i just think its funny as hell, that so far in the week and a half that i've had my EVO, how much hate I get from iPhone users...
even at intro they wernt top edge... they only ran on 2g when 3g was the standard... there still behind the times
It's not hate. It's envy and insecurity.
They've always been competent, easy-to-use phones that have opened many minds to what a phone can do. That doesn't mean they're they leading edge, but they were leading edge to the masses.
I've admired iPhones throughout the years for the things they do. I've never bought one for the things they don't do. So I give credit where due and pay for what I want.
Really, without iPhones, I could easily see where WM6.x would still be alive, Palm OS would be slightly bigger but still sputtering due to lack of App development (still a somewhat closed system), and Android probably would not have gained such quick momentum from developers and the many others who had grown to dislike the closed-system dominance and market scale of Apple.
Evo does challenge iP4 better than any other phone has, and that's shaken up not only Apple but other phone makers. Moto's rushed out another product (Droid X), and Samsung's trying to strike back with new phones and by limiting supply of screens.
I'd consider Evo to have crushed iP4 if it mastered a few other features. Android does not have a standardized music player solution - I think that would make sense. Android has not standardized video chat solutions - I don't ever see that happening unless it's a paid Google solution. If Evo managed music as well as iTunes and video as well as FaceTime, it wouldn't even be close.
So I give credit where due and pay for what I want.
I just don't get the need for people to crown an Iphone killer everytime a new phone drops.
What is the point of a thread like this? It adds no useful information to the forum.
I just don't get the need for people to crown an Iphone killer everytime a new phone drops.
What is the point of a thread like this? It adds no useful information to the forum.
People use forums to have these types of discussions. This thread's no different. It's not harmful and often is persuasive enough to influence buying decisions.
As for no useful information, that's up to the reader. The point was that there are people who truly don't know more than iPhone and what iPhone does. The originating comparison by CNET subsequent posting on this thread just points to additional information whether some consider it useful or not. It's still there for consideration.
If I see a thread that I don't think it useful, I just view it and move on. Seems that's what a lot of people do so calling any thread useless belittles the people who follow and contribute to the thread for no reason.
AndroidForums and the Evo thread itself is littered with many people who gather information about Evo vs iPhone to help make decisions so this was put up so they have more to choose from while on this site.
I respect you opinion and in no way meant to belittle the OP. And you're right, I usually see a post that I have no use for and move on, but there are several "Evo vs. Iphone" posts in this forum why add another? Just like you said, there is already a thread about the Cnet dual, why not go post there instead of starting a new thread to say the same thing?
My thing is, when I come to the forum, I want to learn something new or interesting about the device, not weed through pages of people saying how great the phone is. I know that already.
And very rarely is there any type of "debate" because we are in an Evo forum. 95% of the people say, "yeah the Evo rocka and the iphone sucks"
If someone really is looking to decide between phones the last place they should go is to a phone-specific forum. No one here is gonna advise someone to get anything but an Evo. Just my $0.02.
I just don't get the need for people to crown an Iphone killer everytime a new phone drops.
What is the point of a thread like this? It adds no useful information to the forum.
To no one in particular, just rhetorically speaking:
If your iPhone friends are that jealous and insecure of you because of a consumer device that anyone can walk into a lot of retail outlets and just buy (uh, ok, or just order) - then upgrade your friends.
If you think owning an Android phone makes you superior to other humans, seek counseling.
There are millions and millions and millions of iPhone users in the world and my personal opinion is that it's some kind of sin to hate that many people without meeting all of them first.
And very rarely is there any type of "debate" because we are in an Evo forum. 95% of the people say, "yeah the Evo rocka and the iphone sucks"
If someone really is looking to decide between phones the last place they should go is to a phone-specific forum
They've always been competent, easy-to-use phones that have opened many minds to what a phone can do. That doesn't mean they're they leading edge, but they were leading edge to the masses.
I've admired iPhones throughout the years for the things they do. I've never bought one for the things they don't do. So I give credit where due and pay for what I want.
Really, without iPhones, I could easily see where WM6.x would still be alive, Palm OS would be slightly bigger but still sputtering due to lack of App development (still a somewhat closed system), and Android probably would not have gained such quick momentum from developers and the many others who had grown to dislike the closed-system dominance and market scale of Apple.
Evo does challenge iP4 better than any other phone has, and that's shaken up not only Apple but other phone makers. Moto's rushed out another product (Droid X), and Samsung's trying to strike back with new phones and by limiting supply of screens.
I'd consider Evo to have crushed iP4 if it mastered a few other features. Android does not have a standardized music player solution - I think that would make sense. Android has not standardized video chat solutions - I don't ever see that happening unless it's a paid Google solution. If Evo managed music as well as iTunes and video as well as FaceTime, it wouldn't even be close.
They're just phones, they're not alive, they can't really be killed and every phone since the G1 has been hailed as the iPhone killer.
That the Android users pay so much attention to their phones killing the iPhone simply continues to give credibility to the iPhone.
For me personally, Android came of age the day when my artist wife's girlfriends - a non-tech chef - pulled out her new Droid and said: "Honey, you wanna get one of these because it does what you think an iPhone will do."
iPhone = so far, the best smartphone for those seeking the security of a single, integrated, commoditized product.
Android = so far, the best smartphone software platform for those seeking assurance from lock-in by any one carrier or phone maker.
If tech use in other markets is any indication, and I think that it is, these two types of primary users will always exist.
The only thing that will "kill" the iPhone will be hypothetically stoopid decisions by Apple in the future.
For me personally, any discussion on an iPhone killer is just so much cheese and any phone that tries without being distributed worldwide is just so much crackers.
~~~~~~To no one in particular, just rhetorically speaking:
If your iPhone friends are that jealous and insecure of you because of a consumer device that anyone can walk into a lot of retail outlets and just buy (uh, ok, or just order) - then upgrade your friends.
If you think owning an Android phone makes you superior to other humans, seek counseling.
There are millions and millions and millions of iPhone users in the world and my personal opinion is that it's some kind of sin to hate that many people without meeting all of them first.
I've admired iPhones throughout the years for the things they do. I've never bought one for the things they don't do. So I give credit where due and pay for what I want.
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