Nice post, I'm too scared to say some of what you said on here!!
Is the S4 pentile? They are not that great.
Not sure I feel the Note 2 comparsion is fair. the iPad has a better battery life as it has a bigger body and thus bigger battery. While the bigger screen sucks more juice it does seem that the bigger battery more than overcomes that, isnt that why a Note 2 woudl be longer in battery life? A Note 2 at a iPhone 5 similar size would give a better idea IMO
I agree on the article, as to your points. I see these all the time , one against the other. Its largely political, a good other example is Samsung's ads, pick and choose what to compare and what to leave out. How I manage my feelings on such matters is to try and be unbiased. See the good points and bad, it matters not if I am an Apple fan, which I am, and dislike Android a lot, as I do. I TRY to see the good and not so good, and bad in all. Its not personal. My tickboxes to buy smart devices are what they are, others will have different, thats ok. My tickboxes make me buy Apple, despite some things I would prefer a little different
As I stated in an earlier post I am assuming this thread is due to my recent grumblings over iOS and to a lesser extent my iPhone 5. Thats ok, but at times I feel bias in the midst. Hard not to be, but its not too hard to appreciate some positives of the dark side, or to feel that our chosen choice could be a little better. For me the vast positives are in Apple, and vice versa for Androidm, but i can talk openly either way, which I think is good.
Off to hide now!
From: Bob Cook <BobandMary@escapees.com>
To: "iPad@yahoogroups.com" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, 15 April 2013 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [iPad] For those decrying Apple not keeping up with the competition
Is the S4 pentile? They are not that great.
Not sure I feel the Note 2 comparsion is fair. the iPad has a better battery life as it has a bigger body and thus bigger battery. While the bigger screen sucks more juice it does seem that the bigger battery more than overcomes that, isnt that why a Note 2 woudl be longer in battery life? A Note 2 at a iPhone 5 similar size would give a better idea IMO
I agree on the article, as to your points. I see these all the time , one against the other. Its largely political, a good other example is Samsung's ads, pick and choose what to compare and what to leave out. How I manage my feelings on such matters is to try and be unbiased. See the good points and bad, it matters not if I am an Apple fan, which I am, and dislike Android a lot, as I do. I TRY to see the good and not so good, and bad in all. Its not personal. My tickboxes to buy smart devices are what they are, others will have different, thats ok. My tickboxes make me buy Apple, despite some things I would prefer a little different
As I stated in an earlier post I am assuming this thread is due to my recent grumblings over iOS and to a lesser extent my iPhone 5. Thats ok, but at times I feel bias in the midst. Hard not to be, but its not too hard to appreciate some positives of the dark side, or to feel that our chosen choice could be a little better. For me the vast positives are in Apple, and vice versa for Androidm, but i can talk openly either way, which I think is good.
Off to hide now!
From: Bob Cook <BobandMary@escapees.com>
To: "iPad@yahoogroups.com" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, 15 April 2013 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [iPad] For those decrying Apple not keeping up with the competition
The article is completely wrong on the display. The Samsung S4 is 1920x1080 at 441 ppi
I have a Samsung Note II and the battery life is far superior to my iPhone 5, both on Vz LTE. The Note II is the first smartphone I have ever owned to last through an entire day.
The article is really stupid. Just like similar articles I have seen dissing the iPad. Both "sides" make bogus claims or expound on a really trivial advantage. But really, anyone that needs an article "justify" their purchase or to make them feel good needs to get a life.
I don't have a dog in this hunt. I could care less if Apple or Samsung went belly up tomorrow. And, guess what, my Android and Apple phones, along with my iPads and Android tablets, sit on the same desk and get along just fine. Depending on what I want to do, I grab what works best for me.
-Bob
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 9:33 PM, Tony <tdale@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
Isn't this really an iOS vs Android comparison? Not iPhone 5 vs Galaxy 4? Apart from the LTE battery usage assuming the S4 which isnt released is as per below?
