yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] olyloh6696:
What phone are you coming from? IMO, I think threads like these are pointless. You must let us know what the maim thinks you require first. We all have our own opinions.

Do you want a large screen? Android or iOS? Huge amounts of power or a neat easy to use OS?
[General Questions and Answers] blively2:
Anytime you are bound by proprietary software and hardware (apple in this instance) u miss out on a lot the other communities have to offer! Go android and u can't be wrong-ever!:D

Sent from an ice cream sandwich.
[General Questions and Answers] Siener:
Android overall

It really depends. If you want games, the Iphone has better games and graphics, but if you want a phone for just everything you cant be wrond with an Android especially HTC bigger screen runs just as fast stock rooted and runs twice as fast as Iphone, I love my Inspire and I was making the same decision when I got wouldn't change my decision ever
[General Questions and Answers] chaki-:
It's like Android (Pimp my ride) and Iphone (Mercedes store). What is gona be! You can decide ;)
[General Questions and Answers] kurolife:
The answer is simple :

If you are an iOS user that would feel unconfortable in other ecosystems stick with the iPhone

If you mind the size of the One X (width and lenght) again stick with the iPhone.

For everything else the One X is much MUCH better, than iPhone, it is not even a question to be asked imo.
[General Questions and Answers] cyr0s:
I'd say the HTC One X, the hardware is so dominant and Android offers you so much more than iOS.
[General Questions and Answers] Mohdoo:
My girlfriend has an iphone 4s and in my opinion, iOS is still a tiny bit ahead of Android 4.0. Her phone is smoother than my Galaxy Nexus. However, the screen size was the deal breaker for me.
[General Questions and Answers] frimped:
well, if you plan on developing for a phone without having to own a mac or a developer license (apple's $99), then go ANDROID
[General Questions and Answers] speedyink:
HTC One X
[General Questions and Answers] TheKennard:
htc one x

the amazing phone :)
[General Questions and Answers] sjcunha:
In my opinion, HTC ONE X.

Iphone 4S is great too.

But with android system you are free.
[General Questions and Answers] npainter7:
The iPhone is a good device don't get me wrong. But there is just SO much you can do with android devices. Way more customizable options, a larger screen, I can go on and on. I'll never give up android :)
[General Questions and Answers] XtrKiL:
Opinion based

For iPhone 4S, the specs in context of current times is rather poor, but the One X is currently the first phone with Quad Core, which might just be faster yet it also could mean it is also buggier. In context of the OS, iOS is more preferable if you would like something simple, and do not want to mess to much with the interns of the phone, and use the basic applications. While android, with sense overlayed, allows for a greater customization rate, but in return, requires some exploring of your own if you are new to android. If it was me, i would prefer One X, as the specs is as of now latest and as of such would not go out of date too soon. However, if you are looking for stability and long support, go for the 4S, Apple does support phones for quite long, taking note of the iPhone 3GS(2 Major Updates. from iOS 3 to 4 to 5)
[General Questions and Answers] sreza:
Frankly, why go for either?

If you want to go iOS, wait for the iPhone 5.

In you want to go Android, wait for the LTE Padfone.

The 4S and the One X might look like good choices right now, but that's only because the best stuff isn't out yet.

And for those going gaga over the GS3, it might be a quad-core Exynos chip, but it's still running Cortex A9, I'd much rather have something running Cortex A15.

Personally, if you want to go iOS, and can't wait for the iPhone 5, why not build something interesting? Buy an iPad 3, jailbreak the hell out of it, slap on a Skype account for $3/month or roll with Google Voice, then grab a LG Tone bluetooth headset (or equivalent really) for voice control.
[General Questions and Answers] -Grift-:
one major think for me is battery life i think the 4s has almost the same battery as ons x if not worst and the one x has got a huge screen! as for apps the good stuff are slowly coming over to android so just need some time. and yeah for ios you buy the apps and after awhile you buy lots of it costing you a rather big sum of money (unless you jailbreak of course)and when you switch systems the apps stay there in you itunes and it stays for ever (money loss?) but android sadly i just got for cracked apps :/ no need root to! dont think its fair to just say ios is better then the droid or other way round its just different ....
[General Questions and Answers] olyloh6696:
I'd rather have a One X, but I hear the battery life on the iPhone is superior
[General Questions and Answers] xnostra:
thansk for all that posted your comments / suggestions is really helpful
[General Questions and Answers] Fabo.sk:
You could always buy a smaller android phone...

