, it's just stupid to pay that much for an iphone. I looked it up & an outdated iPhone 5 costs $479 on amazon or you can take your chances & buy one on ebay for $375. I took my chances & bought an iPhone & note my previous post about that bad experience.

I read how someone posted ONE site where the iphone 6 had better benchmarks, but the thing is, can the average user even tell the difference? I strongly doubt it. Can the average user tell the difference between spending almost $400 to $500 on an iPhone 5 vs $100 for some Windows phones or Androids?

I've seen others mention resale value for iphones. I wouldn't bank on that either because I've known several people who have dropped & cracked their iPhone or had it stolen. There goes your resale value. I would never depend on any phone lasting. They're just too fragile & people lose them all the time.

Erik the tech guy has it right. All phones are good right now, so think twice before you pay $400 more for an outdated iphone 5 because it has a trendy logo on it.

Plus it's not like iphones are without fault any less than Microsoft or Google. Look at the last few weeks alone.

-Glitchy livestream during the product announcement

-Preorder of iphone 6 & 6+ launch filled with problems

-Bendgate

-Very ugly & catostrophic iOS 8.0.1 update.

phones phones phones wrote:

Doesn't make since to me, I get the whole "cool" appeal but I would still think people would buy a better quality phone that is cheaper over a phone that is cool to have that is expensive. I just picked up the new Moto X and this thing is amazing, it has so many features that the iPhone doesn't have and it's much cheaper. I just don't get it.

I've had both & chose the iPhone. Why? I'm an idiot with phone technology/apps, etc.. Therefore the Android's advantages are lost with me. But also, I found the iPhone very intuitive to use- & the Android UNintuitive, even for "simple" functions. Weeks later, I was still clumsy using the Android. ASAP, the iPhone was easy to use. To note, I've heard plenty the Android's more capable- but go much of a phone idiot to take advantage. I look bad here- but truth is truth.

"...but go much..." = but TOO much.

-Glitchy live stream =irrelevant

-Preorder filled with temporary problems because so many people aren't as dumb as you and understand why it's so much better. It crashed 3rd party sites too

-Bendgate was a joke, consumer reports proved its fine for a phone, so unless you try intentionally to bend it there's no issue, aka you're an f'tard.

-Very quick IOS8.0.1 fix, they delivered a working update 12 months quicker than Samsung

Microsoft phones have horrible apps and missing many. Doesn't matter anything else even if their product didn't suck, no one with half a brain would do that.

Googles apps while much better than microsofts are always second rate to Apple and updates come much more frequently to Apple. Apps are 80% of the reason to have a smart phone,

Very funny to see how many people think that an "on contract" price is a meaningful number for comparison. Guess what? You can get a million dollar house for $100,000 on contract with Wells Fargo, too.

iphone 6 ranked 3rd, behind 2 Android phones

iphone 6 ranked 8th, behind 7 Android phones

iphone 5s ranked 2nd, behind 1 Android phone. Obviously not updated recently, so a reasonable assumption that the 6 would be 1st

iphone 5s ranked no. 1. Remainder of top 10 consists of 8 Android phones and 1 Windows.

iphone 6 winner, Moto X 2nd (ahead of iphone 6+)

iphone 6 winner

Galaxy S5 winner (iphone 6+ gets "best smartphone camera")

.... anyway, you get the gist. If the 'experts' are torn then there's probably not much between them, and it just comes down to personal choice. Why do people get SO worked up about this? If you want a phone buy it, if you don't want it, then buy a different one. What the hell difference does it make what someone else chooses?

Reading this thread, I thank my lucky stars I haven't given in and decided to be tethered to some inane device like a smartphone.

If only all the passion in this thread could be directed to something useful..

It's pretty straightforward. They build products that people like, and they have enough of these products that the brand itself develops some cachet. Who actually likes the Samsung brand, the Motorolla brand or the HTC brand ?

It doesn't hurt that their products are aesthetically nice, have well designed UIs, interoperate well with each other, and don't interoperate as well with other products. That's why you get people who buy the full iPod/iPad/iPhone/iMac stack. Again, no-one is doing this with Samsung products.

It also doesn't hurt that their marketing is very effective.

ask the user wrote:

typical runner or sockpuppet wrote:

6. Compiled apps are superior to Java

An unsubstantiated opinion.

Compiled apps run faster on equivalent hardware. While this is apparent from benchmark tests, it's also bleeding obvious to anyone who understands the difference. Java trades run time performance for portability across disparate hardware.

men who argue about the quality of the camera on their phone are not men