While I do agree with the article, on second thinking of it it does seem odd as the S4 is not released so no one supposedly knows the innards. And in any case, someone can write an equally compelling opposite, so in that respect it does seem a bit one sided. But anyway, to me the benefits of iOS outweigh the gripes I have with it. Odd to see iTunes in the list though as many seem to hate it, including Apple people. I like it a lot, for the functions that it provides as a one stop management hub
From: Carl Brooks <carl@iamthereforeipad.com>
To: "iPad@yahoogroups.com" <ipad@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, 15 April 2013 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [iPad] For those decrying Apple not keeping up with the competition
Jim,Good article. Who is credited for writing it?—
Carl W. Brooks
iOS Blog: http://www.iamthereforeipad.com
iOS videos: http://www.youtube.com/palmloyalOn Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@icloud.com> wrote:
Five Apple iPhone 5 advantages over the Samsung Galaxy S4The tech world is all abuzz about the ever sharpening face-off between Apple's flagship iPhone 5 and Samsung's new Galaxy S4. From a distance they look perhaps similar, leaving customers unsure of what to make of the two models.. While the salespeople in stores like Best Buy and Radio Shack tend to be the kind of technology enthusiasts who are all too eager to steer you toward their preferred S4, their reasons for doing so may not match up with reasons mainstream consumers care about. So in the interest of presenting the other side of the argument, here are five advantages the iPhone 5 has over the Galaxy S4:Screen quality: Salespeople love to talk about screen size in terms of inches. But that diagonal measurement doesn't tell you much about the screen's effective size. The iPhone 5 screen has a pixel density so tight it's as dense as the naked human eye can see. In contrast the Galaxy S4 has a noticeably less sharp screen, meaning that you have to hold it significantly further away from your eyes for the screen to become clear. As such, the S4 effectively has a smaller screen than that of the iPhone 5. Inches may matter in other facets of life. But with smartphones, more low-pixel-density inches merely means you're carrying around a physically larger device for no reason.Battery life: On paper the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S4 have similar battery life numbers. But those numbers for the S4 are calculated on 3G networks, with 4G LTE networking turned off. Because it uses a first generation LTE chipset which requires significantly more power, the S4 gets fractional battery life when 4G LTE is enabled. Contrast that with the iPhone 5, which gets its full battery life specs with 4G LTE turned on, because Apple uses a second generation 4G LTE chipset which uses no more power than the older 3G chipset.Music: The iPhone 5 syncs with Apple's iTunes, an online music store which has been around for a decade and offers nearly every song in existence. iCloud now allows you to purchase a song from iTunes on your computer, and that song will automatically download wirelessly to your iPhone, meaning that the days of "syncing" are behind us. In contrast, the Galaxy S3 relies on Google Play, a still unfinished music store which is lacking in selection and ease of use.App Store: The iPhone 5 relies on Apple's App Store, while the Galaxy S4 relies on various Android app markets. Apple hand-tests every app before it goes live, ensuring that the apps you download for your iPhone 5 will be virus-free and won't make your device crash. There is no such testing on the Android side, meaning that downloading apps must be done with caution. Although store salesmen love to claim the opposite, there are more free apps and more paid apps available for the iPhone 5 than there are for the S4.Compatibility: While salesmen love to knock Apple products for supposed incompatibilities, it turns out the most glaring compatibility issue in the smartphone world is the one which the Android platform has – with itself. When Apple released the new iOS 6 system software last year, more than half of existing iPhone users installed it within the first month. Contrast that with the latest Android release, which despite having been available for half a year has thus far been installed on only about ten percent of existing Android devices. Some users couldn't get past install hassles, but far more users didn't install Android 4.2 because it simply wasn't compatible with their device. In fact, the majority of new Android based devices for sale right now can't run 4.2. This fragmentation has plagued the Android platform since the start, due to the wide variety of obscure devices which run Android. That means that when Android 4.3 or Android 5.0 is released later this year, there's no way to know when – or even if – it'll be compatible with the Galaxy S4. You could be stuck running 4.2.1 on your S4 for as long as you own it. But when Apple releases iOS 7 with major new features later this year, the free update will be guaranteed to be compatible with the iPhone 5 you buy now.
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