How exactly? (apart from percieved smoothness)
[General Questions and Answers] SinfulSauce:
I have the 4s and let me tell you...

If you like taking photos with flash that that makes pic lil hazie then 4s is for you. If you like the retina then hands down 4s if you like underclock processor 4s if you like Siri that may or may not work in your location then 4s for you. If you like watching videos and such from site that are html5 well 4s can't watch it. You want sleek pretty and assumed quality 4s...

Well as said I have a 4s jailbroken and I love apple but I hate that they don't step up. I'm going HTC One X may 6th here in the states. I'm not a fan of android at all but this phone really catches my eye and maybe just maybe it might change my thinking. I would go into htc one x specs but I'm sure you know them as much as I do...hope this helps you decide.
[General Questions and Answers] k1rtu5:
The choice is clear for me.. Android all the way..

So many choices and people out there developing..

Ice Cream Sandwhiched from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
[General Questions and Answers] sweetboy02125:
If you choose Android, why dont you wait another week for Samsung Galaxy S3? Why HTC X?

Sent from my AT&T Galaxy Note™ - please forgive if typos
[General Questions and Answers] MR4Y:
I would go for the one s instead. It's s4 dual core processor is faster than tegra 3's quad core and the battery lasts a bit more. Or wait for the s3, that'll have a even bigger battery and specs similar to the one x.
[General Questions and Answers] thatdefault:
Better wait 2-3 months, many great phones will be on the market and older phones will get cheaper.
[General Questions and Answers] MiRock:
One X !!!

The One X's processor is a quad-core 1.5 GHz, and it does have the Android OS, very very much customisable than the 4S, who is expensive and does only have a dual-core 1.2 GHz and the ultra-securised iOS (personnaly I hate it)

Otherwise if you prefer simplicity before everything else, buy the iPhone.
[General Questions and Answers] chauchunyin123:
HTC One X!!!!
[General Questions and Answers] Nigeldg:
You ask this question on XDA and expect to get unbiased results? XDA being the biggest phone development website in the world, with the majority of development being done for Android phones. You're dreaming if you expect that you will get the answer iPhone 4S overall, not in this community.
[General Questions and Answers] twingoonz:
I would go with the HTC one x: yes it still has bug in it but go get high on android what could go wrong

Sent from my evo 3d...on xda like a bawse
[General Questions and Answers] OmarPlus:
U should get HTC One X, from what I know it has a quad core processor, an amazing camera, large screen, beats audio, ICS, HTC sense, and very fast of course..

Sent from my S+
[General Questions and Answers] :
HTC one x fo sho'
[General Questions and Answers] Fabo.sk:
With that reasoning, I would still be running around with Siemens S8...

iOS is not even really more simple than android... there is a guy on youtube, doing videos about how does one do everyday simple tasks on iOS and Android. Good stuff.
[General Questions and Answers] :
Htc is more powerfull, cheaper, larger better screen and it has 10000 times more options than iPhone. Look at this guy here hes the best :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMiY1kSTHZw
[General Questions and Answers] smartnphone:
Too true ^

I used to have an iPhone 4 but it interface was too boring. I always had it jailbroken but the customization still wasn't enough. I love flashing roms on my S2 now.

Go HTC One X if you don't enjoy the closed Apple ecosystem.
[General Questions and Answers] -Grift-:
i think wp7 is simpler then ios :O
[General Questions and Answers] moomingstarz:
If you are a heavy phone user, maybe the iPHone because the battery is better. You should also stick with it if you are someone who likes easy use.

The HTC if you like customization, the android software, etc.

