Android v IOS, Discuss

TBi

Kev_2012 wrote: »

Well most articles on that suggest that Corning make the glass but it's not Gorilla Glass. iPhones use a lighter glass made by Corning. http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-confirms-Corning-is-making-the-glass-on-iPhones_id27664

Doesn't say anywhere there that it doesn't use gorilla glass. Please back up your claims or stop making them. Or at least put a "I believe..." in front of them.

Here i'll help you:

"I believe apple is not using gorilla glass, however i have no evidence to prove this. It's just a hunch. Just because it's as strong as gorilla glass, doesn't scratch easily like gorilla glass doesn't mean it's gorilla glass. As they say, just because it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck doesn't mean it's a duck!"

There isn't that much better?

jeromeof

1ZRed wrote: »

I doubt the iPhone uses gorilla glass but I've dropped it countless times from quite a height and have yet to even take chip out of it.
I hardly have any scratches on it even, and the ones I have are only visible when reflecting light.
I don't get why people think iPhones are so delicate.

Guys,
This conversation seems to ignore history. Gorilla Glass was going nowhere when Steve Jobs rang Corning and asked if they could make glass strong enough for their new Mobile phone (that was in 2006). So, of course the iPhone has gorilla glass, it was Apple's idea to use Gorilla glass in mobile phone screens. They would be suing all the other manufacturers asses now if they could have but because it wasn't there invention other manufacturers were free to copy this approach and approach Corning.
Here is a simple reference on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_Glass

Its in that fairly crappy Steve Jobs Bio also. Apple don't publish (or allow publishing) that third party products are used in their devices, hence why there is nothing on Corning website.

But even Gorilla glass doesn't fully protect a screen from cracking, especially if it lands on the edge, hence why lots of phone screen still crack.

Jerome

guil

I dropped my iPhone 4 loads of times and it only broke a few weeks ago when it fell out the window of the truck and landed face down on concrete

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

Well I've no idea what glass iPhone 4/4S uses but I know loads of friends who broke the glass with fairly minor drops. My nephews throw my Galaxy S2 around the room and it's yet to break.

I'm a 100% Android fanboi, just prefer coding for it, prefer having a removeable battery on my S2 and micro-sd card. But a few points against it:

1) I like coding for Android but the default UI that Google give you is sooo ugly. For example, that bottom nav bar with blue highlight on iPhone apps is about 2 or 3 lines of code. The equivalent on Android looks like this: http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/images/hello-tabwidget.png
I think we can all agree on what looks better. Most clients want the iPhone nav bar replicated on Android and it takes so much extra work.

But ugly UI seems to be improving with ICS.

2) In fairness, iPhone started this whole smartphone trend and Android copied it by and large but sure nothing is truly original. And that shouldn't affect your choice of phone.

3) A friend said it about iPhone, it's just 'slicker' than a Droid. I can't describe it, it's an intangible.

So I like the iPhone but still prefer my Galaxy S2. I don't code for iOS because I *cannot stand* Macs, computers for women and hipsters. But that's off topic

murpho999

georgiecasey wrote: »

Well I've no idea what glass iPhone 4/4S uses but I know loads of friends who broke the glass with fairly minor drops. My nephews throw my Galaxy S2 around the room and it's yet to break.

I'm a 100% Android fanboi, just prefer coding for it, prefer having a removeable battery on my S2 and micro-sd card. But a few points against it:

1) I like coding for Android but the default UI that Google give you is sooo ugly. For example, that bottom nav bar with blue highlight on iPhone apps is about 2 or 3 lines of code. The equivalent on Android looks like this: http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/images/hello-tabwidget.png
I think we can all agree on what looks better. Most clients want the iPhone nav bar replicated on Android and it takes so much extra work.

But ugly UI seems to be improving with ICS.

2) In fairness, iPhone started this whole smartphone trend and Android copied it by and large but sure nothing is truly original. And that shouldn't affect your choice of phone.

3) A friend said it about iPhone, it's just 'slicker' than a Droid. I can't describe it, it's an intangible.

So I like the iPhone but still prefer my Galaxy S2. I don't code for iOS because I *cannot stand* Macs, computers for women and hipsters. But that's off topic

Why are you promoting Android software by criticising Apple hardware?

Removable batteries etc has absolutely nothing to do with Android but phone manufacturer.


Complaining about iPhone glass cracking from falls (always a risk) is like saying that a Mercedes is a bad car if the windscreen cracks when hit by a stone.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

murpho999 wrote: »

Complaining about iPhone glass cracking from falls (always a risk) is like saying that a Mercedes is a bad car if the windscreen cracks when hit by a stone.

Really?!

Alright, you're obviously an Apple fanboy, I've learnt to avoid your type

TBi

georgiecasey wrote: »

Really?!

Alright, you're obviously an Apple fanboy, I've learnt to avoid your type

I'd say the issue with the iPhone is the aluminium and glass construction. The plastic of the S2 absorbs the impact better while the aluminium is rigid so doesn't absorb the shock, which is probably why the new iPhone cracks easier. This wasn't as much an issue on the old 3GS.

srsly78

georgiecasey wrote: »

I *cannot stand* Macs, computers for women and hipsters. But that's off topic

Bonus points for subtlety.

TBi

srsly78 wrote: »

Bonus points for subtlety.

Well apparently I'm a woman and a hipster ... and a fanboy!

lee_baby_simms

murpho999 wrote: »

Why are you promoting Android software by criticising Apple hardware?

If I had a penny for every time a phone store employee with latent hatred of Apple tried to sell me an Android handset.

Its like the dude who drinks Heineken not because he likes it but because "Carlsberg tastes like ****."

murpho999

georgiecasey wrote: »

Really?!

Alright, you're obviously an Apple fanboy, I've learnt to avoid your type

So your only response to a valid argument is to insult them?

For your information I'm not an Apple fan boy, only apple products I have bought is 2 iphones and one ipod in 10 years.

I just don't accept that if a users drops a phone on the ground and it breaks then it's a bad product.
If Apple were to bring out Rubber balls that broke when you dropped them, then you'd have a bad product but not a phone.

DubDJ

When you have a phone with glass on the front and back, then I can only imagine anyone with a basic few braincells would understand it's going to be a fragile phone.

If Android released a phone with similar design and you dropped it then i'm guessing the same thing will will happen to that phone. People who argue against an iPhone 4/4S with the point that the screen breaks when dropped are clutching at straws.

When looking for a new phone one of my feature's I look for isn't durability. I don't buy it to be dropped. I know people will drop phone's regardless of this but it's a risk you take. I've a case on my phone and no matter how many times's i've dropped the phone it's come out without a scratch. However the case has taken a few scratches and cracks. And that's plastic.

rushfan

where can I get a usb connection for a HTC Hero?

whiterebel

rushfan wrote: »

where can I get a usb connection for a HTC Hero?

Probably not on the apple forum. Might be better asking on the Android forum.