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[Nexus S General] DJTaurus:
Some general questions about ios vs android?

1)We are all saying that android is open source and ios is not...why then all the great hackers like Musclenerd, Saurik and Geohot are interested more in iphone?....which hach scene is larger?

2)Why android manufactors dont build a direct iphone killer device which also has the same top build quality and design with iphone?

3)Ok i dont like ios cause of its simplicity...but generally it is a lot user friendly.... android as rubin said is getting day by day better in tha area....but when you touch even the old iphone 3gs the smoothness of scrolling is sth unmatched by any high end android device i have used in 2010....like galaxy s with lagfix or Desire HD.....i mean the response and smooth scrolling is amazing.It feels so natural.
[Nexus S General] kolyan:
iPhone is cool too, unlike Nexus S, people actually put their thought in to it. Of course pure google with android is better then ios
[Nexus S General] pkx:
iPhone4 owner who just bought a Nexus S here.

I am more productive on the iPhone.

Can't search through my Exchange mailbox (email app) on the Nexus? WHAT?

Can't subscribe to more than one folder in the email app?

(FYI: email app needed to connect via activesync to my corp mail server - K9 doesn't work either. GMail app is great...but since I have to use 2 different email apps, that means no unified inbox).

The Android facebook app is absolute *crap* (can't even tag people in photos, lame).

Evernote/Mint/etc look much better on the iPhone.

iPhone's battery life is SO much better than the Nexus S (anandtech's review showed you can browse the web for *twice* as long on the iPhone)

AT&Ts 3G is much better...

The iPhone's notification (screen on + pop-up) works great for me... can't even get Tasker to turn on the screen when a notification is received with Gingerbread.

There are obviously things I love about Android.. but I don't know which one I'll keep at this point.
[Nexus S General] Smilez_c:
I disagree with most of your reasoning and anandtech's review was biased, just another iPhone fan boy reviewing an Android phone? c'mon now.... Esp the battery life he claims it identical to Nexus One? He must have a defect because the battery life is a HUGE improvement and there are many forums to prove this. And speaking of notification, Android BROUGHT notification to the game. There's more than just a pop up screen that we could use. I understand maybe for the Nexus S yea it doesnt have LED but I actually think No Led is clean and unique.
[Nexus S General] pkx:
....I'm comparing the NS battery life to the iPhone4 batt life, not to Nexus One. Regardless as to what Anandtech said, in my experience the iPhone4's battery life when browsing IS far superior.

I will probably port my number over and make my NS my primary phone, but these were my first thoughts after having the phone for a few days.

I plan on a more comprehensive comparison after I get more time with it.

I love how saying the iPhone is better in any way makes one an Apple Fanboy.
[Nexus S General] Smilez_c:
Oh I see I misunderstood your post a little disregard my ignorance
[Nexus S General] jblparisi:
I had to stop reading right there, that can't be serious. :eek:

That whole post is filled with fanboism for the most part... and this is coming from a former iPhone 2g, 3g, 3gs, 4.
[Nexus S General] pkx:
Ok, I'll expand. Perhaps I've simply worked the notification/push system into my "workflow." I generally do not have any audible notifications set.

When I am working "lightly", my iphone is next to my laptop with the screen facing up. When I get an email/facebook reply/etc, I see the screen turn on - I can see if it's imporant, if not, I ignore it and the screen goes black.

When I am working "heads down"...coding/etc, I simply flip the phone over so I don't see the screen.

A LED for notifications would be great, but alas, the Nexus S does not have one.

Others suggested using Tasker to illuminate the display when a notification comes in... but that feature doesn't seem to work on Gingerbread.

I'm experimenting with the NoLED app... but I'd really prefer the screen to light up and the notification to be displayed for a few seconds.

Of course, the Android notification system in general is great and much better... but I hope you can at least understand my frustration with how Android behaves with my current workflow.
[Nexus S General] FastMhz:
It f**king prints money.

I don't care.

I want an iPhone 4.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg

Good Times!
[Nexus S General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
lol @ talking **** about the IOS.. how is the lagging while browsing heavey contets of web page is working for you ?

or are you still playing Nova 1 ? tell us how you really feel with your plastic phone.

coming here to talk **** about other phones means you really insecure about your purchase and you want other people to make you feel better. its that simple.

but oh yeah good for you. and whatever you like it or not. the iphone 4 is the best selling phone in the world. not just your local market. period. and people buy it for a reason. not because its an "apple product " its because its an awsome phone.

have fun playing with your widgets, iphone users will be wasting their time actually playing decent games.
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
Look man, to each his own. I have had every iPhone ever. In fact, I sold my iPhone 4 for the NS. Yeah sure, RIGHT NOW iOS is polished in ways that android is not. But just wait for 3.0 Honeycomb. That is supposed to be the biggest update since android was announced.

iPhone may be the most popular phone in the world right now. But what OS is the most popular... 300,000 android units activated

daily

. iPhone, iOS, and everything else that has to do with their mobile platform will eventually succumb to the likes of android.