It all depends on what you personally like. If you have an ipod touch or something already, try the HTC. You might like it
[General Questions and Answers] Karakoram2:
IPhones suck

nfuff said
[General Questions and Answers] ssurgr:
I've used a Droid X, iPhone 4/4S, and Galaxy Nexus.

Retina display on the iPhone is very nice but the screen is small. The Galaxy and the HTC both have similar size screen/resolution, it looks amazing.

I originally liked iOS because of its simplicity and smoothness. When I used the Droid X the screens didn't flow smoothly and there were a lot of little details missing in the operating system that took time and patience to fix.

For the Galaxy Nexus right out of the box you will notice smoothness and the giant screen. Android has come along way and my suggestion is to go in and try them before you buy them. When you are trying the operating notice that iOS is fairly locked down to how Apple wants it. Android is open!
[General Questions and Answers] Casi92:
htc one x is more customizable and powerful,

but i prefer iOS.

and the apple market is better than play store
[General Questions and Answers] ssurgr:
Just want to point out that in my experience the support for apps, feedback for apps, and the quality of the apps is better in the Play Store when compared to Apple's App store. Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram run smoother and don't bug out or crash all the time like on the iPhone.

App Store wins for games IMO.
[General Questions and Answers] arunkr:
htc one x for the time being..wen compared to iphone it beats it in terms of performance,value for money and customisable options...go for htc one x
[General Questions and Answers] xnostra:
i really enjoyed reading all of you fellow members giving out your suggestions this will be helpful for other people who is torn apart between these two and cant decide what to choose from them
[General Questions and Answers] z33dev33l:
IOS you get guaranteed support for at least two years, better games, and features that are useful to your average consumer on a fairly regular basis.

On Android, you get a shell, you can do anything on it, but as a start it's a stuttering empty mess with a horrid UI and no user friendly anything unless you go Samsung who at least makes an attempt.

With IOS, your phone also retains value longer.
[General Questions and Answers] xnostra:
yeah thats one thing i noticed about android phones, the worth value starts expensive but quickly depreciates its worth in the market when your about to change mobile again.

im saying this base on my experience as i change mobile weekly / monthly / or whenever i see something new in the front page of gsmarena
[General Questions and Answers] fisherwei:
one iphone 4s is a phone, and then, an android phone is a phone, a phone and a phone ... :D
[General Questions and Answers] sebOp:
I was an apple user for years. Now, after about more then 7 years using jailbroken Iphone's, cydia & apple software i switched to a android based phone and i am very happy. My opinion is: get a android based system, here you have much more possibilities and advantages.
[General Questions and Answers] eletro:
with iphone4S you would also have access to more accessories compared to one x.
[General Questions and Answers] Keion:
What forum are you even posting on?

>2012

>buying an ithing

ISHYGDDT

Sent from my tf9001 with XDA XD.
[General Questions and Answers] Tyran2099:
a.

android > IPhone

Better processor, customizable... Etc
[General Questions and Answers] z33dev33l:
7 years of iPhone... Intriguing.
[General Questions and Answers] wormym:
Android is easy to learn, easy to mod, good price, smart HCI (human computer interaction)

I vote for HTC One X, 2 days for thinking: chose 4s or One X, and finally I chose One X, many rom cook you can find from DEV box!

Iphone is also good to, really hard! :)
[General Questions and Answers] sonyn:
If you like to explore your phone, choose Android. But if you prefer "status quo", iPhone would be perfect.
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
HTC one x.....that's a no brainer
[General Questions and Answers] tawon:
dude i think iphone is overprice they just sale branding so isnt wise choice:)
[General Questions and Answers] ATHORNFAM2:
HTC one x just buy the iPhone cheap then resell it
[General Questions and Answers] MUFC17JW:
I used to have an iPhone 4 because it was simple and easy to use, but mostly because I got tired of carrying my phone and my iPod touch. iPhone was nice buy after a while it got boring even with Jailbreaking
[General Questions and Answers] paintball23456:
jeeez you need to get your head checked where have you been for the last year?

