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Ask HN: Should I buy an iPhone (or something else)?

2 pointsby mrdassanialmost 10 years ago
I hate iOS, but Apple makes some of the best hardware in the world. I'm currently 'rocking' an HTC One M7 (Google Play Edition) because stock android is my favourite mobile OS (I've tried them all, but only used android and the old old old windows phone 6-7 significantly). My problems with iOS is its boring 'homescreen' functionality: I love my widgets (email, twitter, IFTTT buttons etc) and don't really know what I'd do without them. The problem is I need a new phone (mine is almost dead - battery and camera issues), and the current lack of vanilla android offerings is depressing me. I'm very much a flagship buyer and need someone to convince me why a certain phone works well for them. I also own an android wear device, which basically becomes obsolete if I switch to iOS but that's probably something google is working on. A few more things about me: I use my phone a lot (lot lot), I really want a good camera because I only use phone cameras. Any suggestions?

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MCRedalmost 10 years ago
The ONLY reason I&#x27;ve ever seen to hate iOS is ideological.<p>The stuff you&#x27;re suffering from is due to the good things about iOS-- it treats the battery well giving better life, and longevity. Apple doesn&#x27;t hate widgets and bling, the reason they aren&#x27;t letting you put stuff on the home screen like that is to protect the battery.<p>In fact the reason for everything &quot;bad&quot; about iOS is to make for a better user experience. You may disagree with Apple&#x27;s choices but google reviews apps, takes a cut of revenue, etc too. Google has a walled garden approach when it comes to android phones. (But there&#x27;s a version of linux called &quot;android&quot; that doesn&#x27;t include google apps that is open source-- which people like to pretend is the same operating system, switching back and forth between them-- pointing to the google apps version when talking about features, but then switching to the other one when talking about freedom.)<p>If your battery and camera are having issues and you haven&#x27;t run out your two years, then that should tell you something.<p>I have an original iPhone-- the one from 2007. It&#x27;s now 8 years old. Due to being in subzero weather the screen froze at one point and it lost some pixels. Other than that, it STILL WORKS FINE.
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tmalyalmost 10 years ago
I still have a nexus 5, but my business partner has an iphone. We use both to test what we develop. I feel like Android offers you more geek options if you like to hack on things. It has a bigger market share, but if you want something polished go with the iphone. That is how I see the two camps.
Melvinhunteralmost 10 years ago
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