[Samsung Infuse 4G] welchertc:
I beg to differ with you, respectfully. Before I switched to android, I used an iphone 3g, so I have experience with both os's. Honestly, from my experience, the only advantage my sisters iphone 4 has over my Infuse is battery life. And even then, I still get a full day from my infuse, and I'm a heavy texter and data user, so that advantage is negligible...not to mention I can carry extra batteries if I don't have access to a charger for extended periods of time.

I experience no lag whatsoever, so ios doesn't seem any smoother to me. Also, I have my phone customized for maximum functionality for myself. That being said, no, my phone isn't as ready and easy for just anybody to pick up and use compared to an iphone, but the fact that I have it customized how I want it means that it's actually much more streamlined for me than I could make an iphone. To me, if I want the ios experience, I can open up my app drawer. When I had an iphone 3g, I hated only having a grid of apps as the whole gui. Yes, ios may be "smoother" (i disagree because I see no lag) and more intuitive to everybody, but my phone schools ios when it comes to ease of use for just me...and it's my phone, so why do I care if anybody else needs to use it?

Another huge advantage android had for me is widgets. They provide instant information that I would have top launch an app to see if I were using ios. Also, the notification bar is so great, and much better than those damn pop up notifications on ios.

As for service, everywhere I go has at least hspa, and a strong signal at that, so my infuse beats the iphone in that category. When I'm in an hspa+ area, my infuse blows my sisters iphone 4 out of the water in network speeds. In regards to gps, it's unfortunate that yours sucks, but my gps works great, locking within 5-10 seconds within at most 20m. I don't bother to use wifi much, but when I do I have no problems with signal strength.

Also, I love my 4.5 inch screen, and samoled+ technology. After my iphone 3g, I had a captivate, which was a godsend. At 4 inches, I loved the extra space, and the colors/detail of the screen crushed my 3g. Yes, the iphone 4 has amazing resolution, but with that small of a screen I feel it's more of a marketing gimmick. I'll be impressed when phones start having 4.3-4.5" 720p displays, and eventually 1080p in a few years. My infuse is plenty sharp enough, and the extra inch of real estate makes reading much easier on this than my sisters iphone 4. I don't care if I can see a tiny bit of pixelation in my letters, I would rather have them this way and much larger than tiny and super sharp. Also, the samoled+ makes colors unbelievably awesome, and the blacks are unmatched by any lcd hands down.

In regards to build quality, I couldn't be happier with my infuse. Even though it's all plastic besides the screen, the fit and finish of this phone is great. I feel the build quality is great, as my phone is rock solid, no creaking noises whatsoever. Yeah, the glass back of the iphone 4 looks great, but in my eyes isn't practical, as I would cover it up anyways with a case, and I would have two glass surfaces to worry about shattering instead of only one. Granted, metal would be nice, but with a plastic case, the infuse is nice and light for how huge it is, while still retaining the rock solid build quality I want in a phone.

Lastly, I love the openness of android. This dev community provides continual upgrades to my phone, when I was plenty happy with it on stock software. Also, the wide variety of certain apps makes android superior in my eyes. For example, I love having a wide variety of keyboards to use. Also, the numerous launchers available make it so I can have a ton of options when it comes to gui. Yes, ios may have an edge in gaming, but that's what my xbox is for, and I still have the essentials with android, such as angry birds, doodle jump, paper toss, plants vs zombies, etc...not to mention this huge screen makes gaming much easier. Custom themeing is also huge for me. My phone is one of a kind in the looks department...on ios you can pick a background...whoop-dee-doo, you're still stock with stock icons and the icons must fill from top left to bottom right, making every iphone look exactly the same. Also, I can download any file I want, hell, I can even torrent things right on my phone. I also don't have to put up with itunes and its ****ty syncing. I love being able to drag and drop files to and from my phone...much easier and faster. Plus, if I wanted to make playlists and sync stuff, I could use something like doubletwist or spotify. Yeah, syncing is simple for grandpa to understand, but its slow and useless compared to dragging and dropping.

This is just my opinion, I respect that you're entitled to your own, so please respect mine.