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zenus:
I bet you. those maps cannot work here in Nigeria

So we're changing the goal posts now abi?
Google maps is of extremely limited utility in Nigeria. Not nearly the equal of Nokia's Ovi maps.
When Garmin's map application comes to iOS in Q1 2011, the iPhone will be far better for Navigation in Nigeria than any Android device.

zenus:
Try playing Asphalt 5 and Real football on either phone and give me feed back.
I have run a test on the two and symbian ^3 carry the day.
I mean Nokia N8

The iPhone 4 has better hardware specs than the N8. Both utilize the same touchscreen-only control scheme for games. Troll harder.

Anyway, i'll say 'No thanks' to your offer. I'll be busy playing Asphalt 6 and FIFA 11, both of which are better than Asphalt 5 and Real Football 2011 on Ovi and Android platform. And both of which are only available on iOS.

Since you can't experience it on your crappy N8, here's a screenshot of Asphalt 6. Drool.

https://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Purple/58/ed/66/mzl.dmmqxjuz.320x480-75.jpg

please accept my sympathies.

zoraro:
Almost half of the parts of the iPhone are made by Samsung, the Galaxy S is cheaper because Samsung don't have to source many parts from other manufacturers like Apple does, I guess.

Wrong.

tumababa:
GIVE MORE INFO like your current os,,

All released iPad OS versions can be jailbroken.

Recently released games for the iPhone. These will make your Christmas happy.

Real Racing 2

https://toucharcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mzl-1.qdmxdbip-525x350.jpg

https://toucharcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mzl.hlbuzyap-525x350.jpg


Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

https://toucharcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/photo-12.jpg


N.O.V.A 2

https://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Purple/49/4d/b1/mzl.uitcydmk.320x480-75.jpg

https://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Purple/cc/f7/ac/mzl.vknmqhva.320x480-75.jpg


Infinity Blade
https://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/026/Purple/6d/d1/c6/mzl.culwzloc.320x480-75.jpg

https://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/001/Purple/3e/06/52/mzl.ypbiwvnq.320x480-75.jpg

See the kind of misinformation these people spread?

[quote author=zenus_ link=topic=569087.msg7386295#msg7386295 date=1293001152]I like de flexibility of Android because you have more freedom like installing, copying, moving and managing files in it.

With this you can even copy a document edit it with your phone and send it over the net. Does iphone does this?[/quote]Yes. Easily.

[quote author=zenus_ link=topic=569087.msg7386302#msg7386302 date=1293001228]What i like in iphones is gaming environment (which a rejected OS like symbian ^3 has)[/quote]Wrong.
Comparing the gaming scene on iPhone to Android or even Symbian rev 3 is just silly. Apple blows both Android and Symbian out of the water in that regard, don't even go there.

[quote author=zenus_ link=topic=569087.msg7386302#msg7386302 date=1293001228]other than basic function of daily life like downloading your zip files and extract and still use them.[/quote]iFile from the Cydia store does this. And it's free. troll harder


[quote author=zenus_ link=topic=569087.msg7386302#msg7386302 date=1293001228]More over with android, you have freedom and using offline map without going online which iphone cannot do.[/quote]Most Navigation apps on iPhone has the maps stored locally. Why the FUD?

zenus01:
With android, you can play video of many format but iphone only make use of mp4. I like my movies to be in avi.

So convert them to mp4. Or download several apps from the appstore than can play avi, rm, flv, mkv files natively on the iPhone. Not to mention several others on Cydia.

zenus01:
To make it worst, it lake card slot which could have help in transferrin files.

use the standard USB cable. Use Dropbox. What's the big deal?
Ever since i started using my first iPhone in 2007, i've had a HTC Tytn II, Nokia E71, Bold 9700. Each of these has a MicroSD card slot. I've NEVER removed my SD card, stuck it into a card reader and copied files. That's lame.

zenus01:
Apple store have more of books and internet base application.

