PCWorld Forums: What Android Fans Think Of Iphone Users - PCWorld Forums

Post your comments for What Android Fans Think of iPhone Users here

iPhone users are muff cabbage!

iPhone users are muff cabbage!

I love technology and playing with my gadgets, but I do have an iPhone 4. My primary reason for getting an iPhone over Android was that I had had an iPod Touch and many other iPods before my iPhone. Before I got my iPhone I had already invested hundred in iOS apps, music and movies. For me Android was not worth the cost of replacing all this content. If I could have ported all this to Android I would have bought an Android. I always have my iPhone jailbroken so I can customize to my hearts content. I got the best of both worlds with a jailbroken iPhone, I can customize the phone and I didn't have to replace all my content.

PCWorld, on 07 November 2011 - 09:08 AM, said:

If you haven't noticed iPhone users opinions in Android conversations, you're just not paying attention.

I just want a smartphone that works. I gave Android an honest try. iPhone here I come.

To simplify my comment, I have owned an Android phone and it appears to be mostly a "joke" of an OS. Whereas, I have worked with iPhones and have come to the conclusion that they are far more advanced and reliable than Android.

Some of the comments listed in the article are basically the same as Linux vs Windows. I gave Linux an honest try, and have come to the same conclusion. Stick with Windows because it works with little fuss for most users, whereas Linux requires knowledge of the C programming language (and its offspring) which most people don't have the need for.

Go ahead and bash me if that would make you feel better, but after 25+ years of dealing with information-related technology, I know what I am talking about. None of it is perfect, but some of it is junk (Android, Linux, etc.), plain and simple...

This post has been edited by puterdood: 07 November 2011 - 09:52 AM

Re: "What Android Fans Think of iPhone Users"
...assuming that people who hold those preconceived notions actually bother to "think".

Reciting urban myths doesn't call for very much "thinking".

puterdood, on 07 November 2011 - 09:48 AM, said:

I gave the iPhone an honest try. Switched to Android.

puterdood, on 07 November 2011 - 09:48 AM, said:

Joke? And then you switched the iPhone?? That's funny.

puterdood, on 07 November 2011 - 09:48 AM, said:

Seriously? Linux requires knowledge of C?? If there was a doubt before, there isn't now. You have NO idea what you're talking about. Not even a little.

linuxrants7xpg, on 07 November 2011 - 09:45 AM, said:

My thoughts, exactly! I was just getting ready to post the same thing. To be honest, though, I don't think it's that he isn't paying attention... I believe it's called bias.

Ive owned Android and I like it and I've owned Apple iPhone and I like it 2 but the thing is that If i want reliability then i must stick with APPLE. I am using Windows phone right now and works excellent too. There are features that both Android & Apple don't have. I really do enjoy all of them equally.

If an iPhone is miserable, an Android or windoze or crackberry or webOS, etc. phone won't be any better because of the brand.

^^^ ... and keep rotating that statement with different phones, and it remains true.

I gave 'smart' phones a try, and abandoned the whole concept. Being 'always connected' is just plain not for me. When I get up and walk away from the computers, I don't want to carry yet another one around with me.

My solution: Get a prepaid 'dumb' phone for next to nothing, and a 3G or 4G hot spot. I already have a portable computer.

You'll be able to use your PC/Mac/tablet/netbook/reader/etc. anywhere, just like the phone, except you'll be able to do ACTUAL WORK, and consume content on a larger display that doesn't wear your fingers out zooming and panning around to see, or waste your time blocking content or delivering retarded versions of content, and you'll be able share that connection with your whole family, friends, etc. as applicable for the trip you're on.

And between the two, you will pay LESS than the one smart phone for a 'dumb' phone AND a 'hot spot' gadget, both up-front, and over time.

You don't have to pay hideously large fees for a 'plan' that enables a 'hot spot' that was already on the phone. Yes, you can 'jailbreak' a phone, to share its connection, but WHEN the wireless carrier cracks down, you will be in a world of hurt. They can see what you're visiting on their end. It's not rocket science to work out whose 'phones' are looking at things that are just impossible to use on the phone. Why would a phone be connecting to a dedicated, non-web server, downloading patches for the OS and other 'live update' apps for things this phone doesn't run... every week... on a schedule? Busted!

