iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy S3?

[WeezyBengal]

Originally Posted by Lawless_1

I'm just gonna roll with a Nexus 4 when the Play Store gets a new shipment.

$349 off contract.

This is exactly what im doing. Im ditching Verizon when my contract is up in March and getting the Nexus and going prepaid. 30 bucks a month for unlimited text, data, and talk. Boom.

[CloeHokie]

Originally Posted by WeezyBengal

This is exactly what im doing. Im ditching Verizon when my contract is up in March and getting the Nexus and going prepaid. 30 bucks a month for unlimited text, data, and talk. Boom.

What Network? Get ready to lose 4G everywhere. Lol

[SteelCitySouth]

Originally Posted by CloeHokie

What Network? Get ready to lose 4G everywhere. Lol

Yup...I would leave Verizon if it wasn't for the fact that I get 4g nearly the entire trip from Charleston SC to Pittsburgh. West Virginia is a technological vacuum.

[Jabberwocky]

Originally Posted by SteelCitySouth

West Virginia is a technological vacuum.

That's like saying the sun is warm.

[WeezyBengal]

Originally Posted by CloeHokie

What Network? Get ready to lose 4G everywhere. Lol

Its straight talk which uses ATT Network. Im willing to give up a little 4G coverage in order to save 60 bucks a month.

[The Bengal Thing]

Originally Posted by WeezyBengal

Im willing to give up a little 4G coverage in order to save 60 bucks a month.

....I said the same thing when I switched to Sprint. I am back with Verizon. Ha

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[CloeHokie]

Originally Posted by stonyhands

So what are all these cool new features Android phones have that the iPhone 5 does not? Just curious on what your ideas of lacking features.

Free Google Navigator. Ability to use Widgets used by hundreds of thousands of apps. These are awesome for customizing my phone. How about the ability to customize your phone at all. I can access my music player through a lock screen widget so if I am working out and my phone lock I can easily switch tracks without having to do much at all. The iPhone is what it is. All your Apps are on your screen. The most customizing you can do is make folders to put them in. Wow! That is exciting! I have as many screens as I want with whatever I want on them. Want a whole screen for a Calendar you can view? Done. How about a one touch panel widget for Bluetooth, Wifi, Data Sync, GPS, Screen Brightness. Done. I can go on and on.

The iPhone did not come out with NFC (Near Field Communication). This lets you transfer files, photos, or even playlists just by being near another device with that feature. Seen the S3 ads where they transfer photos/videos by tapping phones? This is now being used to pay tabs at Starbucks and others will surely follow. I am guessing the iPhone 5s will be out soon. Lmao. As I stated I was certain Apple would have even newer things in their phone (i5) but they did not have anything new and exciting.

Here is a nice article from one of their biggest supporters in the past. The Wall Street Journal.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...214727774.html

iPhone has been a trendsetter for half a decade. Now the question is whether it can avoid becoming a bore.

On Wednesday, Apple unveiled the iPhone 5, packed with new features. The phone is thinner and has a bigger display. It can connect to 4G data networks and has faster processing. Its Siri virtual assistant has grown more powerful.

Yet few heralded the new device as a great leap forward. What's more, the iPhone 5 doesn't have several features that are becoming standard across other smartphones. Those features, such as ways to pay with your phone or even bigger screens, are generating strong reviews from consumers and technology critics.

Those reviewers, quick to call winners and losers in the space, have spent the last few months lamenting that the iPhone doesn't offer more. Even some hard-core Apple fans questioned whether the iPhone can continue to trail blaze or if it's becoming a snoozer. One Apple employee recently confided he had been hoping the new device would have more dramatic changes.

Whether the missing features matter remains to be seen. Tech bloggers Wednesday were gushing over the slick look of the iPhone 5 and analysts are expecting big sales. Consumers world-wide have eagerly snapped up incremental versions of the iPhone in the past. When the iPhone 4S went on sale last October, Apple more than doubled sales to 37 million iPhones that quarter.

