hoops23;929827 wrote:I find it funny how Android phones have short shelf lives. You never know when your specific phone will be dropped from support or receive it's next update. The likely hood that your phone will still receive OS updates over the course of a 2 year contract probably isn't very high.
For instance, the Evo has been dropped from Sprint. Phone companies pretty much bend over backwards to get the iPhone. Not to mention the memory issues after prolong use. Phones freeze up when making/receiving a call, apps crash, etc, etc..
Apple continues to support their device for at least 3 generations. Same can't be said for most Android phones. Is the Epic 4G still running 2.2? What's the Evo running now a days?
And I have no idea what this "Cylia" you mentioned is... Unless you meant "Cydia", which just further stamps my belief that you have no clue wtf you're talking about.
It's also pretty laughable that you say Android is far superior in functionality...
Also, why does it seem every Android phone comes preloaded with so much "bloatware" apps.. So frustrating.
As for your business sentiments, A bunch of businesses seem to disagree with you.
About 80% of fortune 500 companies are using iPhones and 50% of those companies are using iPads.
There is a reason why the iPhone is the best selling smartphone in the world, it probably helps that it's also captured over 70% of Japans market as well.
Hahahaha. First you start off saying "must be an awfully impressive phone when this is your only argument (that has nothing to do with the phone, but is a commentary on cloud service). You're corrected, then come off with the predictable "well you've obviously never used an IPhone", along with the prequisite Android ignorance, get corrected again, and now I will correct you one more time.
Android phones have been slow to get updates, but the funny part is IOS is just now getting features Android had two years ago (and last year you got folders, lol, also standard since the Droid launch if not sooner). Almost every Android phone is running Froyo, and a good number have gotten the most recent updates. Some of the older phones won't have the hardware to run the coming OS, again because Android is so much more demanding than IOS because it has much more functionality and customizability.
LOL...Correcting me for mispelling Cydia? One letter proves I don't know what I'm talking about (yet I notice how you don't acknowledge the selection of widgets is complete crap - and if you want to start talking about jailbreaking/root, IOS is going to get bloodied even more), yet you don't even know how widgets work?
And now you spring the "bloatware" argument? Non-issue with the new phones because of all the ram, even then you can put the apps on the SD card so space is not the issue and bloatware doesn't "slow" down a phone - out of sight out of mind, so I'm not sure what is so "frustrating" about it, other than you parroting another trivial fanboy argument. They don't do anything if you don't use them. Businesses, as has been pointed out, use them because the IPhone has been around longer, and it's only one device to support. Nevermind that IPhone share has been flat while Android has doubled IOS in two years - mostly coming at the expense of BB and Nokia, so it seems people who have had smartphones are upgrading to Android, because it IS more functional. That is simply not a debate, inspite of your best effort to create strawmen to make it one. IOS may seem easier to use, and it may seem to run better, all because it's functionality is more limited. Nothing to debate there.
