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Captivate vs iphone 4

Hello everyone, my provider is sending me an iPhone 4. Which I'm not sure to keep or not. But I had very bad experience with apple before thier 3gs and would never buy. So if I sell the iphone 4 should I get captivate? Cause I love android alot. Or what you guys would do if you were in my situation please share and help me. Thanks
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I would buy either a Samsung Captivate or the newer Motorola Atrix 4G. I think both are great.

I'd vote for the captivate especially with CM7 getting closer to a stable release but I'm kind of biased toward Android now that I actually own a device with it (had an iPhone before it).

CAPTIVATE CAPTIVATE CAPTIVATE!!!!!!!! I was foolish once and truly believed in the iPhone. But it is sooooooooo not worth it. Being left-handed, I didn't have the same issues, as the media publicized, with losing signal and such. The biggest mistake that they made was switching to the treated glass. When you hold the phone to your face, the iPhone has a temp sensor that tells the screen to turn off. With the treated glass in the iP4, it doesn't dissipate heat at all. So lots of calls get put on hold and buttons are pushed. It's rather annoying when it happens all the time and on every single call.
Then there are all the dropped calls that Apple says is AT&T's fault. My Cappy doesn't drop anything. iP4 drops everything and heaven forbid if the phone is switching from edge to 3g and you on a call.
So again I say..........
CAPTIVATE CAPTIVATE CAPTIVATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My coworker has an iPhone 4 I have the captivate. He is bored 4 months in and I am a crazy rom junky. It depends on what you want. If you want the same experience day in day out for the next two years, the iPhone. If you want customization the captivate
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To be honest, having used both, the answer is neither. The Atrix is the real choice, in my opinion.

I wouldn't touch another iPhone nor would I jump on atrix till the bootloader is unlocked. Now the cappy or inspire which I'd grab the inspire of you had to have one right now, its already hacked and awesome
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I would never go back to using an iPhone. NEVER I SAY!

If you are a tech noob get the iphone. My mom has it and loves it, i would kill myself if I had. I love my captivate and can not go anywhere without it. Taking it to kenya in a couple of hours
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Captivate > iPhone.
Its like total freedom vs. total lockdown... Its a pretty easy choice; Unless you like making the hippies at Apple richer.

I can tell you that if you were choosing between the Captivate and iPhone 4, go with the Captivate. I've had a rooted Captivate for a couple weeks (using official Froyo 2.2) and I also jailbroke my cousin's iPhone 4 and can tell you that the Captivate is much, I repeat, MUCH easier to customize for your personal tastes.

Go for the Captivate or the Atrix (Atrix is good if u r not really bothered abt flashing a custom ROM).

Browse through a few of the 1800+ posts on THIS thread and see all that you can do with this phone and then look at 1 iPhone4. It'll never change
Not to mention having to sync with iTunes, thats a whole different nightmare. The thing I love about the Captivate is the ability to drag and drop music and pics and video files from the pc and not having to sync anything.

First off, let me say that I think Steve Jobs is a kook. No Flash on his device, means no iSheep device for me. I'm a web developer and to exclude a hugely viable platform like Flash is absurd.
Captivate has been a fun phone so far...only because of the development community that cooks these sweet ROM's!!! If I couldn't flash new roms when I want...might as well buy iCrap.
2c

Well, the iPhone 4 is nice... but not as nice as windows phone 7. Just saying. I had an iphone 4 and my lg quantum does equally as much. I use android and WP7 though, and I switch out when I get sick of the other. Personally I believe the iphone to be a second generation device. It's like asking att to sell you a razr lol... I would go for the captivate. It's easy to customize, and they have some pretty sweet cases for it, if you're afraid of it breaking.

apps vs freedom
iPhone still has better apps and games selection.
Jailbreak suggested, as well as carrier unlock, with prospect of Apple blocking them.
No microSD slot.
Will die within a year or two due to irreplaceable battery.
Now for Captivate - crappy GPS depending on your luck (works for me), the battery is replaceable and upgradeable, carrier unlocked/rooted with custom ROMs, lots of development activities, world 3G phone, microSD slot, better reception, better noise suppression with Audience chip.

