EPTI'd wait for the iPhone 5 though if you want to buy one last I heared they planned on releasing it this summer ( only rumours take it with a grain of salt ). The only disadvantage of the iPhone is that you can't watch vids with Flash but I haven't had any problems with youtube. And like someone said the battery life aint that good but I use my iPhone a lot of internet and use 3G a lot which drains energy real fast and I doubt the galaxy S has a better battery than the iPhone.
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RvB
Netherlands6240 Posts
I'd wait for the iPhone 5 though if you want to buy one last I heared they planned on releasing it this summer ( only rumours take it with a grain of salt ). The only disadvantage of the iPhone is that you can't watch vids with Flash but I haven't had any problems with youtube. And like someone said the battery life aint that good but I use my iPhone a lot of internet and use 3G a lot which drains energy real fast and I doubt the galaxy S has a better battery than the iPhone. | ||
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blue_arrow
1971 Posts
From what I've gathered, Korea only launched its first NFC phone two/three months ago, and I'm suspecting NFC is going to be a huge thing in Korea just like in Japan and other developed Asian countries. I believe SKT already bought out half of Hana's credit card division half a year ago and KT is on the move as well. I tell you to wait because I understand that mobile tech and culture is much more important in Korea than in the states; if you want a 'new' phone or would like to show off a new phone  you really have to look ahead at what's launching soon, instead of picking from phones that have been sitting in the market for a couple months now.If you're not going to wait for NFC or still plan on buying the iPhone 4 or Galaxy S anyway, then my personal choice would be the Galaxy S for the many reasons already discussed here. | ||
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superjoppe
Sweden3683 Posts
On January 04 2011 21:37 eu.exodus wrote: Samsung are usually the first to bring out revelutionary technology that sets a new standard for other companies. Ohrly? Like when it took them years to bring out a phone with revolutionary technology such as touch screen with multi touch? | ||
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Starparty
Sweden1963 Posts
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KingofHearts
Japan562 Posts
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superjoppe
Sweden3683 Posts
On January 05 2011 00:55 Starparty wrote: i do respect the fact that some people want to play games on their phones, but that is a completelly redundant function to me, so i cant really answer about the galaxy S flash support etc... :s Any sort of apps. Productivity apps, science apps, study apps etc etc. They are all better on the iPhone. | ||
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Raeleigh
Canada902 Posts
Samsung Galaxy S > iPhone 4 Always and forever. iPhone is increasingly getting worse. I'll admit, iPhone has better apps and a better way of getting them, but the Galaxy S is easily, a better phone. 100%. My opinion only. I also think the Galaxy S is far more attractive to look at, and a more attractive design, layout. Edit: If you want a point of view that only looks at the way things look, how much better they work, and customization of looks and all that jazz, listen to me then. xD! I don't know anything about specs than what I know myself. I haven't looked up anything. =P | ||
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Risen
United States7927 Posts
I'm on the internet all the time on my Galaxy S and have WAY more battery life than my mother who has an iphone4 (who is on it even more) | ||
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superjoppe
Sweden3683 Posts
On January 05 2011 04:35 Risen wrote: I'm on the internet all the time on my Galaxy S and have WAY more battery life than my mother who has an iphone4 (who is on it even more) Wait what? Your mother is on the Internet even more than you are, so why is it special that your phone has more battery? Android is doomed to have worser battery time as long as their multitasking basically is to have everything running 100% instead how it is in iOS. | ||
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Garrl
Scotland1974 Posts
On January 05 2011 03:47 superjoppe wrote: Any sort of apps. Productivity apps, science apps, study apps etc etc. They are all better on the iPhone. In the long term, Android phones will have a far larger and more diverse app range, because there's only one range of phones that run on the iOS, yet the Android OS can be licensed to any phone. | ||
zatic
Zurich15352 Posts
Case. Closed. Seriously though what good are 100000 apps more on the AppStore if the 2 ones you really need are only available for Android / better for Android? If I would have been undecided at some point the TL app would have tipped the scale easily. It's by far the app I am using the most on my SGS. | ||
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
i never appreciated how bad android games are (and how shitty the multi-touch on my nexus in games is.. because it's enabled via software, aka leading to some severe retardation/x-y axis confusion) compared to iphone, until i tried getting a few of the games my friend has on his iphone, and finding out that none of them are available on android. back to shitty angry birds and sliceit for me. aside from that though, i can't think of a reason to go iphone (especially because the tl android app is so good <3) | ||
