[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] abanda:
get whatever phone you fill more comfortable with. Personally I preffered the skyrocker over the iphone for a number of reasons. If your the type of person that dont care to much about custominzing or advance features then the iphone is for you.

Out of box the iphone will work just like most user perfer and you dont have to mess with it much. Its when you get board of the same OS and realize ever one else iphone has the same look and sms sounds etc is when you will realize how locked down the ios is. Even a jailbroken ios 5 will not compair to what you can do with a unrooted android.

Out of box I was not happy with my skyrocket i had to download a bunch of apps that made my android OS feel and look similar to the ios becasue i was a long time ios user and it was hard for me to break out of it. After installing go launcher, widget locker, Chomps SMS, and winamp I was happy with the phone. My only complaint was the weird issue with sending portriat mms pictures. some reason with 3rd party apps when sending a potriat photo will always send it sideways. Hopefully ICS will resolve this small issue.

I must say that I absolutly hate itunes and the way it functions. I preffer click and dragging my MP3's to my Mp3 player from any computer and also like that the format stays in MP3 format. I am pretty technical but itunes still confused the s#@# out of me. you can only sync with one library maybe two with jailbreak hack. Anyways I could go on and on with the negitive functions of itunes but i wont because it pisses me off.

My 2nd complaint for the skyrocket was the music controls. The android headphone sucked compaired to the iphone headphone mainly because you had individuale buttons for volume controls and the double clicking of the home button was a nice feature to bring up the ipod. As far as the actual player winamp is better i think then the ipod app.

Overall there was to many benifits with the skyrocket for me to go back to the iphone.

Good for the skyrocket/android

screensize even though less PPI then iphone 4 (pixels per inch)

hardware specs/very fast

camera and video recorder was better and the ability to add shortcut to home screen.

customizability of the android OS (big one for me)

Click and drag music to phone

Ability to use phone as a mass storage device.

Ability to swap batteris (have 3 extra batteries purchase from ebay for 7 bucks!)

The bad for the skyrocket/android

Battery life but what do you expect for a 4g phone with a big ass screen! i would say battery life if pretty good for what the phone can do.

Things I missed on my iphone

PPI. The clairity of the screen was just amazing but not worth going back to since the skyrocket screen is still very nice as long as you dont use a iphone 4 screen first you wont even notice.

If one of my techy buddies came to me for advice for a new phone and wanted to know what phone I would recommend i would says skyrocket all the way i would kick him the ass if he went with the iphone. However if one of my buddies that is not so technical asked me I would say the iphone because it was so simple to use and I dont have to worrie about helping them fix there phone if they download something and dont know how to undo it. Just a differnet a launcher would confuse someone that is not technical becaause the look and feel could be completly different then what they are used to.

Dont let anyone tell you the iphone sucks or is only for older or young kids. it about about what you like. If you dont like downloading tweaks and want the phone to work out of box there is nothing wrong with going with IOS device its good phone but expect trash talking because you are in a skyrocket forum. But if you are a techy like my self and cant stand being so restricted then you need to stick with skyrocket or anther android device and find apps that will work for your needs to fullfill your iOS functions and usability that your used to.

Ill sell you my iphone 4 its very good shape not one scatch on the front or back I used a ivisa sheild it has iOS 5 and is jailbroken but not unlocked. (att only) I played it smart when i upgraded I kept my iphone just incase I didnt like the skyrocket and tested it for the 30 days before my return period was up. I ended up going back for a 2nd skyrocket for my wife and have two iphones for sale :-) she is not a techy but even she realized how locked down IOS was and liked the custizability that android had to offer. She leared the iOS features quick and was pissed when you couldnt even share a ringtone or change sms tones to her liking. She is gone all out on her phone now lol there not one phone in this world that looks like hers :-)

Oh one more thing about the iphone vs skyrocket. The plastic feel i though at first was a little weird. but i reailzed i liked it better because of the weight. try laying down and droping the iphone 4 right on your face. it could knock a tooth out vs the skyrocket will just give you a bluddy lip he he. In the pocket and hand the skyrocket feels alot better to me. expecally typing in landscape mode i actually preffer the plastic feel now its just something you get used to. I would not want samsung to replicate the medal design of the phone.