Android or IPhone

[Pcnoob745]

Yes, I still do Christmas, and Why?

 

[Dedayog]

Not sure why you still do Christmas.  kind of an odd question to ask us.

 

Android or iPhone is a subjective call, can't help you with that one either.

 

 

[Helpful Tech Witch]

budget? Context?

[Pcnoob745]

Just now, HelpfulTechWizard said:

budget? Context?

 

 

1 minute ago, Dedayog said:

Not sure why you still do Christmas.  kind of an odd question to ask us.

 

Android or iPhone is a subjective call, can't help you with that one either.

 

 

not why christmas, but why IPhone/Android

Also budget like 500 euros

 

[Helpful Tech Witch]

ger a 10r or se if you want a iphone. get a 4a if you want android.

[TetraSky]

Do you want the freedom to do what you want with the software of the phone? Not being told "no you can't do that" if you want to install something outside of their store? Do you want to be able to simply drag and drop pictures and videos taken from the phone without needing additional software on your PC ? Do you want to be able to increase your storage capacity of the phone with a MicroSD card?

Android.

 

Do you use a mac / macbook ? Are you deep into the Apple ecosystem already ?

iPhone.

[WkdPaul]

* Thread moved to Phone & Tablet section *

 

 

2 minutes ago, Pcnoob745 said:

not why christmas, but why IPhone/Android

Also budget like 500 euros

Please provide context ;

 

• what do you mean by "why IPhone/Android" ?
• why did you brought up Christmas, it's because this is meant as a gift ??
• use case ?

These generally help when you're asking for advice.

[Pcnoob745]

Just now, TetraSky said:

Do you want freedom to do what you want with the software of the phone? Not being told "no you can't do that" if you want to install something outside of their store? Do you want to be able to simply drag and drop pictures and videos taken from the phone without needing additional software on your PC ?

Android.

 

Do you use a mac / macbook ? Are you deep into the Apple ecosystem already ?

iPhone.

I cant really decide, like i like to use the IPhone. It feels better, smoother. but android is kinda indescribable feeling. Not really good, not really bad. It's kinda: meh. Also my mom uses IPhone. I like it. 

[Dedayog]

1 minute ago, Pcnoob745 said:

 

 

not why christmas, but why IPhone/Android

Also budget like 500 euros

 

Have you used one or the other?

 

What aspects of them do you like or not like?

 

What price range?  Availability?

 

Why don't you tell us what research you've done, your needs, and opinions.

[TetraSky]

Just now, Pcnoob745 said:

I cant really decide, like i like to use the IPhone. It feels better, smoother. but android is kinda indescribable feeling. Not really good, not really bad. It's kinda: meh. Also my mom uses IPhone. I like it. 

Then you obviously already like iPhone, go for the SE or the new 12 mini.

[Dedayog]

Just now, Pcnoob745 said:

I cant really decide, like i like to use the IPhone. It feels better, smoother. but android is kinda indescribable feeling. Not really good, not really bad. It's kinda: meh. Also my mom uses IPhone. I like it. 

You like iPhone.  You're meh about Android.

 

Says it all.  Why did you ask us then?

[DrMacintosh]

8 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

budget? Context?

Hotel? TriVago!

[Pcnoob745]

1 minute ago, Dedayog said:

Have you used one or the other?

 

What aspects of them do you like or not like?

 

What price range?  Availability?

 

Why don't you tell us what research you've done, your needs, and opinions.

My last IPhone was the IPhone 4. Even though it was kinda sloppy. I liked the user interface. Of course. Some day is the last day. And the phone pretty much died out. Then I used a Nokia 5 (huge mistake) and now I am with PocoPhone F1 which already is 2 years old

[Pcnoob745]

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1 minute ago, Dedayog said:

You like iPhone.  You're meh about Android.

 

Says it all.  Why did you ask us then?

Its not that i meh android. I do like it. But Android gets boring over time.

[Commodus]

49 minutes ago, Pcnoob745 said:

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Its not that i meh android. I do like it. But Android gets boring over time.

Think you've already answered your own question, then — get the best iPhone for the money, it'll make you happy. Not sure what the best deals are in Latvia, but I know the current iPhone SE is within your budget.

[Lord Vile]

1 hour ago, TetraSky said:

Do you want the freedom to do what you want with the software of the phone? For the most part Not being told "no you can't do that" if you want to install something outside of their store? Which Google recommends against for malware purposes. Do you want to be able to simply drag and drop pictures and videos taken from the phone without needing additional software on your PC ? You can do that on iPhone, like seriously your PC literally sees the photos app as a digital camera you don't even need iTunes though I don't see why you wouldn't have iTunes. Do you want to be able to increase your storage capacity of the phone with a MicroSD card? Depending on model

Android.

 

Do you use a mac / macbook ? Are you deep into the Apple ecosystem already ? Reliable updates, Security, The best performing SoC of that generation, video recording that makes samsung cry itself to sleep at night, Privacy, Google not harvesting your data for profit? 

 

iPhone.

Fixed

[TetraSky]

1 hour ago, Lord Vile said:

Fixed

Ah right right, I couldn't remember if you could access the pictures without iTunes or not and even looking it up on Google told me it wasn't possible, but now that I look back, I was probably not looking properly and only seeing those "recovery/backup" softwares that wanted to advertise their shit.

 

What about things like Music though? Do you still need iTunes for that or can you access the folder on the phone straight from Explorer? Are you still forced to only buy it through iTunes or can you import Flac/MP3 from third party sources to it?

What about stuff you download off the internet, like say, a PDF for a class ?

As for  "why you wouldn't have iTunes" ... Because not every PC has iTunes installed. It sure isn't on my college's computers. So being able to drag and drop stuff is important, if you use your phone as a "flash drive" (which I do. I'm already carrying the cable in the off chance I need to charge it, so using it to store extra data is just as well)

[Lord Vile]

29 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

Ah right right, I couldn't remember if you could access the pictures without iTunes or not and even looking it up on Google told me it wasn't possible, but now that I look back, I was probably not looking properly and only seeing those "recovery/backup" softwares that wanted to advertise their shit.

 

What about things like Music though? Do you still need iTunes for that or can you access the folder on the phone straight from Explorer? Are you still forced to only buy it through iTunes or can you import Flac/MP3 from third party sources to it?

You still need iTunes for music but you've been able to drag and drop music into iTunes or just import from a CD for ages.

29 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

What about stuff you download off the internet, like say, a PDF for a class ?

They're in the files app never tried to get anything off it tbh so wouldn't know. Think you can just go to your iCloud Drive on iCloud.com and pull it all from there. 

29 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

As for  "why you wouldn't have iTunes" ... Because not every PC has iTunes installed. It sure isn't on my college's computers. So being able to drag and drop stuff is important, if you use your phone as a "flash drive" (which I do. I'm already carrying the cable in the off chance I need to charge it, so using it to store extra data is just as well)

Who uses flash drives anymore... I mean I have one for BIOS updates and one which has a windows install on it but outside of that I just use the cloud. Remember at Uni i just installed it on my user account and it was always there. Windows doesn't have a decent media player so there's no reason not to get it for a personal PC and you can get Apple Music which personally I find better than Spotify.