Captivate all the time. This happen to me almost all weeks, when some one with IPhone4 see my Captivate. They said what an awesome screen and you can change the ROM like clothes. LOL I said Iphone to the trash

for simplicity, choose ios, more on customization, choose any android smartphones.
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Is captivate build better than galaxy s? And how hard is it to flash a rom? Not interested in motorola cause they suck with updates. And bootloader locked so either ill get captivate now or wait for sgs2 but have to sell the stupid iphone 4 first when I receive it.
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I like my Captivate. That Retina display on the I-phone is amazing though.

Nexus S 4G for an HTC Arrive

Hey all, thought I would post this here since you all have some time under your belt with the HTC Arrive.
I have the opportunity today to trade my Nexus S 4G for an HTC Arrive. I really like the Metro UI and that keyboard is dreamy. Not a big fan of the tilted screen. Wish it could stay flat.
Anyways, what are your thoughts? Good even trade? Would you go back to Android if you could? Is there a better Windows Phone 7 coming down the line I don't know about and should wait?
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I really like my arrive, the keyboard is great (and a physical keyboard is a must for me) but I agree on the tilt screen, it does nothing for me other than making it more of a pain to close. I dont have any inside info or insight but I dont think I would count on another WP7 device coming to Sprint until 2012.
If you think you like wp7 I say go for it unless you really need 4G.

I have an Evo sitting in my desk right now and I'm sending this from my Arrive. I do like the WP7 UX better than Android, but the lack of available apps can be frustrating coming from an iOS or Android background.
Ultimately the choice is up to you, but I'm happy on the WP7 bandwagon.
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I guess I should have mentioned that I came from a Palm Pixi and there are definitely some things I miss from webOS but app support is not one of them.

Thanks for all the suggestions. It feels solid like you are holding quality stuff. The keyboard is fantastic. I forgot how wonderful physical buttons are.
I did go ahead and make the even trade. Beforehand I did look around and even if I would have sold the Nexus to buy an Arrive, the difference was minimal. So I did an even trade and we're both happy with the swap.
The UI is snappy and there is no lag or hiccups. If there is, I don't notice them. My signal has been good so far. Haven't tried the Telenav yet. Connecting to Xbox Live was more pleasing than I had anticipated.
Bought Fruit Ninja and when I heard that achievement unlocked sound I just popped a big ol smile. Looking forward to Mango. I'll miss my Nexus and definitely will miss some of my Android apps, but I'd trade all over again in a heart beat. This is a sweet phone.
Also, the Nexus' Super AMOLED display is the best and will definitely miss that. The Arrive's LCD is decent though and I'll get used to it.

turdsamich said:
I guess I should have mentioned that I came from a Palm Pixi and there are definitely some things I miss from webOS but app support is not one of them.
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I used to have a Pre. I LOVED that OS, but boy was the hardware lacking and the dev support is disheartening. It will always be the OS that should have won the Mobile OS race in my opinion. At least it inspired other companies to improve theirs. Mango is proof of that with the card view option which I am so looking forward to.

