It's mainly all personal preference. A few things you might like Android over iOS:

-Bigger choice of phones/hardware
-Better selection of carriers.
-I don't know the exact number, but it seems like there are more free apps in the Android market.
-More overclocking/benchmarking support if you like bragging about numbers.

That's about all I can think about.

 

-Customization
-True multitasking
-Widgets

 

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Originally Posted by ImmortalKenny;13611545
It's mainly all personal preference. A few things you might like Android over iOS:

-Bigger choice of phones/hardware
-Better selection of carriers.
-I don't know the exact number, but it seems like there are more free apps in the Android market.

That's about all I can think about.

Yeah, the hardware is one of the things talked about quite a bit.

Though you can technically get a faster phone for the money with Android, I just view it from a user experience perspective. If the OS and all games/apps run smoothly, I honestly don't see the benefit. A physical keyboard would be one benefit if you need that I could see, or maybe some people want a bigger screen or X form factor.

As for carriers, it's rumored that the next iPhone is going to be available on even more carriers, but you know how rumors are.

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Originally Posted by gamenahd;13611575
-Customization
-True multitasking
-Widgets

Those are pretty general. What are you saying you can do or view with your phone that an iPhone couldn't do with those things? Cydia apps add all of the above to a great extent.

 

Really like the above post said it all opinionated, but i think what wins alot of people over is the amount of android phones compared to the one option you have when choosing ios.

 

4G ftw

 

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Originally Posted by 10halec;13611663
Really like the above post said it all opinionated, but i think what wins alot of people over is the amount of android phones compared to the one option you have when choosing ios.

Yeah, that's the one solid thing I give to Android is the variety of hardware, like I said in my last post. I actually prefer not to have a physical keyboard though and some of the screen sizes are border-lining too big for the pocket, so I actually like the iPhone as a form factor.

 

From what I can tell having owned my Android for 3 days (rooted it yesterday), is that once it's rooted you can pretty much install any modified Android OS you'd like and do anything you'd like.

I've used my brothers iPhone and iTouch before, but just didn't like iOS that much. It felt clunky. My regular stock + htc sense felt loads more intuitive to me than iOS ever did.

But again, that's to me. Everyone is different.

 

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From what I can tell having owned my Android for 3 days (rooted it yesterday), is that once it's rooted you can pretty much install any modified Android OS you'd like and do anything you'd like.

I've used my brothers iPhone and iTouch before, but just didn't like iOS that much. It felt clunky. My regular stock + htc sense felt loads more intuitive to me than iOS ever did.

But again, that's to me. Everyone is different.

What specifically are you doing with it though? Like putting some sort of info on a lock screen or other place, arranging applications, is the "feel" better?

I'm looking for real-world examples of what the rooted OS can do differently (better).

 

I'd have a look at this before you buy anything too: http://lifehacker.com/5804230/top-10-ways-ios-outdoes-android

 

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Originally Posted by ImmortalKenny;13611762
I'd have a look at this before you buy anything too: http://lifehacker.com/5804230/top-10-ways-ios-outdoes-android

Thanks.

I've been using the iPhone since the first one. I'm pretty familiar with it, and it just seems like most of the people that compare Android to iOS are not familiar with the capabilities of a jailbroken iPhone whatsoever. Many start seeing green and just shout generalizations all day. I'm trying to cut through that to very specific things. Like instead of saying "we have widgets", I'm looking for "this one widget does this, and I can put it in this location because it is easier to read" or something like that. Essentially I'm looking for something useful it can do that a jailbroken iPhone cannot.

 

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Originally Posted by ImmortalKenny I'd have a look at this before you buy anything too: http://lifehacker.com/5804230/top-10...utdoes-android

Most of the list is great if you use iTunes and other apple software/devices.

I don't use iTunes/iPods ever, so there's another example of why it would work for 1 person but not another. I'd rather have more control and use foobar + flac.

I guess that's my reasoning. More control. You're not stuck in the "apple garden" as the article puts it.

 

I would say about the custom kernel. I'll give you some examples based on my own experience, particularly with nook color.
The device itself is an e-reader, but once I installed custom kernel on it, it functions as an android tablet to me.
There are a lot of custom kernel available for android phone. I would say it depends on your own taste which one you prefer.

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google music is coming

up to 20,000 of your songs streamed to your phone

 

I have been using android since the G1, I love it, the customization, the stability, the apps and how cheap is to do dev for it. I also love the custom roms. Im an android fanboy, And ever since I can get nVidia on my phone i have been locked!

 

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Originally Posted by Kaldari Thanks. I've been using the iPhone since the first one. I'm pretty familiar with it, and it just seems like most of the people that compare Android to iOS are not familiar with the capabilities of a jailbroken iPhone whatsoever. Many start seeing green and just shout generalizations all day. I'm trying to cut through that to very specific things. Like instead of saying "we have widgets", I'm looking for "this one widget does this, and I can put it in this location because it is easier to read" or something like that. Essentially I'm looking for something useful it can do that a jailbroken iPhone cannot.

Widgets to me just drain your battery. Like if you have a weather widget on your phone, it's going to auto-check the weather ever so often which increases battery use and uses more data (if you care about data usage). Whereas just having a weather app on the iPhone, you check your weather when you want. Let's be honest, you REALLY aren't going to be checking your weather widget every two minutes.

Even though that's just for weather, the concept applies to most widgets out there. Other widgets can be useful though, like ones that are shortcuts to your phone's settings. Instead of scrolling through a bunch of settings to turn off auto-brightness, you can just download a widget that toggles the auto-brightness.

