Originally Posted By: jigen
Compared to Android I just see iOS as a better experience for day-to-day use.
I bet if I used it for a while, I'd probably agree. In fact, when I got my HTC Incredible 2, I had the choice of an iPhone 4 for the same price $199 at the time. I didn't do it for two reasons, one of them more significant than the other.
First, on my brief test-drive of it, it didn't seem as easy to use, meaning all that intuitive to me. But the more I think about it, the more I recognize that with no more than 15 minutes with it, I'm sure I could master it.
Secondly, and more significantly, my wife agreed to let me get this HTC "early" as a replacement for my buggy and already-replaced-once-under-warranty Motorola Droid 2. She really wants an iPhone and will probably get one when her Droid 2 is up for renewal. I'd have been dead meat if I came home with an iPhone first.
I will wholeheartedly agree with you that bad software can ruin the Android experience. I think Motorola is among the worst in that regard. Their Motoblur UI looks okay, but seems to be rather buggy, missing key features (like being able to sort contacts by last name for crying out loud), and resource-intensive. With the same processor speed (1 GHz), my new HTC blows my old Motorola out of the water in terms of performance.
Compared to Android I just see iOS as a better experience for day-to-day use.
I bet if I used it for a while, I'd probably agree. In fact, when I got my HTC Incredible 2, I had the choice of an iPhone 4 for the same price $199 at the time. I didn't do it for two reasons, one of them more significant than the other.
First, on my brief test-drive of it, it didn't seem as easy to use, meaning all that intuitive to me. But the more I think about it, the more I recognize that with no more than 15 minutes with it, I'm sure I could master it.
Secondly, and more significantly, my wife agreed to let me get this HTC "early" as a replacement for my buggy and already-replaced-once-under-warranty Motorola Droid 2. She really wants an iPhone and will probably get one when her Droid 2 is up for renewal. I'd have been dead meat if I came home with an iPhone first.
I will wholeheartedly agree with you that bad software can ruin the Android experience. I think Motorola is among the worst in that regard. Their Motoblur UI looks okay, but seems to be rather buggy, missing key features (like being able to sort contacts by last name for crying out loud), and resource-intensive. With the same processor speed (1 GHz), my new HTC blows my old Motorola out of the water in terms of performance.