Nope. It's just like the Android market, just with more apps and more fun stuff  

[quote author=[n3rve]link=topic=572625.msg7385095#msg7385095 date=1292975991]
Recently, I changed my cell phone. I got rid of my BlackBerry Bold 2 (9700) and upgraded to the Bold 4 (9780). I can't say I'm impressed with RIM as they were very minimal changes. Besides the new operating system (OS6) which I was already running on the 9700, it's got a 5MP camera compared to the 3.2 on the Bold 2 and more application/processing memory. It really feels like I haven't changed phones using it as all my 9700 accessories still work and it feels the same in my hands, lol. Unless you want to run an official version of OS6, you might as well just use one of the many leaks on your 9700 and await something better from RIM.

-[n3rve][/quote]I can't fathom why you wasted your money on that 'upgrade'. Someone as tech savvy as yourself should have been aware of the merely cosmetic changes RIM has been making to their phones. Don't you read reviews?
OS6 is merely lipstick on a pig. BBs are good phones but crappy smartphones.

Mariory:
That may very well be true. However, the OP was only interested in the Android and the Iphone and not in Symbian, Windows Mobile, or RIM.

And my point was that taking a head count is no way to decide what phone to buy.

newmi:
You choose a phone for use based on need, th iphone is unique with its features as well as the Android with its features. But since you are asking l'll suggest you for a SAMSUNG GALAXY

Well, the Galaxy S is cheaper

Sunsamthy:
Come to think of it, is dat the service a senator is met to rendered to d public. D cafe is not rendered free of charge to the public but 4 a huge sum.

This has to be a nominee for brainless comment of the year.

zenus:
Just add poll to this thread and you ll see Android beating iphone hands down

Add a general poll on Nairaland and you'll see Nokia phones beating Android and iPhone hands down.

Take an opinion poll in most Universities these days and you'd see even crappy Blackberry beating Android and iPhone hands down (thanks to BBM)


What's your point?

Gbawe:
If Atiku or GEJ picks up the PDP ticket I am still smiling. Go and figure out what that means. A quick look at my signature (below) might help you out.

Sadly, Nuhu Ribadu is no better than those clowns. Plus, he has very little chance of winning.

banom:
what sense did you make in the silly post you made above ?, you didn't say any thing reasonable, the only thing we understood from your post above is that your mother is a love-peddler, little wonder you reason the way you reason, you are probably a bast*ard.

So you're taking the coward's way out, attacking him (and his mother!) instead of attempting to logically tackle his points. Shame, really.

Good development.
Imagine these barbarians carrying off all the computers in the cafe and arresting the owner without a warrant!

Mariory:
https://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/tech-fun/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/iphonandroiddifference.png

Anytime i see these web comics, i smile. Lots of FUD being spread around.

For what it's worth, you can also choose to develop your apps with either the official SDK, or develop for Cydia.

Also, any app that's simple enough to develop with AppInventor probably already exists in the Market

lynxnoon:
E90? January 2011?
am sure u r kidding , abi?

When someone says 'I forget the name, E90 perhaps?', why would you take the handset name as gospel truth?

[quote author=frgy_ link=topic=569599.msg7363676#msg7363676 date=1292706244]I think you are talking about the E7[/quote]Yep, that's it.

[quote author=trae_z link=topic=569599.msg7371547#msg7371547 date=1292827635]Thanks guys i guess both the E72 and E5 with LED flash (the phonetorch software can also be installed just in case) and 5MP will do (just hope they'll be as god as Sony Ericsson's 3.5 MP). And i guess the soon coming E7 with 8 MP should be a step higher.[/quote]Wait for the E7. Give my regards to chxta

This topic is cursed!
As soon as i post something long, i get banned by the spambot.

nateevs:
I posted something long but I can't get it on here becos of the spambot and it keeps getting me banned.
I gave extensive reasons on why I would take an Android phone over the IPhone.