Android is the future, but the future is not here yet.

Thanks ;)
[Nexus S General] lokto7:
Every next Android x.y will be more biggest :)
[Nexus S General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
1- thanks for pointing out to each has his own. so dissing another OS to justify a purchase is stupid and selfish and not mature.

2- please dont talk about android 3 when we know nothing but names. let say this too so we can both play this game. WAIT TILL IOS 5 gona be so awesome wowowoeee

3- are you seriously mentioning which OS sells more? 200 andorid phones in the market. what are you trying to prove here ? hell the iphone is even locked in USA. so if your TMO or VER then you are out of luck unless you buy from outside.

4- i am not comparing IOS to Android OS. to each has his own. the OP bashed the iphone for no reason but to justify his purchase. . we can all play this game. this thread is honestly useless. but whatever i will leave it to Mods to decide what they do with it
[Nexus S General] gogol:
3. Eh, there are many iPhone distributors around the world! Europe, Asia they are everywhere. It is no longer difficult to buy an iPhone.

But still, Android is progressing a lot in terms of out-selling iPhone :D

Sorry, you cannot deny this fact.

So, you can cry now ... That's OK child, don't be shy :D
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
1. I do not need anything to justify my purchase besides the fact that I bought it. I am extraordinarilly happy with my purchase.

2. You're an idiot and contradicting yourself. Lets not talk about iOS 5 then? ****.

3. 200? What? 300,000 (THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND) ANDROID BASED MOBILE DEVICES ARE ACTIVATED DAILY. DAILY. DAILY. How many times must I say it.

4. You're contradicting again here. You're an moron. No one wants to hear your garbage. You're preaching to the ************* choir.

4b. This thread isn't useless. We are simply comparing our Nexus S's to the iPhone 4 in a bias way. Let us have our fun. Go bash the Nexus S in your forums. We dont care. But don't get into it with us. We will win because we have the superior OS, not you.

You (and how countless others act) are single-handedly the reason why I will never buy another iPhone. I've never seen the light more clearly. Have fun with your ancient OS with .5% productivity.

Leave this forum board you rusty ****.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] tommyz2kool:
Yup, theres a reason alright. It's the same reason why millions of people bought a snuggie.

Now that's laughable. bragging about playing crappy touchscreen games on an iphone. lol
[Nexus S General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
first of all . you are being reported for name calling. i took a screen shot and i already sent it to mods. . this is forum where we discuss what everyone think whatever their device of choice is. and if i dont love android i wouldnt stick around with small minded people like you

you are the fanboy who is pissed because i am stating facts. you will probably enjoy a nice ban. if not. i will run over you over and over till you have a heart attack from reading my posts. by readin your posts i can tell you are pissed as hell. which is all fine by me.

1- are you the OP ? no. then stfu . i was directly talking about the OP trying to jusitfy his purchase. you can shove the phone up yours for all i care understand kid ?

lol @ the poor tard getting pissed . its ok for you to talk about a future OS for android when you dont know **** about. and its not ok for others to talk about their future OS when they dont know **** about it either ? piss off you little monkey

i dont give a flying *** how many are activated daily. give me one android device that is sold more than i phone ? oh yeah. none. you have to combined all the phones that were released since 2007 to come up with an argument on your own. the only thing that sold almost half as much as iphone was the galaxy S. and thats not quite there yet even

and LMAO @ saying this thread is not useless. its ok for you to talk **** about other OS because u have one you like ? oh man ur a stupid tard i swear.you even admit you are bais and you want to have fun justifying your phone over others. LMAOOOO. the idiot just pwned him self. nothing else to be said
[Nexus S General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
says the one who has almost no games at all on his touch screen :rolleyes:

you don't like playing on phones. thats fine i respect that. but many of others do. thats why the games sells millions in iphone. so whatever you like it or not. its a personal matter.
[Nexus S General] Lord_Buckington:
Ignoring everything else that's been said, if the iPhone is the best phone around, as you suggest, and that people here are only here to try and justify their own purchase, I have some questions.