THE IPHONE 4S IS S**T HTC ONE X NOT SOME CLOSED SOURCE BULL****:D:D:D:D:D

I have (had) the new ipad worsted waste of money i have ever seen

and anyway why go for the one x or the ifail 4s?

the galaxy s3 is coming out and that spanks the hell out of all phones out atm

if you really want a ifail wait for the ifail 5 but im still a 10000% sure that that will be no good to galaxy s3 will spank that to

but if you need at phone now dont waste your money on a glass brick get the one x;)
[General Questions and Answers] Hell Guardian:
It's a no brainer to go for the One X as the Iphone 4S shouldn't be in the comparison in the first place, the only phone that might be in there is the coming iPhone 5 that even if it has 2" screen and 800mhz CPU the isheeps will call the best thing ever happened to humanbeings ANYWAY it's supposed to be quad core so it might give/take hits from the one X but for now...The one X is your obvious choice
[General Questions and Answers] paintball23456:
it will probably be the same CPU GPU as in the new ipad
[General Questions and Answers] mistermentality:
Are you sure you have a 4S...I have seen iphones playing html5 videos just fine and the pics it produces are fine so maybe you have a faulty one?

Dave

( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
My brother got an iPhone 4s and its so simple its boring, I feel iPhone is just for texting, Facebook, tweeting and all the other social media stuff and the media claims that iPhone is the BEST phone today when its clearly not, to me I think iPhone users want to fit in and feel cool cause everyone has one, but android users are difrent because we can make an Android really custoum to our likes. Over all look at the specs, it says it all :)
[General Questions and Answers] paintball23456:
TO right man!
[General Questions and Answers] sunsfallen:
You should go for the HTC One X. Iphone is a great phone, but not very customizable. With android you'll have a great phone and you'll be able to do anything you want with it. Tons of options. That's a huge point for me.
[General Questions and Answers] thebobp:
Agreed, if you're really selecting for simple / for your great-great-grandmother, windows phone is the way to go.

Otherwise.. frankly there are too many things you (the OP) aren't telling us. Do you want to play games all day? Do you care about the look? Are you rich with money for apps? etc, etc.

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Price depreciates less when there's not that much competition. Apple is sufficiently differentiated from the other phones that they can get away with not-upgrading-so-much, whereas android manufacturers are forced to improve their phone specs a lot to keep up with the others. With the mass improvement of new phones, naturally the price of the old ones go down.

Moral: "Worth" is not the same thing as "price".
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] swimon:
So is an official ICS update still in the pipeline?

Because I'm waiting to flash a custom ROM based on the official one...

Regards, Simon.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] gandhar:
yes it's supposed to come in a month's time or so..:D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] baenre79:
End of May / beginning of June.

Sent from my SK17i
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] semsemx:
we are waiting also :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] assasins007:
Confused... should I root or wait for official ICS...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] 42me:
hope so :D.....:D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
You can root anyway, it will not affect ICS.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] xperiaactive:
Start to try with some custom rom, and when ICS will be official released you can do a comparative and choice your favourite one.

I don't think that will be problem. Am i wrong? :rolleyes:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] KhemaraS.:
Yes it's ok to root when you cant wait to use ics;) try a custom rom first and when the official update is released zou can still flash it via wotan

Sorrz for mz bad english
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
Wotan is paid, Flashtool is better now :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] swimon:
Good to hear it is still coming,

Another question: Will ICS give the minipro a preformance boost or would it do the opposite?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
Likely will do the opposite as ICS needs more power to run smoothly with all the new functions.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] swimon:
hmmm,

I was hoping it was going to be like when I went from Froyo to Gingerbread on my HTC Desire, there were a lot of preformance improvements and also battery improvements.

I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Grtz
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
http://developer.sonymobile.com/wp/2012/03/30/learn-about-the-technical-differences-between-gingerbread-and-ics/
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] swimon:
Thanks for the link.

What I understand from this article is that ICS uses more RAM. But this is in fact not really a big issue, because android decides for itself which apps will run and which will be closed? I don't care if an app I opened 2 hours ago will be automatically closed.