I replied your post, but the spambot ate it. You'll see it in my profile.

nateevs:
What in pete's name do you mean by this? Rooting is allowing you have administrative access to your device and is independent on whether the phone is carrier subsidized or not. That's like saying all unlocked phones come rooted. That's misinformation.

OK. I will start saying Apple know what marketing all about. . and they have an operating system that works. Ok that's it.

I use a Dell Streak which received an OTA update to Froyo only a few days ago and man I will take this over an IPhone any day.

I amended my earlier statement to say the carrier AND the manufacturer. If Dell and your carrier hadn't chosen to push FroYo to your Streak, you'd still be stuck on Android 2.1, despite the fact that FroYo has been out for many many months.
As it is, you aren't even guaranteed a Gingerbread update for your Streak, despite the fact that
a) it was released in 2010
b) It's hardware specs are top notch

if that isn't a restriction, i wonder what is.

nateevs:
And please don't say bluetooth tethering is not a basic function because for a ton of people, it is. Not everyone wants to pay £35 a month on every single phone one owns because of unlimited internet access. Also SD expansion is a feature - a big feature that makes the I-things look like old age technology.

I am a power user. I have loads of tutorial & educational videos that I use on the move, e-books, Novels in epub, kindle and pdf formats, Movies, Music and a ton of apps for pleasure, work and business. These on a good day far exceed a 32G allowance. Would I then need to buy two Iphones because my storage exceed 30G? SD card expansion to the rescue! I buy an 8G Archos 101 - 10 inch android tablet running Froyo - which happens to be the cheapest one, I then buy a 128Gb USB stick, 2 64GB sticks, 4 32Gb sticks . . ,  or I just buy a 64Gb SD card. . . Talk choice flexibility.

Using Bluetooth tethering I pair my Archos with my Dell Streak and poof! I am on the internet at no extra cost . . . Talk of functionality.

One more thing I carry 3 batteries around everywhere I go with my Dell streak. I can change them when I please. . . Talk about choice.


These are only a few points and from the perspective of the basic user with a lot of data. . . If we then branch into techie stuf, you really will need to convince me with an I-product is better. Android it is dude.

I mentioned WiFi tethering. I'm not sure how you interpreted that as 'bluetooth tethering'. They aren't even close. Strange.
However, 90% of iPhone 4s in Nigeria are already jailbroken. If you head to Cydia and install MyWi, you turn your iPhone to a mobile hotspot. That was you share your data plan across multiple devices. So what's the difference?

The iPhone 4 not having expandable storage CAN be a deciding factor if you really need to carry around large amounts of data. But to be honest, being a 'power user' doesn't mean you have to be a pack rat. if you've got a tablet like me (and i see you have one of those nasty Archos tablets), why would you pack that much large video files in your primary phone when there's an option to store and consume them on a bigger screen?
I also think you're exaggerating the issue. We both know that most pdfs, kindle ebooks and most epubs come in at a few MB. Plus the Android app market size limit is currently less than 50MB. Even with 60 of such 50MB apps installed, you're taking only 3GB space.
Would i trade the iOS just to carry around superfluous music and video that i either don't listen to, or i can consume on another device? No.

When you jailbreak your iPhone 4, you get the freedom you folks are always babbling about. Plus you still get to keep the platform with the best apps, games and accessories. There are thousands of iPhone and iPod touch compatible docks, car stereos and other interfaces. You're limited in this regard on the Android platform thanks to fragmentation.

Android could very well be the future. but weighing the pros and cons, i'll stick with my iPhone for now.  

Mariory:
What do you mean by this statement? You don't need to root your Andriod to get any app you want.

I'm not talking about apps. If you don't root your Android phone, you're stuck with whatever Android version the carrier and handset manufacturer decide is best for you. Which is why most users of the Galaxy S and Xperia X10 are still on Android 2.1. The 2.2 rollout has started on the Galaxy S variants, but it isn't ubiquitous yet.
Despite the hardware being capable of running FroYo, HTC Magic users are still stuck on the ancient Android 1.6.

Unless you root!

