ScoobyDoo555

Now come on Jack,

EVERYBODY knows that due to your affection towards them, you've got a special iphone that has a better reception that everybody else's!

I'm sure you could travel to the moon, and still get a good reception.......


"Hi, Jack here. Two things that you need to know - I'm calling you from the moon. Cool eh? Even BETTER......... did you know I've got an iphone???"


please take in the light-hearted jest it is intended - I'm more shocked that nobody's really taken the p1ss out of Snazy: the Blackberry evangelist!!!

Dan

f1_fan

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iPhones are well known for not having as good reception as other phones.... the fanboys won't admit it, but in the real world it's the truth. Still as long as you look cool eh?

markjmd

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I thought these phone threads had been banned from this board?

Jamescsti

Never, this board is more about phones now than Subaru!

JackClark

iPhone 4s has the best call quality and reception of any smartphone.

MMT WRX

I was on T-mobile with my HTC and have moved to O2 with IPhone and for whatever reason the iPhone signal/reception/call quality etc seems much better to me.
Also, they did a hard reset on mine to try and resolve the faulty camera and led flash which failed so they are replacing my handset as soon as they get another in stock.

f1_fan

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Cool, they got it sorted at last

JackClark

Correct.

LSherratt

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I have an iphone and I admit, sometimes the signal can be a bit dodgey, but as long as you have updated it with the new version 5. operating system, it is A LOT better.

Suresh

I have had something like a 30% fail rate in moving the slider to answer a call when locked. Googling the problem suggests I'm far from alone with non-responsiveness of rhe slider when the phone is ringing. Also had the phone app crash so i was unreachable for half a day before I noticed. Installed ios5 so maybe this will fix it without introducing too many new probs. A phone that doesnt answer calls isnt much different to a house brick! The rest of the device is great, as said.

JackClark

Suresh I feel your pain. I've had that happen perhaps twice and I nearly launched the thing.

Jamescsti

I only got my phone after ios5 came out so that may explain why I have not had any issues

stevebt

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Just do what I did, get an ipod and a Samsung Galaxy s 2. I have the ipod for app store or whatever and the s2 for a quality phone. Both can be had cheaper than an iphone contract and you won't care what phone you get on upgrade as you still have the ipod

hux309

That's ok, your new notification bar looks like a cheap rip off what android has had for years.

Btw apple has recently patented nfc, despite it being on phones for a good 2-3 years lol.

Anyway has your phone exploded yet?

Reception on the nexus is just stellar, did a speedtest over hspda and i got a consistent 6kbps dl and 2.3kbps ul with 130ms ping.

Downside is you really need an unlimited package with this phone, it just screams through your data if you aren't careful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKsPLPZPkEI

JackClark

On one hand you moan about patents - which take years - and on the other you mock Apple for using something similar, which one is it?

I think you're data connection is almost as fast as mine if we're ***** waving, and luckily I'm on unlimited data.

Snazy

The thread seems to have lost its direction a little.... hi-Jack
I am going to give an S2 a test for a week or two.

For the record in all seriousness, its not intended nor likely to replace my Blackberry any time soon. And the bit about RIM folding soon was said in jest to please others, and seems to have worked lol.

As amazing as the iPhone series is I wont be buying one any time soon.

Snazy

What you trying to say Dan? lol
Truth is every one knows I have THE most superior phone on the market today.

Seriously though, I dont think RIM will fold any time soon, and am really not out panic buying.

hux309

Be a shame if rim did fold, as they do bring something different to the table.

Everyone needs a good ******* now and then.

ScoobySteve69

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You`ll have to keep us updated cos that`s one phone I`m contemplating getting

ScoobySteve69

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Until it explodes

Jamescsti

I believe rim will recover they had a bad time with the play book, they need to ditch it and stick the the handsets they have been producing, there is clearly a market for those

hux309

Yeah i think only the likes of samsung and apple can have a go at the high end tablet market.

Snazy

will do mate, arrives Tuesday

They were too slow getting the playbook ready, and launched it still lacking. For that they got burned badly. Shame really because it has so much potential. 2.0 will come too late, but hopefully sort some issues for owners.
As for their handsets, spot on for a user like me, and im sure they will continue to. 9900 for day to day, Galaxy for messing about and playbook for browsing etc.

Snazy

Dont get me wrong RIM gave the market exactly what it used for, hadware wise. However they failed with the software. They are developing in the right direction, but too slowly to be taken seriously by the mass market.
I will stick with my playbook for a long time yet.

Iain Young

Recently switched from an iPhone to a Galaxy S2. It's so much better. Faster, much more reliable, really nice screen (bigger that the iPhone), much better web browsing experience, better email, better battery life, etc. Not found a single feature that I had on the iPhone that isn't already on the Android phone (or that can be easily downloaded). Mostly the Android version seem to be as good (if not better). Add to that, I don't get classed as a sheep/lemming any more

Only downsides I have encountered so far really is that some of the apps don't look quite as polished as the Apple ones, and the Google store isn't as good as the Apple store. On the other hand, it means I don't have to use that awful resource hogging, bug ridden pile of poo that is iTunes

andy97

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Just wait till Ice-cream S update is on your phone

Jamescsti

I went the opposite way from the s2 the the iPhone4, I have found the battery life better on the iPhone even though I am using it more than the s2 as I use it for listening to music too which I never really did on the s2.
I also find the browsing experience to be pretty much on par with the s2.

No doubt the s2 has a better screen that's a definite however the reason I moved is because I do like I tunes so that was a big plus for me

Snazy

Are you using Ice Cream now? Really wanna know what the differences are between Gingerbread and IceCream, from a user view.

Interesting comments there Iain. One thing Apple do excell at is clean and polished looking apps. But functionality and fuss are important too. I get the impression that as Android increases its market share, the developers are keeping up with it. If only they would for Blackberry too lol.

That said, it will be interesting to see Android apps appearing on my Playbook shortly.

andy97

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I have HTC Desire with Aosp Rom. I have seen videos with ICS on the Galaxy S2. The official line is Samsung will release ICS (Android 4.0) for a whole range of their phones and tabs

Iain Young

I generally got around 24-30 hours out of the iphone (in normal use). I'm getting around 40-50 out of my S2. Obviously this plummets on both phones as soon as you start playing games on them Playing music (or using the FM radio on the S2) seems to have little effect on the battery on either phone.

I find the web browsing experience better on the S2 for a few reasons. Firstly the larger screen makes it easier to read stuff. Secondly, I've found that pages load faster, especially when the signal isn't too great. The fact that it supports flash is very useful at times (especially when trying to locate a shop when out and about, and their website requires flash to navigate around it - grrrr).

The camera is also excellent and much better than that on the iPhone. Not that I'm that bothered about it, (I have a SLR which I use regularly), but it's handy to have at times.



Do you use a Mac (I hear it's ok on Apple operating systems)? Try running it on Win7 64bit. It's as buggy as a buggy thing from planet buggy. Nasty, vile piece of software. Apple need to employ some decent Windows coders

Very impressed with the S2 so far, and I see no reason to ever go back to an Apple device. Looking forward to seeing ICS at some point