Apple v Android.

[stui magpie]

This may have been done before, but WTF lets do it again.

What do you have, what do you like about it, why wouldn't you consider swapping?

Me, I'm Android. Phone and Tablet, and I would never go Apple.

The main thing I like is being free from iTunes. Seriously sucky software, and also being able to customise the phone without breaking it.

eg, my tablet has both an SD card slot and a micro USB port. I can drag and drop content straight from the PC to either the device hard drive or the SD card and use it to play the content without a connection. So I'm going on a holiday at the end of the month so I downloaded a couple of books and mags and put them and some movies onto the tablet, I can watch the movies or read the books on the plane, no dramas.

I seriously don't get why some people are so wedded to the Apple products. IMO they're just marketing victims.

So, to repeat the question, what do you have and why?

[mandy]

I was always an apple devotee, but once I went android, I'd never go back.

I have a Samsung Galaxy S4.

[John Wren]

i like the iphone and ipad but i am not really a devotee. i agree that there are those that have been brainwashed by the brand.

i have tried an android phone and thought it sucked.

[Proud Pies]

had an iphone twice

then went android.... never ever go back.

I have an HTC ONE XL phone and have 2 HP tablets, a 10 inch one and a 7 inch one, all Android and like Stui, I drag and drop whatever I want onto them.

I don't have a TV in my bedroom, but I watch shows on my android tablet in bed.

Never ever going back

[Big T]

Windows phone. Love it.

[watt price tully]

Sitting on the fence:

Mrs WPT iPhone, both daughters iPhone.

me - prehistoric nokia mobile.

The 3 lasses: Mac book pro's. I use Mrs WPT Macbook a lot

me- PC. Desk top Dell

Will eventually get a smart phone that I'm being forced to get - & would prefer the Samsung Galaxy but will wait & see.

[Tannin]

Apple:
For: real screens with a proper 4 x 3 ratio, none of this long and narrow carp
Against: shocking battery life, vendor lock-in to the point of having to send it to Apple even just to get a new bloody battery

Android:
For: much more for your money, no vendor lock-in, much better freedom of choice as regards what you run on it and how you run it, no 30% Apple tax on every single app you ever buy
Against: just because it isn't Apple, that doesn't mean that it is always good. Vastly better in theory; good luck actually getting what you wanted

Dumb phones:
For: does everything you actually need a phone to do, batteries last for a week without charging, no time-wasting carp, you never have to deal with Apple.
Against: nothing much.

Summary, the dumb phones have it.

As for tablets, I'll get one when I find something a tablet can do that a proper computer can't do better, faster, and easier. So far, I haven't thought of anything, but you never know.

[think positive]

[Morrigu]

I have a work iphone and an android personal phone - personally I reckon they are both crap as they allow people to constantly ring and annoy me

And of course with the work one now I know when some twit sends me an email constantly yay!

I find my iPad is cool for playing bubble witch and pet rescue though

[eddiesmith]

Android is better value, seems to be a lot less Apple only apps these days than there was, I had an Android phone then got a cheap iphone as I wanted a couple of things only on apple, now everything I use is probably on android anyway.

When I chose to get a tablet I went for the Android in the Galaxy Note as it offers better flexibility, its got an app or 2 only on Android and the memory card makes it so much easier to move stuff over. Like Stui I use it move over stuff if going away, loaded a couple of movies and dvds onto it which I change over every now and then. The Ipad really didn't offer me anything different to my phone other than its bigger whilst the Note offered what I wanted a tablet for.

[David]

I have an iPhone, but I'm hardly an Apple enthusiast. If anything, I resented having to move from a Windows PC to a Macbook. Never used an Android so have little opinion on the smartphone front.

[watt price tully]

[think positive]

Oh Gawd, falt panel TVS are a bugger, but the flats aren't bad!

Try aldi mobile, $35 all inclusive, mega high cap, and it's Telstra network!

[partypie]

I love my iPhone and iPad. The phone is nearly 3 years old and works perfectly. The iPad has been extremely useful especially now when I am caring for my brother and living away from home. My daughter works FIFO and FaceTime helps her keep in touch. I would probably be just as happy with android gadgets that do the same things. I do like the way apple let's users message etc for free

[mandy]