Apple? Or Android.

[AMD Lover]

So, some phone I've been eying are the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, iPhone 6, and the Droid Turbo. I'm currently on Verizon and they're the carrier that best services my area but they're so slow to adopt things like data rollover that I'm thinking of switching to ATT. Ideas?

[Decon]

droid turbo all the way IMO

[AMD Lover]

This threads a little slow so quote my post so I know to come back for a min.

[Skeletonfish]

Android 

[PillowSmoke]

I really think that you should try all of those three phones in person.

[creativename]

So, some phone I've been eying are the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, iPhone 6, and the Droid Turbo. I'm currently on Verizon and they're the carrier that best services my area but they're so slow to adopt things like data rollover that I'm thinking of switching to ATT. Ideas?

Go play with the devices. Pick the one  you like, picking a phone at someone else' opinion/experience is not a very good way to pick a phone.

 

If you tried all of them, and they all seem good, look at the features, pick the one that fits your need the most.

 

Like do you need multitasking? (Samsung phones are the only phones with multitasking(actual multitasking, doing multiple things at once, not running apps in the background))

Do you want siri? (S voice is shit, I think even samsung gave up on it)

Battery Life?(Not sure about Note 4, but note 3 had amazing battery life for me)

[Geekazoid]

I've used Android. Not that user friendly to me.

[Jaybird]

I would pick the iPhone. I've tried android twice and have always come right back to an iPhone where I have been satisfied and I still am. Androids are just too buggy and always needing some sort of maintenance. Plus androids are built on plastic. And I don't like plastic.

[shadowblitz3]

android if you want hackable freedom

apple for more user friendly and less buggy

[duckypath]

Personally it would be between the iPhone 6 and Droid Turbo. I prefer iOS, but love the Turbo's build. If I had to choose, I would go iPhone. iOS is more fluid, and the ecosystem is much easier to get into. I own an iPhone 5 and would never go to an android phone. But honestly, it really depends on how you use your phone and which you prefer. Try to use them both.

[Aniallation]

So, some phone I've been eying are the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, iPhone 6, and the Droid Turbo. I'm currently on Verizon and they're the carrier that best services my area but they're so slow to adopt things like data rollover that I'm thinking of switching to ATT. Ideas?

It depends what you're used to really. If you're already used to Android, then get a Droid Turbo (but it's not available on AT&T?). iPhone is a lot easier to use and manage, but if you've already tinkered around with Android and gotten somewhat familiar with it then it's a lot less of a learning curve then coming from an Apple-ecosystem user.

[AMD Lover]

It depends what you're used to really. If you're already used to Android, then get a Droid Turbo (but it's not available on AT&T?). iPhone is a lot easier to use and manage, but if you've already tinkered around with Android and gotten somewhat familiar with it then it's a lot less of a learning curve then coming from an Apple-ecosystem user.

I'm a windows phone user, I know my way around Android pretty good though. I used to have an iPad and and iPod so I know everything pretty good.

[Aniallation]

I'm a windows phone user, I know my way around Android pretty good though. I used to have an iPad and and iPod so I know everything pretty good.

Well here's what it narrows down to this:

 

Do you really want to switch to AT&T or are you willing to stick with Verizon?

 

            Yes -> Droid Turbo

 

            No -> Would you prefer a 4.7" phone or a 5.7" phone?

 

                                                                                      4.7" -> iPhone 6

                                                                                      5.7" -> Note 4

[13CA350]

Droid turbo/ LG G3 are really good android phones

iPhone 6 is my phone of choice

 

I'd never use a samsung phone

[Dubesta11]

droid turbo all the way IMO

 

I have the Droid Maxx and the only thing that needs improvement is the screen. Speed and battery is great. Since all of that was improved in the Turbo, it must be an amazing phone.

 

Stay away from Phablets, those make you look stupid. Anything with a screen larger than 5.5 inches is way too big for a phone.

[Dubesta11]

Droid turbo/ LG G3 are really good android phones

iPhone 6 is my phone of choice

 

I'd never use a samsung phone

 

Honestly with direct access to a good android/iphone 6 phones, I have no idea why people keep buying iphones. The new version is very slow with minimal software, and is limited to just installing apps on it. No direct USB storage access, odd display size, terrible web browsing and overall productivity, and the battery still sucks. The only thing I can see in it is that its somewhat simple, but even then the new models keep getting unnecessarily complex.

[terrytek]

It depends what you're used to really. If you're already used to Android, then get a Droid Turbo (but it's not available on AT&T?). iPhone is a lot easier to use and manage, but if you've already tinkered around with Android and gotten somewhat familiar with it then it's a lot less of a learning curve then coming from an Apple-ecosystem user.

Not available on AT&T. Like Most DROID flagships, it's a Verizon Exclusive. But definitely stay away from the samsung phones. worst experience with phones ever.

[GuideMe002]

iPhone 6 all the way. simple, user friendly! hahaha

[Pomfinator]

If you don't mind the size 6+ or Note 4. 6 or Droid Turbo if you do.  But can't tell you whether or not you'd prefer Android or Apple.  I've been lured back into the Apple camp after 4 years of Android, but that's just me.

[BlueKoda]

The turbo is pretty awesome +1.

[bydus]

I would go for jailbroken iphone 5s over android, iphone 6 and 6+ are too big. If you don't plan to jailbreak then go for android. I like the simplicity of ios and I can add the features I need form cydia quick and easy. 

