best smart phone

jafy23 wrote: »

my sister wants to get a smart phone but doesn't know what one to get , i have an IPhone and love it to death my dad has blackberry bold. but wanna kno what is your guys favourites

NathanJ79 wrote: »

iPhone is the best for people who are not very technical and need something basic, and/or need something to hold their hand. It's got a few issues I consider serious. One, it needs proprietary cables. Android phones all use microUSB, as do Bluetooth earpieces. Over the years they kinda build up and you have them in every room... to introduce an iPhone means you have to always use that one charger, and the chargers are not cheap. Two, it requires iTunes, which is really badly written on the PC side. I've heard some Mac users say it's not all that over on the Mac, either. I wouldn't know. I build my computers, so Macs = LOL. And three, iPhone doesn't come in widescreen. I watch TV shows on my phone, and on my 4.3" screen, it fills it. iPhone 4S only has 4", but it's square, so it would have the black bars. Ugh!

Also, Apple hasn't tried to compete with Android in over a year. Phones that came out in early 2011 surpassed the iPhone 4S's specs. It's really not special at all, hardware wise. First of all, an iPhone is basically a Samsung -- Apple outsources to them for a lot (not all) of the parts. (Not to mention it's actually built in China by kids. This is not a lie or an exaggeration.) So it has a Samsung radio (what gets you signal, connects to voice/data over the air) and a Samsung 0.8GHz dual core processor -- that means it has two processing cores each at that speed. And it has 0.5GB of RAM. RAM determines how many things it can do at once; active tasks are stored in RAM, which is accessed faster than the phone's internal memory. By comparison, my Motorola Electrify, which came out in June 2011, has a 1GHz dual core processor (25% faster) and 1GB of RAM (twice as much). The screen's also .3" bigger and widescreen. There really is no comparison.

Oh, and by the way, Apple is pretty much screwed. They gave up trying to beat Android and instead are going through the courts. They bought some phone patents and are trying to get royalties on Android because they can't beat it openly. Does anybody remember when Steve Jobs left Apple? They went downhill, fast. Remember the original iMac, came in six colors, the big tube in the back? That's when he came back. Since he died (and may he rest in peace), Apple is going to go downhill again. He was their morale officer, their cheerleader, the one who inspired them to greatness. Their tech guy, co-founder Steve Wozniak, prefers Android. Of course he has an iPhone 4S, but he says he likes it, and wishes it did everything his Android phone does.

In summary/conclusion, iPhone is fine if that's all you need or you need it for the "image", but Android is the way forward. Some people still prefer dumbphones (feature phones -- phones that are not smartphones, like your basic flip). They're not ready for and/or don't need a smartphone. Likewise, iPhone users aren't ready for and/or don't need Android. And that's fine. Android is more than most people need. It's literally like having a computer in your pocket, except it can't burn discs (obviously). Not everybody needs that. iPhone is more of an iPod with apps (and a phone). So it's more of a media device. And it does that well (minus the iTunes dependency). But to put it in the same league with the best Android phones is laughable. Saying it's better is simply untrue.