which should I get?
and i dont want this to turn into some stupid argument thread about android vs. iphone
i just want to know what is honestly the better phone right now, and which one would i most likely be happy with 2 years from now (aka future potential).
going by the specs, it seems the Galaxy S II has more to offer, but im not nearly as knowledgable as others here.
Despite your desires, this will turn into a trollfest.
For what it's worth, I would prefer the GSII (Or the galaxy Prime if it will be offered on your carrier). I think that both phones will be relatively future proof, I would, however give the edge to the GSII due to the better hardware.
You should go to a shop and play with both.
Hardware-wise, I'm pretty sure the GS II is a better phone, but the 4S isn't THAT far off.
Software can make all the difference though, and that's why you should go try them out yourself.
GS II is the more powerful phone, but after owning two different Android phones and an iPhone, I strongly prefer iOS to Android. To each his own, though. If you don't have experience with both types of phones, it definitely is best to head to a store and spend a good amount of time playing with them, like others here have said.
Pretty much what everyone has said in this thread. I used an iPhone for 3 years, and went to the store to play with the Galaxy S II before I bought it. The Galaxy S II is easily the best phone I've every owned and I like the form of the phone as well.
Of course, I never had a chance to use iOS 5 (tried it on my buddy's iPhone 4, not radically different) and I'm sure iPhone 4S is signification better than my 3GS. I do however prefer Android over iOS - it's all personal preference.
i have had both, and am pretty much 50/50 on both OSs. i like androids customizability, but also like the simple yet elequent and polished style of iOS.
hmmm
Hater and lefty are foaming at the mouth right now.
FWIW, I think these days you have a 30 day return period for most phones. They might charge you a restocking fee, but you can walk away from the phone and contract if you aren't sure. Obviously, make sure to find out the exact terms before you buy.
Don't be a pussy, buy them both.
I don't even know if you can get a 4s right now.
I think Apple won't charge restocking within 14 days if you buy directly from them. But El Nono has the best advice overall. Even better if you happen to have friends who have both phones - play around with them and see what you like best.
don't need 30 days to decide. go to the store and play with both a good 20 minutes.
- power them off and see which powers on quicker to the point you are on google.com
- check which has faster gps locator
- which screen you like better
- weight/size
- styling
1. GS2 you fully own it and can do anything with it out of the box
2. Iphone you are renting it from Steve Jobs unless you jailbreak it
is there no need to root android phones anymore? the phone i currently have i had to root to get stupid apps off of it that slowed the device down.
as far as I know rooting the gs2 is super easy like a 2 minute job. And no it will not install anything like that on it. it just unlocks it.
I don't think it'd be that easy with the apple especially since IOS5 is recent. Plus there are risks to briking it, updating it, etc.
I rooted my GS II because I needed to unlock it to another carrier. Yeah, it was quite easy (less than 5 minutes). My phone didn't come with too much bloatware but it's probably carrier dependent. The phone has been blazing fast so far.
I think the point was that you said that the GSII was yours but you had to jailbreak the Iphone in order to get that same level of control. Then in the next post said that rooting is easy. I think that stock, there is more control in android than stock IOS, I also think that rooted there is more control than jailbroken (I *think* because I have not used a jailbroken iphone, so I don't know if you can swap kernels, overclock, undervolt, etc), but the point is that there are restrictions to both while stock.
what I meant is that samsung out of the box already gives you tons more control than Iphone. Then if you want more, you can root it which is a trivial step really.
on the other hand, Iphone out of the box does not give you much flexibility. Only option would be to jailbreak it which is not trivial at all.
Ok, understood.
Jailbreaking is not terribly difficult (pwnage tool was easy last time I did), but iOS5 is still tethered only jailbreak (I believe)
Even easier is jailbreakme.com
Straight from your iPhone, in few seconds
i think i might just wait a bit for the Galaxy Nexus
If you have the time, I would
The whole jailbreak stuff is also very personal at this point in time. I can't think a whole lot of things you can do on a rooted vs non-rooted or jailbroken vs non-jailbroken device.
And then the question becomes if you personally need any of those.
Galaxy Nexus.
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