"It's pretty obvious from this "article" that PCWorld really wants to fan the flames of what should be a non-issue. Steve Fox, this isn't journalism. This is click bait."
Agreed!
But it's a shame you spoiled the post with fanboy comments about "delusional" Apple haters. Typical bias.

puterdood, on 07 November 2011 - 09:48 AM, said:

You sounded like an intelligent adult, until you called Android "junk." Like you, I've got 25+ years of tech (more like 40+ years). Although I still consider Win Xp Pro to be my best desktop and stood in line to get the first iPhone, 4 DEFECTIVE IPHONES prompted me to try Android. Yes, it took me a while to learn my way around the new OS but KNOWLEDGE IS POWER and the end result is that i now own a smartphone with the fastest, smoothest OS and largest/brightest screen. It works so well, I no longer have the need to carry a laptop PC when I travel. With my Sprint Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch and Galaxy Tab I now generate jealousy when iPhone and iPad owners see what they're missing.

Those Lamborghini with VW motor my own inveted pahrase for this situatons. I agree with Android guys. But agree every body with his poison. In tastes with broke genres.

I owned iPhone 1 then switched to Google's Android and really like it, there OS and ability to customize them but I missed iPhone because of there reliability and iTunes store and Mac OS/ Windows flawless sync ability. I love the fact that i can connect my iPhone with my car stereo and connection and my Bose Sound Dock and not to mention the o so many 3rd party accessories like my car sound system by Bose and my home dock from Bose... everything just works flawless.

nonseq, on 07 November 2011 - 10:07 AM, said:

Let me also say that I have indeed similar sanctimony from a few iPhone zealots. Attacking the choices of others doesn't seem to help the technology evolve. At least that's my opinion.

Those Lamborghinis with VW motor my own shaped phrase for this situations. The intentions is to refer to a great looking product with the balance of the personal expactations.

I agree with Android guys. But agree with the author every body with his poison. In tastes with broke genres.

But prices in Mexico are forbiden so I´m going to add 1000 Dlls + plan for mobility next year maybe. As IT guy, I´m going to buy too an Android device. I already have my 2nd Blackberry. Far are the days I had a Windows Phone Dopod 900 but the new version is marvelous but Microsoft marketing department SUCKS! 1 Years waiting more models, more carriers. I vote for a worlwide citizen free of internet mental frontiers. I like technology a lot but mobile prices in Mexico are to save a year to buy such things. As consumer I´m glad to have so many options but marketing need to be reshaped. Apple do a excelent job, Android do a good job but Microoft need to be a lot better. Mass market need speed. A year with 1 model, 1 carrier in a country. Is like have 1 model of car in 1 color with 1 partner. Many models, many flavors, many carriers.

What about the people who buy an Apple product because their previous Apple product worked well?

Oh right they "don't exist"

For me the biggest reason that iPhone users get iPhones is the reinforced sense of inflated self worth that comes with getting an Apple product. You see these surveys in which Apple computer users or iPhone owners explain how they "know" that they are more intelligent than people who do not buy Apple. It's a shared idea that's hard to shake...until their iMac crashes, taking all their episodes of "Gossip Girl" with it, or their iPhone bricks or they update their iPad and wipe out their Lady Gaga collection, or they spill a Frappucino on their Macbook Pro or forget how to get music onto their iPod or buy an iPod and then lose it when a newer version is released weeks later, or...

You see, there's no really bad reason to buy an Apple product. It's just that for many people, buying one is not a reasoned decision.

fatkat, on 07 November 2011 - 12:25 PM, said:

And you know this how? Are you projecting your own values on others? Isn't that a recipe for disaster and really just a sop for a bruised ego?

puterdood, on 07 November 2011 - 09:48 AM, said:

Yes, you're right, there is no redeeming quality to the Linux operating system. Perhaps I should go tell my boss that he needs to drop a few million more dollars in hardware to cover the overhead required for Windows. It would probably be less of a fuss than optimizing the Linux Kernel and the project source code for our next computing task. Of course, that still wouldn't solve the parallel computing and latency issues, perhaps you know where I can find a few 1 terahertz processors so I don't have to go to the 'fuss' of modifying the code and OS for our parallel architecture? It would make my job much easier...but then there's that latency thing still...so even that idea's out for any thing that relies on high volume real-time information...hmmm...

It sounds to me like you've never actually used a computer for any serious work. Yes, Windows and OS X work just fine for updating your facebook status or playing solitaire, but when you're actually using your computer for something like, say, computing...they just don't cut it. And as far as easy goes, modifying the C and human-written assembly in the Linux kernel may not be trivial to some people (though I must say, the documentation is great), but compared to modifying compiler-generated binary it's a walk in the park.