Again, it's all personal preference. Since you're so accustomed to iPhones, I would just stick with one.

 

Because it suits my needs. That and I like to tinker.

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Originally Posted by ImmortalKenny Widgets to me just drain your battery. Like if you have a weather widget on your phone, it's going to auto-check the weather ever so often which increases battery use and uses more data (if you care about data usage). Whereas just having a weather app on the iPhone, you check your weather when you want. Let's be honest, you REALLY aren't going to be checking your weather app every two minutes. Even though that's just for weather, the concept applies to most widgets out there. Other widgets can be useful though, like ones that are shortcuts to your phone's settings. Instead of scrolling through a bunch of settings to turn off auto-brightness, you can just download a widget that toggles the auto-brightness. Again, it's all personal preference. Since you're so accustomed to iPhones, I would just stick with one.

That's kind of what I mean. Once you jailbreak, you can get install SBsettings and lockinfo, just two of the numerous Cydia apps, and get the same functionality.

I hold my home button for a second and I get a drop down menu where I can toggle 3G, data in general, bluetooth, brightness, wifi, frash (pseudo flash functionality), location permission, view processes, etc. And there are additional buttons you can download for that SBsettings menu.

I get current weather, week forecast, list of new notifications, texts, emails, missed calls, voicemails, calender, etc all on my lock screen with lockinfo, and I can pull the same info down from the status bar with a swipe from inside any app or on the home screen.

There's also an app from Cydia called Activator that allows you to pretty much launch or toggle anything with any action. I could assign pressing up then down on the volume toggle to launch an app, etc, etc.

Still seeking specific things it can do other than generalizations.

(I mean that in a friendly way and isn't aimed at anyone)

 

The main difference is one; do you want to control your phone, or do you want the manufacturer to control it for you? If you want your device to "simply work" at all times, the iphone is the way to go. If you want to be able to control and customise your device, you must be ready to accept the consequences; potentially bricking your device.

Ever since I got my first smartphone, I wanted to make it MINE, make it look just the way I want it to, and accepted the possibility of bricking it (I actually bricked 2 ... one couldn't be recovered heh). Thats why for me, iphone is not an option, the interface cannot be changed.

Also, I always want the latest and greatest, so I constantly flash new (OVERCLOCKED!!!) kernels, ROMs, and stuff. The newer and more experimental, the better. Preferably in pre-alpha stages haha,

 

If you love tinkering with your phone, maybe i dont know, like your PC, youll love Android. JOIN US!

 

It sounds like you are just arguing every point that iphone is just as good, imo you already made up your mind. You seem to like ios so I stay stick with it.

 

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Originally Posted by Waltibaba The main difference is one; do you want to control your phone, or do you want the manufacturer to control it for you? If you want your device to "simply work" at all times, the iphone is the way to go. If you want to be able to control and customise your device, you must be ready to accept the consequences; potentially bricking your device. Ever since I got my first smartphone, I wanted to make it MINE, make it look just the way I want it to, and accepted the possibility of bricking it (I actually bricked 2 ... one couldn't be recovered heh). Thats why for me, iphone is not an option, the interface cannot be changed. Also, I always want the latest and greatest, so I constantly flash new (OVERCLOCKED!!!) kernels, ROMs, and stuff. The newer and more experimental, the better. Preferably in pre-alpha stages haha,

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Originally Posted by codejunki If you love tinkering with your phone, maybe i dont know, like your PC, youll love Android. JOIN US!

While I appreciate the responses, they are, again, generalizations.

I've tinkered with and customized my iPhone after jailbreaking it quite a bit. I'm going out on a limb here to say neither of you have jailbroken an iPhone and customized it accordingly.

This is what I mean, ignorant opinions. I use ignorant purely for the definition and am not intending to be malicious. It just seems like people form their opinion about one side without any knowledge of the other, such as "You can customize Android, whereas with iPhone you can't.", which just simply isn't true. If you're comparing to a stock iPhone, sure. But pretty much everyone here roots their Android, so lets compare apples to apples here.

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Originally Posted by lightsout It sounds like you are just arguing every point that iphone is just as good, imo you already made up your mind. You seem to like ios so I stay stick with it.

Of course I am. And, no, my mind is not made up in the slightest.

I'm looking for what people think the Android can do that the iPhone cannot. If people state something that the iPhone can also do, why would I not point that out? That's pretty much the point of the thread.

 

It will all come down to kernel contest.
Wanna run ubuntu flavored android? Sure, have at it.
Wanna run CM? Sure..

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Originally Posted by Kaldari It just seems like people form their opinion about one side without any knowledge of the other, such as "You can customize Android, whereas with iPhone you can't.", which just simply isn't true. If you're comparing to a stock iPhone, sure. But pretty much everyone here roots their Android, so lets compare apples to apples here.

That's pretty much all you're going to get with a thread like this. Android people are just going to tell you the same thing because that's all they know. The media tells them that "Droid does" and what not when "iPhone does" too, however most Android owners don't know how customizable the iPhone is too.

It's just a two-sided argument with no middle.

 

Why I like Android? Duh. Angry Birds.

 

There probably aren't many things a rooted android can do that a jailbroken ios device can't.

I am looking at android over ios just because I like having hardware options, and the android phones(currently) are higher performance than the iPhone. However, that doesn't mean everyone should get an android phone, if you like the iPhone, just go with it, though I would wait for the refresh as the 800MHZ cpu in it just sounds out of date