Still, the technology gaps are getting more attention. Here's a sampling of what the iPhone 5, available Sept. 21, is missing:

• Digital Payments: Some new Google Inc. GOOG -0.20% Android phones, including the Galaxy Nexus, and coming Windows Phones have a near-field communication, or NFC, chip that powers digital-wallet services. They allow users to pay for goods at certain retailers by tapping their phones. The new iPhone still lacks NFC and has taken only small steps toward payments with a new digital-coupon and loyalty-card service called Passbook.

• Touch to Share: Most new Android phones, including Samsung Electronics Co.'s 005930.SE -1.32% Galaxy S III, can share media by touching the devices together (again thanks to NFC). The phones can share photos, videos, contacts and Web pages this way, as well as information between apps. The iPhone can't (although there are third-party iPhone apps that enable some similar features).

• Dynamic Home Screens: The iPhone is sticking to a home screen of static icons that people must tap to load. Lots of Android phones offer more customizable modules that push information that is otherwise buried in apps.

These Android widgets let consumers see content like weather or Facebook updates on their home screen. Rather than see an icon for their email application, say, people can see their actual emails. Windows Phones, including one expected from Nokia Corp. NOK1V.HE -6.22% later this year, offer home-screen tiles that provide something similar. (The iPhone does push some notifications—like Facebook updates—to the unlock screen, which is a first step.)

• Face Unlock: Many new Android phones use facial recognition to allow people to gain access to their phone just by looking at it. IPhone users are still swiping screens with their fingers to unlock their devices.

• Even Bigger Screens: While larger than the last iPhone, the iPhone 5's four-inch screen is smaller than some phones on the market, such as the Samsung Galaxy S III, which is 4.8 inches. Indeed, phones with screens as big as 5 inches are hitting the market.

• Wireless Charging: Nokia's new phone running the Windows Phone 8 operating system can be charged without a cord. All you have to do is place the device on a pad that supports a wireless charging standard called Qi. The iPhone 5 has a new charger that is much smaller, but it still has a cord.

Is that enough? Lol

[SteelCitySouth]

Originally Posted by CloeHokie

Free Google Navigator. Ability to use Widgets used by hundreds of thousands of apps. These are awesome for customizing my phone. How about the ability to customize your phone at all. I can access my music player through a lock screen widget so if I am working out and my phone lock I can easily switch tracks without having to do much at all. The iPhone is what it is. All your Apps are on your screen. The most customizing you can do is make folders to put them in. Wow! That is exciting! I have as many screens as I want with whatever I want on them. Want a whole screen for a Calendar you can view? Done. How about a one touch panel widget for Bluetooth, Wifi, Data Sync, GPS, Screen Brightness. Done. I can go on and on.

The iPhone did not come out with NFC (Near Field Communication). This lets you transfer files, photos, or even playlists just by being near another device with that feature. Seen the S3 ads where they transfer photos/videos by tapping phones? This is now being used to pay tabs at Starbucks and others will surely follow. I am guessing the iPhone 5s will be out soon. Lmao. As I stated I was certain Apple would have even newer things in their phone (i5) but they did not have anything new and exciting.

Here is a nice article from one of their biggest supporters in the past. The Wall Street Journal.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...214727774.html



Is that enough? Lol

Plus Siri is a joke compared to Google Now...

[bengals23]

Originally Posted by CloeHokie

What Network? Get ready to lose 4G everywhere. Lol

Quick question Cloe, if I got the S3, would I be better of going to say Walmart and getting their $98 deal with upgrade or am I better off actually going into my carriers store?

[bengals23]

Originally Posted by CKWI88

I know you only mentioned the S3 and the i5, but fwiw, maybe glance at the Note 2. Once you get over it's size (it's no wonder they have Lebron James on the commercials) it's like an S3 with more features. Of course, if none of this is applicable to your upgrade....then....I guess that was pointless.

But for real, go with an android phone.

I enjoyed the Note 2 while messing around with it at Best Buy. But I don't think I could get passed the size. It's too much for me.

[CloeHokie]

Originally Posted by bengals23

Quick question Cloe, if I got the S3, would I be better of going to say Walmart and getting their $98 deal with upgrade or am I better off actually going into my carriers store?