But if we agree that aftermarket hacking of the phone is accepted in this argument, then we'll have to mention Jailbreaking on the iPhone. And once you Jailbreak your iPhone 4, all your complaints of Apple restrictions no longer apply.
In other words, savvy iPhone users don't feel these restrictions you people always talk about. And non-savvy Android users feel some restrictions too. In fact, in some case, pretty severe restrictions.

Mariory:
That is not true and based purely on opinion. The fact is the Iphone currently has many more apps than the Android (To say they are better quality is not true).

You expose your ignorance in these matters. What i've said isn't just mere subjective info, it's the reality on ground. Take the Facebook app for example. The iPhone version is usually a generation ahead. Developers of many top quality apps prefer the AppStore; it's far easier to make a profit from your app on the iTunes AppStore than on Android market.

http://mobilewebgo.com/android-developers-find-it-hard-make-money

That's why Angry Birds is a paid app on iPhone, and a free app with ads in the Android market. Naturally, the expansions to Angry Birds come to the iPhone first.
On average, a company like Gameloft only ports their games over to Android well after the release of the iPhone versions.

Mariory:
However, those apps have to first be oked by Apple which basically gives Apple control of what you can or can't do with your own device. That as far as I'm concerned, is ridiculus.

Most submitted apps pass Apple's certification. For those that do not get approved, the Cydia Store is there as a viable appstore alternative for jailbroken iPhones.
For example a dev submitted iDOS, a DOS emulator for iPhone/iPad. it was pulled from the AppStore for containing copyrighted material. The same app was released on Cydia as soon as that happened and it has continued to sell well.
Apple controls my device? Hyperbole, much?

Omokemesi:
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM                                          Fellow Patentees, I am being forced to break my silence. But this is not the right time to do so. I am sad!  I am sad because wicked, heartless, selfish, inconsiderate, enemies of progress, ambassadors of Satan and absolutely unpatriotic Nigerians connived with Mobil to ensure that Prof Uwemedimo did not receive his royalties while Chief Anthony Enahoro was still alive.                                              But we still thank God that the great Nationalist witnessed the victory of Prof Uwemedimo who  Chief Enahoro unflinchingly supported.                                           R. I. P.                                              MOBIL LIQUIDATION                                         fellow Patentees, let us forget about that meanwhile. Mobil will not wait for that to happen.                                                                 The Presidency, according to reports, has intervened.                                                    Top officials of Comandclem have stormed Abuja, the nation's capital, holding serious and meaningful discussions, according to reliable sources.                                              My humble advice to Patentees is to remain calm and PLEASE STOP giving replies to the posts of enemies of progress.  We have won and we have won indeed!                                                       But, honestly, I am not happy that Chief Enahoro died this time.  Who can query God for allowing this to happen?                                                          ~OMOKEMESI

I wonder how many forums you copy and paste your bullcrap on?

Mariory:
@OP

It depends on what you want. If you desire freedom to do whatever you wish (customized look, play, listen to, and watch what you want etc) with a product you have paid for then go for an Android.

If you are happy with an out of the box product and don't care about what apple decides you can or can't do with something you have paid for then an Iphone is fine.

In most android phones, if you don't root them, the carrier owns you. Which is why @otumfour is still stuck on Android 2.1 on his galaxy S.

Mariory:
Both OSes are pretty comparable. The one big difference is that the Andriod is an open system and so will allow you to extensively "play" with the phone you have purchased. And if the phone's hardware allows, you may be able to get software that adds new functionality to the phone (much like people have done with the nintendo's WII remote, microsoft's KINECT etc)

I'm not sure what you mean by this. the iPhone has more (and better quality) apps than Android, and as soon as you jailbreak it, you have access to lots more apps beyond's Apple's control. You'll have full control of your hardware.

jabbok:
For all u GEJ die hard. The Govs asked him which Zone he will hand over after his one tenure in 2015. GEJ kept mute on that! Does that tell u guys something. This man cannot hand over power willingly in 2015 because by then, he will b so intoxicated by Power.