Just curious about android

So I started with the android system on the tilt and tried many different phones and bashed apple, then I tried a iphone 3g and it was so easy to use and everything worked right, then 3ga, then iphone 4, gps, internet, calls aok worked so well, I don't like there whole world domination attitude so I have come back to android, and not much has change, right out of the box my infuse was garbage, worse signal then the iphone 4 which I didn't think was possible, horrible bat, multiple droped calls, gps won't lock to save my life, and phone will freeze from time to time, this is stock! I just don't see how its acceptable for a company to release a phone that barley works as phone, I downloaded infused 2.0.2 and it works SO much better but still bad bat, horrible gps, but in a matter of days deva can make a phone 100% better then the company?i don't get it, maybe they should stop making so many phones and make one that works right, I'm not a fan boy and won't be going back to apple because I hate them as a company, but when I spend money on a phone I would like it to work somewhat, if xda was not here I would not keep this phone..... Anyone else agree or disagree? Any ideas on how to get my phone to work like a phone should without having to update every 3 days, reset, is it ok that samsung is happy pumping phones out that look awesome and suck as mobile devices? I'm not flamming,i just want these phones to work better then apple so they can't sell phones, tv, computers ect....ok enough out of me.
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blaker13 said:
So I started with the android system on the tilt and tried many different phones and bashed apple, then I tried a iphone 3tv and it was so easy to use and everything worked right, then 3ga, then iphone 4, gps, internet, calls ask worked so well, I don't like there whole world domination attitude so I have come back to android, and not much has change, right out of the box my infuse was garbage, worse signal then the iphone 4 which I didn't think was possible, multiple droped calls, gps won't lock to save my life, and phone will freeze from time to time, this is stock! I just don't see how its acceptable for a company to release a phone that barley works as phone, I downloaded infused
2.0.2 and it works much better but still bad bat, horrible gps, but in a matter of days deva can make a phone 100% better then the company?i don't get it, maybe they should stop making so many phones and make one that works right, I'm not a fan boy and won't be going back to apple because I hate them as a company, but when I spend money on a phone I would like it to work somewhat, if xda was not here I would not keep this phone..... Anyone else agree or disagree? Any ideas on how to get my phone to work like a phone should without having to update every 3 days, reset, is it ok that samsung is happy pumping phones out that look awesome and suck as nubile devices? I'm not flamming,i just want these phones to work better then apple so they can't sell phones, tv, computers ect....ok enough out of me.
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I.have a GPS fix man
Settongs-apps-manage apps-angry.gps- delete data-close-market -GPS status download-run.until locked
Gps.fixed.
Second yes.the.battery drains quick and if your coming from iPhone 4 u will notice it
I love the development here great people
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tyshemi said:
I.have a GPS fix man
Settongs-apps-manage apps-angry.gps- delete data-close-market -GPS status download-run.until locked
Gps.fixed.
Second yes.the.battery drains quick and if your coming from iPhone 4 u will notice it
I love the development here great people
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I totally agree about this site, its amazing, I think the mobile companies should hire from here.
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my phone signal is ok, wifi signal sux, and yeah android is slow, it runs a lot of java which sux. apple does things different. I would like to see some bootloader and kernel development to run meego instead. I wish there was more app development for meego.
the gps can be improved with a couple settings but should be set that way stock. to be honest my captivate had better gps reception, even with its notorious gps issues, it could track well if you figured out what works. this gps is much more accurate and tracks better but it still has the Samsung quirks and poor reception under cover.
other than the gps my phone ran good stock, I just have a flashing addiction. but I will say it should be better.

Ha! I thought I was alone in actually wanting a modern meego phone...

