[Captivate General] gspeeds:
don't hate on me

--too late for that

iphone is better because it has the following things which matter to me

* so much better looks. it's a piece of art.

---no it's not. It a slab of metal formed to a unibody chasis. How the hell did cell phones become works of art? That some serious fanboy comment right there. I believe the Captivate is aesthetically pleasing but will stop short of saying its a work of art. In fact I could never describe any commercial cell phone as a work of art. Even if the iphone 4 is a work of art like you claim, the iphone 4 is defective and can't hold a signal. If it is a work of art then thats all it is, as it really doesn't function correctly for its primary use to place a cell call. What is that you say? The iphone 4 could use a case to correct the signal.. right but wouldn't that take away from it's artful beauty? Now that I think about it, the iphone4 may be a work of art as it sure as hell isn't a cell phone.

* so much more rugged hardware just screams quality

---isn't this the same as above. Why do you place so much emphasis on design when the phone's main function is broken? I suppose functionality and benchmarks are meaningless when confronted with "works of art". Seriously, do you want to use a smartphone or do you just want people to stare at your work of "art". What is wrong with you people?

* better screen (easier to see graphics and read text).

---subjective. I think the graphics and text are top notch for the captivate. To each their own. I don't need to zoom into to see pixels. Only people who are anal retentive would do that? Or people that are blatantly digging for flaws in a device. The super amoled screen technology is amazing

* better apps (try zillow for iphone and android which one is better)

---subjective again. Zillow is fine but what about swype on Android and Swype on iphone, which one is better? What's that?.. thats right iphone doesn't even have swype. Many of us make our decisions not based on aesthetics alone. We like the open nature of Android and believe anything that is possible to configure on a cell will be made available to us. We are not fearful that features will be abandoned due to our CEO god restricting their use. We like the open nature and encourage developers to build apps as they feel, not build apps that will be approved by some higher being.

* more apps (no comparison)

---great. You have many more fart and sound board apps. The jealousy is spewing. Seriously though I'd rather have apps that matter to me on a device then to be restricted access to what I can and can't install.

---Also don't be naive and assume that this will always be the case. Android adoption is growing and more apps are being released at an astronomical pace. I for one am not worried when it comes to quality or quantity of apps going forward.

* perfect pocket size ( captivate is a bit too big )

---WTF? Is the captivate really that big for you? Or are you just digging for reasons to disparage the device? How is the captivate not pocketable? It's obvious you love Apple and are just throwing out hate to Android. If pocket size was a concern then why not try the Aria? Why, because you love the iphone and even while attempting to try Android you remained close minded and decided to nitpick at things so trivial.

* better looking fonts and UI and keyboard

---subjective. The iphone4 doesn't even have swype so I find the better keyboard argument absurd.

* no lag, fast, snappy

---The captivate is slow for you? News to me as most new Captivate owners rave about the speed and fluidity of their device.

* no need to screw around with it to get it to work "right"

---wrong. You need to get a icondom just to make a phone call on the iphone, which let me remind you takes away from your "artful" experience. Also while luckily on a call you should not place phone to close to your face or the broken proximity sensor will not activate thereby allowing you to press all kinds of commands like mute, end call, and speaker unknowingly. That doesn't sound like a device that works "just right". In fact, that sounds like a defective device that needs a lot of "screwing around" with to just make it work right.

The inverse of each of the above bullet points are the things I don't like about the captivate.

---too bad. we will miss you.