One of my friends has a Samsung Edge S6. Almost daily he would make this joke and laugh, "Bro!! Can you transfer that song via bluetooth" And then he would go, "Oh Shoot! I forgot your 60K phone doesn't have that feature". I chuckle and let go. Its like asking a BMW 320d owner if the car has a DVD player. No it does not and it does not need one either.
I am not here to defend Apple and bash android but here are some points I would like to highlight:
1. Apple Service: Much talked about feature but not too much discussed here or referred to by Android fans. Eh? Why? I have owned a Samsung, Nokia, Sony Ericsson , HTC. I have had such pathetic levels of service each time I went in. It was like a Skoda experience every time. They take you for granted every single time. Forget about replacement. Sony guys broke the edge of my Cybershot phone and did not care to inform me. When pointed out they denied it straight away. Similar stories with Samsung.
Now don't tell me good service is not a necessity. We give a lot of importance to A.S.S when buying a car then why not for phones.
2. Spec sheet: Its unfortunate that we still look at spec sheets and blindly go ahead and buy phones. The iPhone 6s has a puny 1700 mah battery. Compared to that S6 has 2600 mah. Huge difference right? then how is it that both the phones run for similar number of hours? Both run for a day approx with decent/good amount of usage. Thats how iPhones are built. Same story with the RAM. 1 GB RAM compared to twice and thrice the sizes of other flagships but still manages to do similar levels of multi tasking.
3. Facetime: I have not seen or experienced any other app that gives this good quality audio and video calling. Voice calling is there in whatsapp as well and its good. But video- Facetime wins hands down. Its so brilliantly simple to Video chat with people anytime or anywhere.
Previously, with skype it was very very frustrating (frequent call drops and false rings) but I dint have a choice so never really understood the brilliance of Facetime. Now me and my mom both have iPhones and I travel a lot. So I stay connected to her all the time through Facetime. Its just like making a call. Only thing you have to do is not stick the phone to your ears. Just look at it. Flawless video quality (subject to decent connectivity/wifi) and it is as simple as making a phone call.
Even with whatsapp you experience false rings. i.e. you call someone and the phone rings but you are not really sure if the other person is getting your calls. But with FT, 95/100 times your call will get through. It is not a breakthrough feature but it is a very simple thing that so many manufacturers have not yet been able to replicate in their phones.
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Originally Posted by GTO Though I prefer the Android interface, I have to completely agree with you here. My HTC One is falling apart in 19 months. The screen, camera & main speaker - all have hardware issues. It was the same with the Samsung Galaxy that I used before this. |
Same story with the HTC I had.
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Originally Posted by toofanwheels Wow, I am amazed that so many people are gaga over an iPhone ! Now before the knives are out- let me declare upfront that I am an iPhone 6 user, with a strong buyer's remorse !
Then all of a sudden, I decide to try the other side of the fan following- Apple/iOS. Now honestly, given all the brouhaha surrounding it, I "expect" to be overwhelmed (I certainly did while paying for the iPhone 6), and satisfied with the much much touted iOS functionality, slickness, ease, intuitive interface and how well it integrates with other iDevices.
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I am sorry to say Toofan but this is what happens when you listen and get influenced by what other people are doing. You should have researched and it is a known fact that iPhones neither make coffeenor will they do your dishes and would certainly not turn your world around. Its a good quality phone and one should buy it if it suits their needs.
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Originally Posted by toofanwheels My question is- if it were all so good, why did the battery bulge and screen warp happen? If I am being charged a bomb, then nothing of this sort should happen in the first place. Has NEVER happened with any android phone that I, my friends and family members have personally owned. I rest my case ![Smile](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.png) |
Are you serious? In this world of modern technology any device can give up on you no matter how much money you spend. Same with Apple, Samsung, HTC. However, apple devices have a better history of reliability and good service.
I use an iPhone because I feel it fulfills all my needs. To each his own. So what if it cannot download music illegally or send files via bluetooth. I don't really need these features.
I have been using apple devices for 1.5 years and no manufacturer is perfect. Androids are not perfect. They have glitches too. Consider samsung, they tried to sell Samsung S5 for 55K with crap features. The phone failed miserably and they dropped the prices. Wasn't that a way of short changing the customers?