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.
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Hey man, its all good this its why I brought it up in here, but I must say you can do ask of that on iphone after jailbreak, and they have such a easy restore, I still can't believe they don't have a one touch restore over here yet, plus you have to root and do custom roms so basically jailbreak, and I have a hard time believing that your gps locks in 5mins, have never seen any infuse do that.
And thanks for the reply and detailed explanation.
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Here's my one second lock within 8meters
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tyshemi said:
Here's my one second lock within 8meters
You also have wifi and decent service, I want my gps to work without any bars....it should be stand alone.
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No wifi on and in my basement.........
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Nice!! Wish mine worked like that!
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Did you do that stuff I told ya
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tyshemi said:
Did you do that stuff I told ya
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yes just not sure how to change the file, I cleared everything then installer the gps app and got a fix, duff works better, thank you, is it necessary to change the file from first post still?
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blaker13 said:
Hey man, its all good this its why I brought it up in here, but I must say you can do ask of that on iphone after jailbreak, and they have such a easy restore, I still can't believe they don't have a one touch restore over here yet, plus you have to root and do custom roms so basically jailbreak, and I have a hard time believing that your gps locks in 5mins, have never seen any infuse do that.
And thanks for the reply and detailed explanation.
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Glad we can have a civilized discussion in at least a few parts of the infuse forum, haha. If I had an iphone4, I probably would have jailbroken it and done all that good stuff, seeing as it actually has good specs to work with. I guess I just wasn't into it much when I had my 3g, and I felt that it was too much hassle for not that great of a phone specs-wise. To be perfectly honest, I wanted the iphone 4 when it came out, but my dad wouldn't go for that seeing as I was only a year into my 3g. However, he was all about me getting a new android and learning how to mod it, as he is a software programmer and all of the guys at his job were getting into android. I was originally going to buy a nexus one, but not being able to play with one in a store before I bought it pushed me to the captivate. Now that I'm on android, however, I don't think I'll go back to ios until they throw at least a 4.3" screen with some sort of amoled technology in an iphone, because my biggest beef with iphones is basically the screen. Right now, samsung has my complete loyalty, mostly because of their beautiful screens.
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I agree with the OP.
After a few days of shell shock I have really learned to enjoy the Samsung Infuse 4g. But I would have returned it if I didn't have the Infused 2.0.2 mod. How do casual users actually use it out of the box with quirks like poor GPS, battery performance and occasional app issues? Beats me. Low expectations I guess?
The Infuse hardware is extremely nice but android reminds me of windows mobile on my ole Audiovox PPC-6700 smartphone from 5 years ago. You just gotta play with it to make it work...I guess that's the appeal.
I figure you are either in bed with Apple or Google (I shouldn't leave out Microsoft since my son says his Windows 7 phone is great), so if the new Apple phone comes out with a bigger screen...I'll probably switch back...just need something that works reliabily.

I absolutely love this.phone. I've had no problems what so ever. I def hated stock but only because it would randomly freeze. My sister has iPhone4 and she wishes she had my phone. This phone is great once you do a few tweaks but come on is a pc billy badass right out of the box? ( well sometimes) I just hate the iPhone/apple deal. This phone is America and iPhone is Communist Russia. Haha
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This may seem very obvious, but adjusting the screen brightness will do wonders for your battery, make sure no apps are running in the background hogging up the battery. I also recommend not using a task
Killer or manager. Stock should work just fine.
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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.
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Very well said.

iruleyounow said:
I absolutely love this.phone. I've had no problems what so ever. I def hated stock but only because it would randomly freeze. My sister has iPhone4 and she wishes she had my phone. This phone is great once you do a few tweaks but come on is a pc billy badass right out of the box? ( well sometimes) I just hate the iPhone/apple deal. This phone is America and iPhone is Communist Russia. Haha
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Could not agree more!
Great post.
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My only beef with the android os is that trying to theme this compared to iOS is awful. There aren't any really good themes for android compared to iOS. Other than that I think android out of the box destroys iOS. I miss themes a little BUT I spent way to much time doing it. I like the fact I can watch HD YouTube videos without another app. I enjoy having flash on my device. I enjoy custom keyboards without an extra add on not to mention launchers. I LOVE my 4.5 inch screen. Anyway just wanted to say I love my infuse.
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[q] what's better galaxy s2 or iphone 4s

what do you prefer the galaxy s2 or iphone 4s?

It's all preference I just don't like the feel of an iPhone to small and the glass breaks to easy, and ios can't really modify it to make it ur own.
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if iphone has a bigger screen, i may consider.

thecalip said:
if iphone has a bigger screen, i may consider.
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Had iphone 4 over a year.....loved it jailbroke it, had all types of things going on...emulators, remote control, remote access, you name it I did it...I sold it after discovering iphone 5 was not being relased in October and decided to try Android.
The HTC Sensation was a great tablet but horrible phone...I knew Droid had great potential but I needed a better phone to bring out that experience
Enter the T989....
Coming from iphone 4, I had high standards. The Galaxy S2 not only performed as well if not better on the computer side, its actually turned out to be a better telephone.
Sound quality, bluetooth connectivity, ear speaker volume...speakerphone volume
It soars!
Screen quality...is actually very good. Last but not least Pentaband phone....research what that means
I can go on and on let's just say that I'm wirelessly tethering my laptop from my GS2 at 4G speed and enjoying every minute of it
Get this phone if you haven't already...you won't be dissapointed. It delivers every benefit you're looking for in spades