Why are you here? If the iPhone truly is as amazing as you suggest, why does it need you to so vigorously defend it? Using your logic, we all have to wonder, why do you feel the need the justify the greatness of the iPhone to us, on a board about an Android phone?
[Nexus S General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
cry now ? are you a kid? you want to cry and dance the funcky chicken over a phone ? wtf grow up

i do understand there are many iphones distributors. and no one said its hard to get an iphone. but at the end of the day. its one device. an iphone. where in android . there are like 200 devices. you can pick the one you like, the specs you like. even if you dont like samsung there is htc or lg etc etc. what are the choices for an fans who wants to buy a device like the iphone but the iphone from apple it self ? none.

and i do understand that in terms of OS selling " software OEM " the Android is out selling the iphone OS. i think its in terms of 5 to 1 even. its that high.

but then again. with all those publishers backing up the android. do you see that surprising ????

this is funny really. its like bringing a 200 men against 3 men " ipod,iphone and ipad"

how on planet earth the IOS will out win this ?

i dont care about google activates per day. i care about how many units are sold. which phones are selling more.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, where is the money ? most developers are making all their money on the iphone. thats why lots of devs from high end developers around the world are supporting the iphone ALMOST exclusivly. cant say the same about android till they fix the market place and fix the cap limit the stupid google have put.

how on ****ing earth developers will put a 200Meg game on android when the cap limit is 30M only ?

developers are suffering and have to create their own servers for people to download their games and buy it. so they tell google go **** your self we wont develop for you if you cant even carry our games " and the funny thing is. google actually takes % from the sale if it was on market place. yet they dont want to carry the game on their server. go figure. "

you people talk like i am against android. its kinda sad when some of you are that closed minded really and cant see the big picture
[Nexus S General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
dude.

1- the iphone is not the best phone around. i think their IOS is kinda ****ty too. i mean no file tranfer blue tooth. front facing cam for wifi only ? phone is kinda crappy without a jail break. i do actually prefer the android as OS. but because i am mainly a gamer. and i dont like to carry a psp or 3ds because i am not a kid " 29 years old " so i am forced to play on mobile " specially if i am @ work. no one will notice lol "

but thats far from saying the iphone is perfect

2- i am not defending anything. but to insult other phones because he has an X phone or Y phone is stupid and useless. and it makes him look like he is justifying the phone. dont insult other people phones just because you like yours .
[Nexus S General] MaybachMan:
What are iPhone fanboys doing on a forum for Windows Mobile and Android users?

BTW, I have an iPhone and am selling it for an Android phone as soon as I get enough money to do so (which should be next month). The iPhone is nice, but it's too locked down. Too much form over function, too. Apple haven't innovated it at all since 2007, either.
[Nexus S General] brian6685:
Lol I love those videos
[Nexus S General] Lord_Buckington:
Fair enough ;)

Sent from my Nexus One
[Nexus S General] meetagrawal:
Please do not compare Android numbers to iPhone numbers. One is a platform and the other Is a product.
[Nexus S General] MaybachMan:
Here's what would happen if Steve Jobs was more honest...

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[Nexus S General] Zorachus:
Wow this thread got out of hand quick :( I am not trying to "diss" iOS just that I am sick and tired of the praise it gets as the only true smartphone and that Android is second fiddle wannabe. Even the tech site engadget beats off to everything Apple and just won't give Android credit.

I think this new Nexus -S is easily on par if not a better device than the iPhone 4. It deserves to be praised.

Hey I am actually open minded enough to possibly buying an iPhone 5 this summer if they truly make some changes like a larger screen add Widgets and a notification system. I think Apple truly needs to make a revolutionary product with the 5th phone not just evolutionary.
[Nexus S General] Smilez_c:
Please dont fight over this thread now
[Nexus S General] spacemanspiff33:
Can I just add I thought the 'rusty ****' comment was hilarious, and I almost pissed myself laughing when I read that, and spat out my beverage all over my keyboard when I read the I'M TELLING ON YOU response, especially coming from a self proclaimed adult (29 years old by his own admission).....the rest of the things being said here are mostly dribble :P

Both phones have their ups and downs, which I think is something we all can agree on.....lets just all be friends? :)
[Nexus S General] brutus_2552:
If no led on nexus s is a prob der is an app to make the flash led blink when there is a notification ...
[Nexus S General] spacemanspiff33:
I dunno if I would really want my flash going off for notifications, that would probably scare the **** out of me on more than one occasion :p

I do really miss the trackball on the Nexus1, I loved the multicolour notifications, and I also loved having a cursor I could use in Opera mini, but its also really not a deal breaker for me....
[Nexus S General] tommyz2kool:
lol stupid inerd. once again games suck on a touchscreen, how hard is that to understand? Of course iphone users are clueless about gaming. Thats why that crappy ass game by epic made so much money.

