iOS vs Android

You have to become part of the Apple Cult if you want to look important and successful.:)

ChuckSteed wrote:
iPhone works just fine. And if people would learn to use cloud based storage for their pics and such they would have plenty of room on their phone for day to day use. Cloud servers are reliable storage venues for your photos. Clear up available memory on phone by using it

Well, relatively reliable. I wouldn't use cloud storage as the only backup I had. I like my stuff local, where I can still get at it if my internet goes down, or the storage site changes user policies.

iPhone works just fine. And if people would learn to use cloud based storage for their pics and such they would have plenty of room on their phone for day to day use. Cloud servers are reliable storage venues for your photos. Clear up available memory on phone by using it

I have several apps that are available only for Android. Wife has iphone, new IOS killing her battery. Apple keeps rolling out updates for newer phones but if you update older phone you risk killing battery. Also, you WILL miss that android "back" button if you go iphone. If you've never owned either you won't know any better. I'm constantly trying to clear out pic's and apps to keep wife's iphone from running out of memory. On my android I just move stuff to the memory card. I hate itunes......

Wife and I just bought Android Samsung Galaxy J3's for $30 each! (on sale thru our provider) All we need to do is talk and text, sending and receiving pictures, and gps for finding restaurants on the road, etc. So far, we are very delighted with our choice. Our monthly bill will be actually less than before it was with our old-old plan and flip phones.

My wife and daughter use Iphones. I'm an android guy. Here's why.

I use my phone for almost everything. I store my music on it (95 albums worth). I store my pictures on it and use it to take pictures of almost every event I go it be it camping trips, races, concerts, family get togethers etc. I can't tell you how many times my wife and daughters phones filled up and they had to do the hurry up and delete stuff (Old apps/pictures/etc they are no longer using) to free up space.

Prices range from $749-64 gig, $799-128 gig to $899-256 gig for Iphones. I can buy a 256 gig memory card for $69 for my android but apple wants to charge me a $150 premium to build in 256 gigs of memory and not give me a memory card slot. I don't think so. They also did away with their earphone plug and now use their lightning plug which made all their users go buy new earplugs.

Apple reminds me of HP Computers a few years ago when they started building computers that wouldn't fit anything but their overpriced parts if you wanted to upgrade or replace something that went bad. Power supplies that cost twice what anyone else was charging for them so it was either pay it or junk the PC and go buy a new one. Oh how the mighty fall once people catch on.

So for me, it's become a matter of your not charging me more for what I can get for less and is on a more popular platform. If everything else I had was apple, I guess I'd have to hold my nose and buy one but thankfully I never got sucked into Apples marketing and have Samsung tablets, Windows PC's and Android phones, All of which I love.

Just got heart device yesterday. Appears to work OK with my iPad. However, I still have a smart phone in mind for the future. That being the case, all the replies on this thread have proven invaluable in helping me make an informed decision. Thanks again to everybody!

I use whatsapp available for android and ios. Does video, voice, voice messaging, and text messaging with encryption for all of the above. Free.

valhalla360 wrote:
Then there are VoIP...skype (if you pay for a phone number)

I use Google Hangouts on my Android phone. It's a free App and no charge for phone calls. It's also available for iPhone.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.talk&hl=en_US

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hangouts/id643496868?mt=8

lovemountains wrote:
Our hearing aids are connected to our Android phones, via blue-tooth. You won't need wi-fi for controlling the hearing aids. It's wonderful to be able to turn the volume up or down in restaurants, listening to radio in car, watching TV, or camping in remote places.

Yeah, but you can get hearing aids with little buttons on them that allow you to change volume, or adjust the program. That precludes the need to dig the phone out of your pocket, turn on the phone, open the app, wait a sec for it to connect, and then adjust. KISS