Thought about buying an iPad 2. Couldn't pull the trigger because of the thought of all I would be losing out on. Got a 10.1 Tab instead. Still in awe of it. So much so I got a GS2 yesterday. As a Sensation4G owner I have to say these phones aren't in the same league. Aside from a horrible firmware upgrade experience this phone is awesome. The i* products have nothing on these. The arguments about build quality aren't valid imo. Nothing about either of these devices feels cheap. Now I know why Apple is trying to stop Samsung from selling these. I'm probably going to buy a Samsung tv in a few weeks too.
(written on a macbook pro)

Samsung+Android=<3
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i have to say that the opinions in this thread is actually very good. They're not biased and bashing iphones like how most of these turns out.
I would like to add that most people stayed with iphone over android because of battery life, but the gs2 battery life is actually really good. With the correct settings and combination of rom and kernel, the phone will outlast an iphone 4s.
another! 4g>>>>>3g
what most people miss about the iphone when going to the gs2 is the retina display. but come on... its a freaken huge screen lol, connect your gs2 to your tv and laugh at all the iphone users! muahahha jk.. not really.

well if your on tmobile, and using iphone u are sacrifycing your 4g speeds. iphone is a great phone. its just the screen is too small. i would use iphone, but without 4g and using edge, hell no lol

by functionality, Android, and that means SGS2 is better

a ton of people i work with have switched from various iphones (including the 4s) to the sgs2 and never looked back...

Galaxy +1 The best smartphone 2011 year

http://www.compare-cellphones.org/Apple-iPhone-4S-vs-Samsung-Galaxy-S-II
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Why the sad face? On that page S2 clearly has better features although for some reason they seem to misunderstand ram as they say the iphone has more ram for playing games when it doesn't it only has more storage space.
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funziebear said:
It's all preference I just don't like the feel of an iPhone to small and the glass breaks to easy, and ios can't really modify it to make it ur own.
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totally agreed
i have an android phone (my first) and im enjoying it so much but i like iphone too but considering that iphone is so expensive, the glass breaks too easily and when im searching i notice that the android community its getting bigger and bigger every day so if you need something on android you have a big community to get help
but like funziebear said its all preference

Galaxy S2, mainly because it's android and you are note bound by the limits of iOS, but also because (I think) the look and feel of the phone are just better.
You should also consider the Galaxy Nexus by the way, it's imo the best phone on the market right now.

Depends on what you want
I do think that Apple products are a little easier to use for the average (non geek) person, I suspect they are designed that way. And there is something to be said for that, but Android is more powerful and more flexible. I can't think of anything the Iphone can do that the S2 can't do equally well or better, at least with the appropriate apps.

Yeah I dont bash on iPhone that's what started my whole "smartphone" experience, I just don't care for it anymore haha I'll still work on them and jailbreak for friends so I'm still western of all it's updates and features I don't care to go back
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Galaxy S2, mainly because it's android and you are note bound by the limits of iOS, but also because (I think) the look and feel of the phone are just better.
You should also consider the Galaxy Nexus by the way, it's imo the best phone on the market right now.
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I agree completely.

I think its like comparing apples and pears...

Thank you all for your help.. and I've gotten the Galaxy S2 yesterday and I really do like it I've had a lot of android phones on att and Tmobile. I had the iPhone 4 twice but not the 4S. Its just that android sometimes slow down or freeze but the iPhone 4 barley freezes or slows down. But I have the galaxy s2 and I'm thinking if I should trade it for a iPhone 4S
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[Q] Best Starter Android Device