[DtrollMC]

I've used android and iOS and I have good and bad things to say about each! 

 

Bad Things About Android

• I have experienced a lot of crashes when I use android. The phone will simply freeze and I am forced to do a hard shutdown to fix it.
• Three buttons at the bottom disappear in full screen. If you're looking at a samsung this shouldn't be an issue, but I found it annoying to swipe down and then hit the home button to leave an app
• Software updates are all over the place. You don't know when you'll be getting a certain Android Version (lollipop.) Other phones might get it while your's will have to wait. With iOS, all devices on all carriers get the update at the same time. Carriers casn't control when you get an update either on iOS.
• No badges on the play store to show you how many updates are available. A small thing, yet it bothers me nonetheless.
• Horrible batter drain overnight if it's not being charged
• Bad scrolling, not smooth

Bad things about iOS

• It's lack of customization. Self-explanatory and evident
• No torrent apps or emulators without Jailbreak
• Your device becoming more and more obsolete the more you update it.
• iTunes... enough said

 

Good things about Android

• Material Design is very good looking
• Support for AMOLED screens
• The AMOLED screen turning on without a button press
• The wide array of apps (torrenting and emulators as well)
• Custom launchers and ROMS
• Open-ness of ecosystem
• Ability to put custom apps on your phone without paying $99 to apple to unlock developper tools (cough apple cough)

Good Things About iOS

• It just works. I've received far fewer crashes on Apple devices in my life vs Android
• Looks nice and responds well.
• Tons of integration with your mac and otheer devices
• Find My iPhone
• Good battery life when idle

 

If anyone has anything else to add to either list, please let me know and I'll add it! Honestly, it all depends on what you prefer. I love my android and iphone the same, yet use them for entirely different things.

[Techteen14]

Bad Things About Android

[*]I have experienced a lot of crashes when I use android. The phone will simply freeze and I am forced to do a hard shutdown to fix it.

Depends on phone. If you buy a flagship (as the OP is), this doesn't happen. Heck, even my supposedly unstable OnePlus One running CM11S only crashed once, and that's because I tried to access something I didn't know I couldn't from the camera app while the phone was locked. I've had it for a little over 3 weeks.

[*]Three buttons at the bottom disappear in full screen. If you're looking at a samsung this shouldn't be an issue, but I found it annoying to swipe down and then hit the home button to leave an app

Again, depends on phone. If this is an issue to the OP, he can either buy a phone with physical buttons (which I use and adore, sadly they're falling out of fashion) or if its not he can get one with software buttons.

[*]Software updates are all over the place. You don't know when you'll be getting a certain Android Version (lollipop.) Other phones might get it while your's will have to wait. With iOS, all devices on all carriers get the update at the same time. Carriers casn't control when you get an update either on iOS.

While I agree that it's not great that some phones are dropped entirely, I think ~90 days should be allowed from when the newest update officially releases for Google to iron out the bugs (e.g. The memory drain bug from 5.0.). I also think that carriers should have no control over updates/software, so I buy unlocked.

[*]No badges on the play store to show you how many updates are available. A small thing, yet it bothers me nonetheless.

Pretty much the only thing I miss from my iPhone/iPad. I do have Automatic Updates installed and the ones that require my authentication (i.e. When apps need new permissions) pop up as a notification, but TeslaUnread doesn't seem to pick those up.

[*]Horrible batter drain overnight if it's not being charged

I turn my phone and iPad to Airplane mode and then shut them all the way off when I go to bed so there's no distractions or radiation affecting me while I sleep. Neither devices (or my old iPhone 4 with a horrible battery, for that matter) loose any battery life while in that "Night Mode".

[*]Bad scrolling, not smooth

Depends on device. My scrolling is smooth, but for whatever reason once every few days it'll register my downward swipe as an upward swipe, left swipe as a right swipe etc. Probably my fault, but still strange. Only happened twice.

Bad things about iOS

• It's lack of customization. Self-explanatory and evident
• No torrent apps or emulators without Jailbreak
• Your device becoming more and more obsolete the more you update it.
• iTunes... enough said

Most of this is why I switched.

Good things about Android

[*]Material Design is very good looking

THIS. It's beautiful and not childish at all, like some people say.

[*]The AMOLED screen turning on without a button press

I'm not sure if you're talking about Active Display and the like or double tap to wake? Both are great.

Good Things About iOS

[*]It just works. I've received far fewer crashes on Apple devices in my life vs Android

See above.

[*]Looks nice and responds well.

Personal preference and depends on device, I like Material Design better and my OPO responds fine.

[*]Tons of integration with your mac and otheer devices

MAJOR selling point, if you have those other devices. If you do, then iPhone is pretty much a given.

[*]Find My iPhone

Android Device Manager is exactly the same thing, and with Tasker you can enhance it so it takes pictures of the person with your phone and it will email that and its GPS coordinates to you, all without turning on the screen/unlocking.

[*]Good battery life when idle

See above.

Which Android phone did/do you use?

To the OP, out of those three I'd pick the Droid Turbo, but I wouldn't pick any of those three. My three (for Verizon) would be Moto X, Nexus 6 (not as horrible as Linus made it out to be, he was kinda ignorant in that half the things he complained about could be easily fixed by either exploring the interface more and finding those features had just moved or by downloading third party apps) or iPhone 6+. If you're switching to AT&T, add the OnePlus One in there, if you can get it.

[DtrollMC]

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