Well I would almost always recommend going through the actual store. For the reason that you help support them as well as they are there to help you. Wal-Mart may beat the price but they can't help you at all as they know nothing about the phones. If you are tech savvy enough and don't need much help go through them. Or check out Amazon.

Originally Posted by bengals23

I enjoyed the Note 2 while messing around with it at Best Buy. But I don't think I could get passed the size. It's too much for me.

Same here. It is an awesome device but its just too big for me. (Awaiting perverted joke most likely from SCS)

[stonyhands]

Originally Posted by CloeHokie

Free Google Navigator. Ability to use Widgets used by hundreds of thousands of apps. These are awesome for customizing my phone. How about the ability to customize your phone at all. I can access my music player through a lock screen widget so if I am working out and my phone lock I can easily switch tracks without having to do much at all. The iPhone is what it is. All your Apps are on your screen. The most customizing you can do is make folders to put them in. Wow! That is exciting! I have as many screens as I want with whatever I want on them. Want a whole screen for a Calendar you can view? Done. How about a one touch panel widget for Bluetooth, Wifi, Data Sync, GPS, Screen Brightness. Done. I can go on and on.

The iPhone did not come out with NFC (Near Field Communication). This lets you transfer files, photos, or even playlists just by being near another device with that feature. Seen the S3 ads where they transfer photos/videos by tapping phones? This is now being used to pay tabs at Starbucks and others will surely follow. I am guessing the iPhone 5s will be out soon. Lmao. As I stated I was certain Apple would have even newer things in their phone (i5) but they did not have anything new and exciting.

Here is a nice article from one of their biggest supporters in the past. The Wall Street Journal.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...214727774.html



Is that enough? Lol

Really widgets? That's all I got out of that. There's an app for sharing things from iPhone to iPhone called bump that was out way before this NFC crap. NFC for making payments might be the future but I have yet to ever see or know anybody to have ever used it for that. Controlling the music player from the lock screen of the iPhone can be done with a double click of the home button.

Launchers are just plain crap. Nobody will ever be able to tell me they do not affect the performance of the phone.

As far as apps are concerned Google has more free CRAP. That's just it, FREE CRAP. Beware the viruses and all the ads added for all your free stuff.

The more popular Apps hit the iPhone first. The reason behind this is that developers only need to worry about whether the App will work on the iPhone whereas developers of Android Apps need to ensure it works on a Samsung, Motorola, Pantech, LG, HTC...etc, etc.

Plus with a simple jailbreak I can do about anything on my iPhone you can do in terms of customization.

BTW widgets are great when you first get your phone but I chose not to have all that live personal information running on the screen eating my battery. As bad as apple maps have been they too have a free turn by turn service that is going to get better as their accuracy improves. Face lock is just a gimmick. iPhone visual voicemail is better than any app for the android. Not to mention the icloud services, photo streams, and iMessage are all things the iPhone does really well along with FaceTime.

I will state however that going from an iPhone to the Note to the S3 and to the iPhone 5 there are a few things I miss about the android. Like having the options to adjust the brightness, wifi, Bluetooth without having to open the settings. Also I liked having a dedicated back button and settings/menu button for whatever I was working on.

For me all the extras the S3 had were neat, I just didn't use them enough to ever miss them. The touch responsiveness of the iPhone screen is so much more accurate in my opinion. Web Browsing is a much better experience and my iPhone 5 does everything that I want to do with a phone. I have yet to say I wish this phone could.....

There really is a reason why on iPhone 5 release day there's a line out the door and on S3 release day nobody's waiting. Now my best friend and old Air Force Supervisor made the change and swears by it but he is a techie freak. So to each their own.

[stonyhands]

The thing is why would apple ever blow up the best selling phone ever? People buy it and like it for what it is. You know what you are getting. If you want something different go for the android. Little by little Apple adds to the iPhone and its enough change to be going in the right direction but not enough to turn people off on the reason they bought it in the first place.

Not everybody likes a big 4.8" or 5.5" screen.