Before anyone accuses me of not searching... I already saw http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797411 and it hasn't been posted in for 2 years.
With that said, I have a handful of employees in my office here who have asked me about some of the recent Android devices that have come out.
All of them are Apple users and are self professed fanboys who admit they enjoy being spoon fed technology. BUT... they have all watched how productive I am using only my HTC Thunderbolt running ICS... something they have to use their iPhone, iPad AND Macbooks to keep up with me... even our owner asked why he never saw me on my laptop in meetings and projects like all the others were... and now they all want to capture what I have managed to do with one little device.
I know I could order some Nexus 4s and call it a day but I know that is asking for trouble with Apple users... I have already watched a few struggle and return their Galaxy Note IIs after a few days of use.
So with that in mind, and given I CANNOT spend all day every day training them on a new device, does anyone have any recommendations on a specific device that will not spook the iAdults? Or a resource like an app or website that will help them get through the basics without me shadowing them the entire time?
I am looking for simple and productive vs. a powerhouse for these guys... just something to ease them into Android before I pitch the move to a Nexus product. For now all they need is email, the Lync application and some quality video playback so I can take their iPads away. If I can make that transition smooth... I am sure I can raise their level of technology prowess and unlock them from super expensive Apple products they do not really need.
Thanks!

IMHO Nexus should be preferred because of pure vanilla experience.
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best android starting device is the droid incredible. simple and perfectly sized. best phone ever made for its time

Any new Motorola droids or nexus4. Nexus should be easy. I got my (then) 8 yr old sister out of apples grasp with a nexus device and she'll never go back to icrap.
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I don't know, wouldn't configuring simple things for them on *any* decent Android phone work? I guess I don't personally see a big difference in usability since they're all pretty much the same, using the same exact concepts.
This is my first Android phone and I've already taught my mom - who has never had a smartphone, and doesn't really understand her computer, to use an android tablet - and she's doing fine.
If they're not willing to spend five minutes learning how to use it, it's not going to work no matter what you do. :/ My dad went from a flip phone to a high-end Android phone. It's really not that hard - they need to just be open to learning.
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True any phone will be as easy as the next. But if they are coming from icrap I say go nexus because they are use to getting updates as soon as they are released. Plus aosp is extremely bare and simple. Tw or sense have a lot of bloat and crap most people don't need.
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gs3
galaxy s3 sohuld be the best starting phone for androidP

Gs3 are great. Gotta love NFC sharing.
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I think an HTC j butterfly , sense is very user friendly and has tons of useful widjet for work, with a great mail and tasks app, the 1080p screen will be perfect for films and other stuff, plus HTC device's screens have very similir iphone's display calibration, the 5inch will be great for e-mail and webrowsing but not too big like the note 2, expandable memory so they can easily transfer files and they get also 50gb of dropbox free space and last but not least an integretion with the 'HTC media link hd' that could help(search it yourself on Google).
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I'll recommend Samsung galaxy S3. Mark my words, You will stick to it...

The new Evo 4G LTE is very nice. Big screen, thin, light, and runs really well. My wife got one for a work phone and she loves it.

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The new Evo 4G LTE is very nice. Big screen, thin, light, and runs really well. My wife got one for a work phone and she loves it.
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i would personally recommend this as well.

Galaxy Nexus has no peers. Always has the most updated OS. Super dependable and a great way to learn Droid.
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I suppose the Nexus "whatever is current" would be the way to go since vanilla android shenanigans. Had an SGS3, really enjoyed it (first time I ever had a top-o-line device at the time it was at its peak). Currently have a note2, and I really do think it is a median for a smartphone/tablet. IMO, it is THAT much better than a SGS3. It functions the same as any other quality/or better android device, AND it has the s-pen and a larger screen to feel comfortable to do more with.
I have not ever been one for tablets really, as I have a laptop and decent size smartphone, the Note2 makes it even more reason to leave the tabs to everyone else. Better screen, better ppi, less costly (only buying one device vs 2).
Not to say there is much experience necessary for using a (cr)apple or ios powered device, if one is semi-capable at using it the leap to android is not that far off. Of course, things have their "getting used to" but once the power is unleashed and the people that can grasp the capabilities do, it is an amazing thing.
Yes, you can use a stylus and such with S3 or other comperable device, but the fact that it comes with one. And even buying retail price is cheaper than an iPHail phone and or tab.