Originally Posted by Stiggles:
“Now i shall disagree with you there.
Best in whos eyes? Yours or the many users who are jumping at Android over iOS after having tried them both which most people do when buying phones?”
Lots of Android users are jumping to iOS too.
'Best' is extremely subjective as you say. But I was meaning best in another way entirely. I think the iPhone will continue to be best in the reviews because of Apple's approach which has worked very well for them. The angle they take is "What would 90% of users want 90% of the time?". That is why Apple always tops the ratings. Other makers approach it from "Let's throw everything in including the kitchen sink". Now that suits some people, but most people have preferred the iPad to say the Windows tablet.
Originally Posted by Stiggles:
“Having had the use of pretty much every iOS so far and 2 iphones and now on Android, sorry to say but in my opinion anyway Android is much better. Nicer to look at for one, especially as it can be tailored to the way you want it to look.”
Now that is great for you, but not everyone will agree. Soon we will have 3 smartphones in the house: an iPhone, a Nokia E72 and a Blackberry. Different phones to suit different needs.
Originally Posted by Stiggles:
“Guess what im trying to say here is like what you said earlier to me, each person has their own idea of whats better, whats suits them is what they use and the hard fact is just now, Android is just that one.
When the iphone 5 comes out, im sure the tables will turn again but, not for long. Repeat this over and over as apple release new hardware then other manufacturers release theirs. Apple do not and will not remain the best. Just impossible to happen.”
Not really. Apple continues to produce high quality hardware and has a good marketplace. iOS is elegant and easy to use and I can't see any Android handset coming up to this standard. For one thing the fragmentation problem in Android would be a show stopper for me.
Originally Posted by mtaylor1811:
“The whole argument is interesting cos its all about Brand (Apple) V OS (Android) I often wonder what would happen if say Apple did a similar deal to what Nokia and Microsoft did and allowed (just as an example) Samsung to release smart phones with there iOS 4 as the OS, wonder if these phones would catch on?”
It would really be a non-starter as Apple is a Hardware company that also makes Operating Systems. The OS is the dongle for you to buy the Hardware and this approach is working very well for Apple. Why should Apple give away one of its main selling points?