And millions of people bought a chia pet too. That doesnt mean its best thing since sliced bread like you make your iphone to be.

oh and btw, this is a NEXUS S board. If we want to voice our opinion that we dont like icrap, then we're entitled to. If you dont like that opinion gtfo and go back to your circle jerk over on mac rumors where the rest of your cult talk smack about android every day instead of crying to the mods.
[Nexus S General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
lol @ the stupid getting pwned and trying to say gaming on phone sucks now .. poor tard. tell you what. go move your google widget from your first page to the second one. it will make you feel better. now stfu and gtfo

and LoL @ the stupid thinking we dont know how to play games. add me on ps3 X-E-N-O-N or xbox live XXXX BARON XXXX. let me pwn u there too
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
This is a waste of energy, as are you.
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
hahaha thanks buddy :cool:
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
Now YOU'RE NAME CALLING!!! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH I'm telling! Like a mature adult! I even took a screenie and reported you to the mods!

Joker
[Nexus S General] raeef:
I never owned an Iphone but tried the ones my friends had so I can't make a comparison. Yesterday a friend of mine who owns an Iphone 4 and owned 3gs before it, tried my NS and she liked it very much. I asked her? really? why? She simply started flipping home screens on her Iphone and said, it's boring! just home screens and app shortcuts and that's it.
[Nexus S General] robstunner:
I've been an iPhone owner since the first one came out in 07'. The phones are incredibly easy to use and great all around. The only time I was without the iPhone for more than a month was when I got my nexus one. Then I went back to iPhone 4 where I constantly was trying to find my android successor (had an evo, captivates, desire). Now I have a Nexus S :-) the only major thing I miss on the iPhone is battery life. The iPhone 4 holds its charge extremely well. (And charges alot faster)
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
Oh man I totally agree with you. That's probably the only thing I miss as well.
[Nexus S General] theimpaler747:
Yeah, I wish android phones could give us at least about 2-4 more hours on battery.
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
What are you getting now? I actually think that the NS pushed out a reasonable amount of life. PLUS! Amazon has the batteries for this phone for $7.43 right now (on sale, usually $35), so i bought two plus a wall charger, I'll be set.
[Nexus S General] tommyz2kool:
Wait, you're still here? Why are you here on a NEXUS S board? Shouldnt you be playing games on your oh so AWESOME iphone?

lol at you trying to diss widgets. icrap users heads would explode if they had them. I had a nice laugh over at macrumors for what passes as customization on icrap. basically moving icons from one page to another and rearranging them in cute patterns. ;)
[Nexus S General] joeyklatzko:
Here are my reasons for choosing Android over iOS:

-The notification system is non obtrusive. I can be watching a YouTube video or playing a game and not miss something to close out a pop up when I get a text. The notification shade is clearly a winner on Android. That being said, all apps have access to it. You never have to back out to your home screen to see if Twitter or your EMail updated.

-The homescreen is more productive. Widgets let you get information without ever opening an app. You can even update info on apps without opening one. And no need to dig through settings to change brightness or turn on wifi.

-The internet browser is faster. Not to mention support for Flash. You can say you never use Flash but there's something that just feels right about watching YouTube videos in the browser instead of an app.

-Google apps. Kind of a biased one but Gmail, Google Voice Search and Google Maps/Navigation make Android worth it by themselves.

-Choice of input settings. You can use Voice-To-Text, On Screen, get a phone with a physical keyboard, or download a third party keyboard. Swype in particular has my iPhone using coworkers the most jealous.

-Hacking. Sure, you can jailbreak an iPhone but most of the added features are native to Android. Like downloading apps from outside sources. Most of the fun I've had with Android lately has come from trying out new ROMs, and that alone is a feature I wouldn't give up.

Years ago, I had a jailbroken/unlocked iPhone 2G. The lack of carrier support was what initially drove me to buy a G1 and I never looked back. Some things I liked about the iPhone:

-ITunes. Much better than the Android music solution.

-Definitely a very polished OS. Theres just something I like more about Androids charm, but iOS is definitely more polished.

-User friendly

-Better battery life, this is undeniable

That being said, I think Android vs. iPhone comes down to what type of user you are. Casual users will like the iPhone and power users will like Android. I think these two camps should stop fighting so much if only to bash on Blackberry and Windows Phone 7 :)
[Nexus S General] robstunner:
I personally think WP7 is awesome, it just needs time, alot more time...