Why won't he keep quiet?
So you expect a president who has been denying the concept of zoning to suddenly tell you that he will support zoning in 2015? Were you high when you made this comment?

2kurupt:
@tez. I know u know alot buh it will help u if your more objective & open minded in your arguements coz we cant all prefer or the use the same stuff

I AM objective here. I present arguments based on fact.

Anyway, the topic under discussion is actually nonsense. You can't compare Android (OS) to the iPhone (handset). You can only compare top tier Android phones (like the Galaxy S/Nexus S/Droid X) with the iPhone 4.

krunch:
@ all
something just occured 2 me,
how much does an ipod touch go for?
cos im thinkin it may actually b possible to get a high end android and an ipod touch with d price of getting an iphone!
this culd actually enable a consumer to enjoy the best of both worlds, watya think?
cos in terms of apps n gaming especially, android still has some catching up to do. also any high end quality game dat is available on d android platform is usually more expensive dan its ios counterpart, i wonder y,

That's an option, good for those who don't mind carrying an extra device in their pocket.

otumfour:
listen to this dude lol
I run these 2 phones and I tell ya, Iphone is loosing
btw, are u on an Iphone 4 or an Iphone 3gs? cuz they ain't much difference wit tha exception of the retina display on the 4, which the Galaxy S be killing wit its, >>>>, SUPER AMOLED SCREEN

SO I SAY!!!!!!!!!!

Keep blabbing about S-AMOLED. U no know say the iPhone 4 has a higher resolution screen, with higher pixel density and higher brightness than your favourite screen? You don't seem too tech savvy.
Please read up and do a feature comparison between the iPhone 4 and 3GS. There's a lot of difference. I can't be educating you for free all the time

krunch:
@ tazzapete,
expandable data storage via use of memory card may not be a 'basic' fxnalty on the iphone, but it is sure basic on nokia devices cos it is simply a comon place and expected feature available on most of nokia phones. even the very low end nokia fones have this feature.
you see, things keep evolving and in future it may no longer be a basic feature on nokia phones, just like from the current trend, UTG usb-on-the-go may very well become a basic feature on nokia phones, which may eventually become 'basic' or commonplace onall other smartfones just like apple has made the unified appstore approach to become a basic and expected feature of a smartfone platform.
being open minded makes one enjoy the beauty of technology, i just laughed when u used the word 'NEVER' in answering the guy who said in a few years android apps may overtake apple,

Most of those Nokia phone have very limited internal storage, with the expansion coming from MicroSD cards. For those phones that don't support SDHC cards, none of them will ever reach the 16GB storage space on the lowest iPhone 4. The larger capacity iPhone 4 comes with 32GB.
At the end of the day, it's not about memory cards, it's about mass storage. And at 16GB and 32GB , i don't think the iPhone is necessarily at a disadvantage here.

Why did you dodge my question on Wifi tethering?

The fact that RIM, with over 10 BB models in circulation is struggling to match sales of one iPhone model speaks more of their failure

Nigerians!
Once someone criticizes your darling, that person becomes a 'hater'! Is that any way to hold a meaningful discussion?

All this talk of Yoruba this, igbo this is extremely childish! How old are you people anyway?

You all come from a race that was enslaved by the Arabs (Trans-Sahara Slave trade) and then the North Americans (trans-atlantic slave trade), enslaved just because the slave masters thought you were inferior to them. Now in present day Nigeria, people are still out there thinking they are superior to others because they were born into a different tribe?


I do not like Akunyili these days. I think she did a sterling job at NAFDAC, but i think the hype following her over this is a bit too much. All she did was do the job she was paid to do, and do it well. Hundreds of thousands of Nigerians do the same thing at their jobs.
Her stint as the information minister was ineffective and largely incompetent. That's why i do not support her. Does that make me an Igbo hater? Does that make me Yoruba?