Or is this not the right way to think about it?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dumraden:
Well, since everything WILL be more Ram consuming, and you're not really looking for extreme multitasking (even with 180MB of free Ram, if i exit Temple Run by pressing the home button, read a message and re-enter it will reload the game), then i suppose that the way ICS is built, it will be a win-lose situation. You will lose in terms of multitasking, but "might" win in terms of speed and battery usage.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
Android itself uses more RAM, leaving less free RAM, means less multitasking and possible lag in games.

Also, processor usage will be higher.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] djnik7:
I agree with dum.. ;)
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadows87:
Can somebody give me sugestion for some digital clock widgets that vill work on CyanogenMod 7.2?
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ak700:
Try Bobclockd3. It's really nice.

Other wise all the normal clocks can be found in the play store.

Also try ultimate cloxck widget.
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadows87:
it dont work for me, it dosent show in wiidgets, i instaled 10 or more nothing works...
[HTC One X] Nitin985:
Can someone post what the built in apps do so we know which ones we can disable
[HTC One X] ckpv5:
This http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1589949 is a good read.

The details are in ROMCleaner_user.txt file
[HTC One X] Ripley:
Can you copy & paste the system app desccriptions please, as all I see are 3 pages of gobbledy gook :confused:
[HTC One X] ckpv5:
Here you go....

Edit: use notepad++ to open it, it will not look good in PC's notepad
[HTC One X] Ripley:
Thanks, there are no explanations for the following apps:

BUBBLES

COM.HTC.DUMMYSKIN

COM.HTC.FUSION.FUSION.APK

COM.HTC.LAPUTA.WIDGET3D.NAVIGATE

CS ENGINE

DMC

DTCP MIDDLE LAYER

FLEX.NET

HTC CHECKIN SERVICE

HTC COTA CLIENT

HTCDB-ENG

HTC MODE CLIENT

KEY CHAIN

LAVA FLOW

PHASE BEAM

PRODUCTIVITY

RESET NOTIFY

TAGS

TALK

TALKBACK
[HTC One X] bircoe:
Here's what I know about some of those apps...

Live Wallpapers:

Bubbles

Phase Beam

Lava Flow... not 100% sure but sounds like a live wallpaper

edit: it is a live wallpaper... and quite a pretty one.

Talk = Google Talk

Tags is something to do with NFC

Talkback is related to accessibility, I'm pretty sure it's the app that reads the screen to visually impaired people.

Anything that begins in HTC (COM.HTC also) is generally part of Sense or HTC supporting apps.

The rest I'm not sure about, one in particular I'm keen to learn about is FlexNet... can't seem to find much on it but I've removed it from my phone anyway.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jawz101:
Build.props, setctl, ro.ril, vacuum, zip align, loopy smooth, group your oom, don't use his script use mine.

Just wondering if some effort could be put into a central repository at this point. Or get them into cyanogenmod if they are really proven to benefit all or a majority of phones.

For instance- It's it just me or does zip aligning and sqlite optimizing on every boot seem onerous?

I'd think these types of scripts need to be weighed for efficiency.

I'd rather do something once or once a month rather than be unnecessarily slow for 2 minutes on every startup.

Isn't zip aligning done by most -if not all- ROM developers? I could see if it would need triggered as new apps are installed maybe bit I don't know if newly installed apps already get zip aligned when the phone is live. ...Or if zip aligning doesn't stick after every reboot.

Have tweak verification to skip over ones already in the ROM. A big thing with any OS is boot times and not doing something twice if it isn't necessary.

If not a cyanogenmod commit have a market app rather than messing with terminal. It's playing with our OCD ;)

Just throwing it out there.

I step away from the mic to breathe through my nose
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] burakgon:
Nice point brother. %95 of apps are already zipaligned out of box.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Shrimpbush:
+1
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fajarep:
i think, it is because each phone has different memory and kernel version, so each people just tweak to get better to his phone. zipalign is not worth i think, because rom vendor already optimize it, i think png size reduction is worth..

just my 2 cents
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] natsuke:
If there is only 1 kind of tweak, it would be no fun. all of this different tweaks has different in the configuration. It may be small, it may be big differences, but it gives us way to try it and see which would be better for our device.