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LazyMacro
976 Posts
I would recommend against the iPhone purely because Androids are so nice. They continue to get better not only with updates but with the apps that are available. Androids, IIRC, are taking over the market, which says a lot. | ||
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Thats_The_Spirit
Netherlands138 Posts
On the other hand, iPhone users have a lot more sex than Android users ^_^ + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/Smd4g.png) | ||
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Tazza
Korea (South)1678 Posts
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gen.Sun
United States539 Posts
On January 05 2011 02:49 KingofHearts wrote: get the iphone 4 because jailbreak is legal and look at this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDvPIhCd8N4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSz4OwTLj3A Did you try to play it? Terrible gameplay, much lag. Dumb / non-existant story. | ||
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Risen
United States7927 Posts
On January 05 2011 05:38 superjoppe wrote: Wait what? Your mother is on the Internet even more than you are, so why is it special that your phone has more battery? Android is doomed to have worser battery time as long as their multitasking basically is to have everything running 100% instead how it is in iOS. Get an app called task killer. Problem solved (at least for me) And my phone lasts MUCH longer than what it should compared to my mom's phone is what I was implying. | ||
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kaleidoscope
Singapore2887 Posts
On January 05 2011 09:56 Tazza wrote: Also, I heard about the jailbreaking iphones. I know some already from research, but I want to know from personal experiences. If you jailbreak an iPhone, can you download the apps in apple store for free now? Or can you get those same apps elsewhere for free too? Also, if you jailbreak, can you now download full flash support? I know about frash already, but I heard it's not full flash. Cann you still watch videos with frash? But most importantly, can you download full flash support after jailbreak? well, if you use the app called "installous".. once you jailbreak, u can get ur "free" apps from cydia and sites like apptrackr.org.. no.. iPhone doesnt support the full Flash, but the the flash player is supported for android 2.2 and higher (froyo or gingerbread) + Show Spoiler + PS: i tried watching livestreaming with my galaxy s, no problem at all (if you are not using 3g, usually 3g is too slow) | ||
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VManOfMana
United States764 Posts
On January 04 2011 19:48 Tazza wrote: It was on youtube, and it showed how the iPhone couldn't play youtube videos straight from the web, while the Galaxy S could. I'm still not sure how the iPhone can watch videos on youtube, if it can at all. iPhone users please enlighten me. I also heard since Galaxy S had flash, it could play games straight from websites and that it was actually pretty comfortable. Wha? You can play Youtube videos on the iPhone, it just won't use Flash to do so. You can use both the mobile web site and the Youtube application. The only requirement is that there is a H264 version of the video. Which is most videos nowadays. Tazza: who or how did you get the idea that you cannot play videos without the iPhone? Flash is a way to serve video, but its not the only one. Just because something uses Flash on your PC, doesn't means that it needs Flash on mobile. Youtube and Livestream, for example, work fine on an iPhone The best thing you can do is to make a list of what you want to use on the phone (Youtube, whatever), and then do it on a sample iPhone and Galaxy S. Use them for long enough that you can get a good feel of the device. TL is pretty biased against Apple, so you won't get a pretty fair opinion in here. My personal recommendation: If you prefer a better app marketplace, product polish: iPhone If you prefer tinkering, feature checklist: Galaxy S | ||
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Tazza
Korea (South)1678 Posts
On January 05 2011 13:45 VManOfMana wrote: Wha? You can play Youtube videos on the iPhone, it just won't use Flash to do so. You can use both the mobile web site and the Youtube application. The only requirement is that there is a H264 version of the video. Which is most videos nowadays. Tazza: who or how did you get the idea that you cannot play videos without the iPhone? Flash is a way to serve video, but its not the only one. Just because something uses Flash on your PC, doesn't means that it needs Flash on mobile. Youtube and Livestream, for example, work fine on an iPhone The best thing you can do is to make a list of what you want to use on the phone (Youtube, whatever), and then do it on a sample iPhone and Galaxy S. Use them for long enough that you can get a good feel of the device. TL is pretty biased against Apple, so you won't get a pretty fair opinion in here. My personal recommendation: If you prefer a better app marketplace, product polish: iPhone If you prefer tinkering, feature checklist: Galaxy S Watch at 10:20 and you will see where I got that idea. Can iPhone play videos on hulu and veoh and stuff? | ||
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