Didnt try to turn this into a debate, I am not going to really argue about it much more, Its all a matter of personal preference now.
One point I have to point out tho is that The "Apple has the control over the Hardware means better optimization" is BS, it is optimized I do not doubt that, But if we all follow that same logic, we would never buy a PC again. Since PC has so many 3rd party manufactures Windows is not optimized for each device. Yet PC still outsells Mac.
Thing is, that Apple is a "STATUS" symbol are really nothing else. Has the Bigger market because it had a couple years on android, More recognized because the same reason. Apple has COMPLETE control over the phone, which may make iOS optimized, but at what cost to the end user? If you Do not Jailbreak the phone
Apple tells [url]you[/url] what you can and cannot do, they tell you what features are needed, not the other way around.
Android On the other hand Is not a status symbol, market is growing with devs each and every day, is becoming more recognized. Google is not in Complete Control (but has the Nexus where GOOGLE over see's that particular phone) so in returned it is not optimized as much and iOS but the end result is great. users can Just about do whatever they want to their phone to make it personal, make it theirs and fit who they are. You the Customer has the Control over the phone not the Major Developer.
And here is the results of the ways android is compared to apple. It is un-arguable. Android is taking Apples cash cow away. Sorry but its fact, to argue others wise when fact is presented it plain ignorant.
http://www.millennialmedia.com/2011/08/ ... ix-report/Apple = the average phone user not really caring obout an open experiance
Android = a phone user who want control over the product they spend their hard earned money on.
BKFraiders7 wrote:monkeymaximus wrote:One thing we (atleast i didn't see it) fail to mention is that Google just bought Motorola. The seamless hardware / software relationship might be coming to Android very soon.
Something interesting to think about is... if Motorola and Google are well integrated other android hardware manufacturers will use Moto chips (or whatever GoogMoto is using) in order to get those optimizations. So GoogMoto will potentially make more money...
I doubt they would do this. I think the buy was based off Patents more than anything. HTC Droids>Moto Droids. More to the point, Moto has never made a Nexus. HTC and Samsung have.
Apples a bully with Patents so now Google has a few up their sleeves.
Moto may have never developed a Nexus device but is most likely o now after the acquisition. Android will not be Moto only since the acquisition also. But We may see more optimization on moto. Yes, Google did buy them for patent reasons also, since there is a patent war goin on against android for the Reason (picture) stated above.
Edit oh and apple just patented the ability to tap a thumbnail, see a larger view of it, then swipe horizontally to see the next picture. And won in the netherlands.... EU is Apple fansboys.