Android Phone or Iphone 4?

[Win7User512]

The complexity of making a call or sending a message on Android can be dependent on what phone it is. Some manufacturers put an overlay on the base OS. My Droid is 'vanilla', plain, no overlay and making a call is as simple as 3 taps of the screen for a stored contact, and that's if I use the phone app to find the contact instead of the search widget on the home screen.

I too only have one or two taps to call a stored contact. I haven't had any issue as far as complexity. I use my Droid X and it is easy.

 

[Britjoe]

Ive Just bought a Iphone 4 and love it so far, I was new to Itunes so I battled with it for a day or so till I learned the limits of the I tunes software, the only reason I opted for the I phone is I heard the battery life on the android phone I wanted was horrible, the Iphone 4 can last a couple of days without a charge

 

[Prof Kerfuffle]

Crap battery life isn't too bad just plug it in at night. I sold my iphone 4, amazing design but ios is crap for me

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[RealPetChicken]

i can't really give a recommendation not having owned a android phone, but i own an iphone 4, and once you jailbreak it can do many things. The screen resolution is great as well.

 

[yowanvista]

Definitively Android 2.3

 

[Win7User512]

Definitively Android 2.3

Do you have it? I'm on 2.2.

 

[Dinesh]

Definitively Android 2.3

Do you have it? I'm on 2.2.

2.3 is not yet released.

 

[yowanvista]

Definitively Android 2.3

Do you have it? I'm on 2.2.

I don't have any android device, I'm using Symbian^1 atm
2.3 will be available soon

 

[Dinesh]

Definitively Android 2.3

Do you have it? I'm on 2.2.

2.3 is not yet released. Still in beta.

 

[LiquidSnak]

I eagerly await it.

Having played with both extensively, Android takes the cake for me.

 

[Airbot]

Definitively Android 2.3

Do you have it? I'm on 2.2.

2.3 is not yet released. Still in beta.

It's not in beta, just the source code hasn't been released yet and official updates haven't been rolled out to phones from the manufacturers yet. The SDK has been released though already. Once the source code is released, there'll be custom ROMs out soon after that. You'll have to wait a while longer after that for the manufacturers to roll it out to phones officially though.

Android 2.3 Platform | Android Developers

 

[Dinesh]

I still feel iOS is better than Android. I keep experiencing issues like Application not responding and handset freezes for a sec while using the touch screen. Its not an issue with my handset as I've experienced this issue on HTC wildfire and few other android powered handsets. I hope they fix this issue in Android 2.3.

 

[StalkeR]

I have Android( Xperia X8) but I like iPhone 4 display
I think that Android will take over the world

 

[yowanvista]

I have Android( Xperia X8) but I like iPhone 4 display
I think that Android will take over the world

But Symbian OS is still the most popular mobile OS atm

 

[strollin]

I like the Android based smartphones (have a Droid X) because I prefer Google's openness vs. the closed, controlling attitude that Apple has in general. An excellent example of this is AppInventor for Android which is an attempt by Google to give non-developers a way to create their own apps. It's still in Beta but has a lot of potential to open up Android app development.

Not to mention that I wanted to stay away from AT&T as my cell service.

 

[Win7User512]

Do you have it? I'm on 2.2.

2.3 is not yet released. Still in beta.

It's not in beta, just the source code hasn't been released yet and official updates haven't been rolled out to phones from the manufacturers yet. The SDK has been released though already. Once the source code is released, there'll be custom ROMs out soon after that. You'll have to wait a while longer after that for the manufacturers to roll it out to phones officially though.

Android 2.3 Platform | Android Developers

I just checked, and Droid X has an update to 2.3 but I'm not sure if it's the same one everyone will get.

 

[Airbot]

Might be a version number update specific to DroidX, but it's not 2.3 - Gingerbread.

 

[Win7User512]

Might be a version number update specific to DroidX, but it's not 2.3 - Gingerbread.

Certainly not Gingerbread. Odd that it is Version.2.3.340.MB810.Verizon.
en.USIBP_C_01.09.07P instead of 2.2.x...

http://support.vzw.com/pdf/system_update/droid_x.pdf

 

[StalkeR]

But Symbian OS is still the most popular mobile OS atm

Maybe,but not for long...

 

[LiquidSnak]

Might be a version number update specific to DroidX, but it's not 2.3 - Gingerbread.

Certainly not Gingerbread. Odd that it is Version.2.3.340.MB810.Verizon.
en.USIBP_C_01.09.07P instead of 2.2.x...

http://support.vzw.com/pdf/system_update/droid_x.pdf

Here is some useful information on program version numbers:

Let's say we have program with a version number of 6.1.2

The first number (6) represents the "major" version number. Normally these are only updated if there has been lots of major changes to a program.

The next number (1) represents a minor update. Maybe a feature or two was added to the program, but the overall program remained the same.

The third number (2) represents a bug fix. Our example shows that version

6.1.2 has had 2 bug fixes so far.