I think back at her resignation letter to the FEC where she all but begged for financial assistance. I wonder if the OP is really from Anambra, and if he is, how he feels that his darling Akunyili regards the FEC crooks as her 'immediate constituency', not the good people of Anambra she wants to represent.

krunch:
i agree with you thay the OP should weigh the pros and cos before deciding on what to buy.

now aboit basic fuctions, remember he is coming from a symbian platform, so if he is considering d option of buying an adroid or apple, then we have to compare the pros and cons to what a typical symbian device of the same price bracket can get him. considering that, memory card reading and wifi are basic functions he will get on a symbian alternative.
so i dont think telling him to get an android IF HE WANTS MOST OF THE STUFF HE.S USED TO ON A NOKIA is misleading assuming he,s not tech savy.

also i stated m opinion based on being a tech savvy or not, so tell me how many non tech persons usually update their fone in naija? even most non tech iphone and nokia users stil use thier iphone with d firmware that came with it when they bought it.

Which Nokia Symbian smartphone comes with Wifi tethering?
Also, 'memory card reading' is not a basic function, sorry. data storage space is.

[quote author=Da_b¤§§. link=topic=569087.msg7353630#msg7353630 date=1292577938]texazzapete u just totally crucifed the galazy tab
u cant compare d number of apps btw ios and andriod. Android is still new as far as i am concerned.
Just give it 2-3 yrs and the numb of apps and games will definitely outnumber that of ios u shld knw that[/quote]That will never happen.

Anyway, we're consumers, there's no prize for who starts with a platform first. If one platform is deficient in several things, why wait for 2-3 years for it to play catch up?

Dual core Android tablets (many with NVIDIA's Tegra 2) are coming out Q1 next year. Anyone who buys the Galaxy Tab right now has to be a dummy. My opinion.

Harry Potter:
you beta watch your tongue else i will personally wash it for you.

I hope not with your tongue?

/jk

Seriously, though, the OP should be deleted.

Mkpotu:
(g) That she is lazy and incompetent or name whatever you thing that can deter a candidate from participating in elections in Nigeria.

I still beat my chest to tell you that so far Dora is a candidate to be relied upon, because despite detractors, NOBODY CAN COME TO SAY DORA HAS ANY SKELETON IN HER CUPBOARD OR ANY CORRUPTION ALLEGATION/INVESTIGATION/CHARGES AGAINST HER DESPITE SEVERAL POSITIONS SHE HAS HELP IN THE MIDST OF CANNIBALS.

As an Information minister, she has been incompetent and ineffectual. Her 'Rebranding' project turned out to be a failure and a colossal waste of funds. Her priorities as a Minister were puzzling at best (Imagine this woman telling the Senate that her key achievements were banning District 9 and forcing Sony to apologize).

Honesty has never been reason enough to vote someone in. We need someone honest AND competent, someone with an idea of the right priorities. Someone who's supporters will not embark on a face-saving campaign by chanting the silly mantra "round peg in a square hole".
We need someone with the integrity to either make the hole round, or to quit if it became clear that he/she is unsuited for that role. Simple as that.

Alxmyr:
You mean the rabble rouser has resigned

Yep, resigned to fuel her thirst for power

Haha!
These scammers first promised to pay in 2008. Then 2009. Then 2010. Then they promised payment was coming in 2011.

Now, they have indefinitely extended their payment period with this 'news' of Mobil 'defaulting' payment and talk of litigation.

it's unfortunate that people continue to be fooled by these half-baked scammers.

[quote author=Da_b¤§§. link=topic=569087.msg7349600#msg7349600 date=1292522215]@tezzapete
plz i really wanna knw wats wrong with xperia x10 cos my ericssion/andriod fan boy friend is planing to buy it[/quote]The hardware is ok, but thanks to Sony slapping on their custom skin on Stock Android, the Xperia X10 is far behind the curve when it comes to Android updates. The device shipped only with 1.6, and only moved to 2.1 at the end of October.
Good luck waiting for an official 2.2 port, not to mention Gingerbread 2.3