i've been using my iPhone 3G since September 13th 2008.

for me... there's just something about the iPhone (when compared to any other touchscreen)...
feels like an extension of my hand. and the OS is so freakin' intuitive.


my next phone will be the iPhone 4...
which incidentally made it to india after a 10 month voyage from the US...
or the iPhone 5.


It's perfect for what i use it for. Calls. SMSes. Music.
and i've also got a buttload of Apps.


i've had no issues with the phone since day one.


P.S: i must admit tho... the Galaxy AMOLED screen is brilliant.

but everything else about the phone is "just not happening"

for me it's been... Once you go Mac... You never go back.

Can you name a few apple apps which are not available in the Android market ? Just remember, apps are just codes compiled to do a task. It can be created at any point of time. But how about the hardware in the phone ? How about the features out of the box ? Remember, software evolves for a phone, but if the hardware evloves,then its a brand new phone.BTW why dont you compare it with SGS2 and let all of us know how an i phone fares againts it. I am open to your comparison. Ah... why dont you do that first for IP4 and SGS first.
I am wondering why you were not able to install apps in Android.

Btw, i had an i phone last year from UK and had to convert every darn movie. There is no way i can connect it in mass storage and transfer data. These are some of the things which we will do on a daily basis and you dont scan a letter and send it across daily.In that case i will happily walk to a Cafe.I hope you get my point.

PS. Overlook typo pls

I agree with you. That is the exact reason for which i told that either its the i phone or its the SGS2. A person can chose it very easily with out any confusion. It depends on what the user requires.


@satan69in - Just following the XDA thread. The price is not out yet.

The iPhone vs SGS is like the classic R15 vs P220 comparison.

The P220 has brute strength that the R15 lacks.
But the R15 just feels so good when u're on it dunnit.

and... Jailbreaking for the iPhone is the equvalent of getting ur R15 Joel'ed.
it isn't required to enjoy ur iPhone... but when you do... it can me magical.

oPlayer & VLC are just two Apps that allow u to drag and drop all your video files onto ur iPhone.. an ur set.

No conversion necessary.

there are Apps for that too.

Guys check this out Apple iPhone 4 launched in India at Rs 34,500 for 16 GB model - The Economic Times

My friend is offering brand new iPhone 4G 32GB black for 32k and 16GB white for 35k with free unlock and jailbreak. Let me know if any one is interested.

I got my Galaxy S i9000 yesterday and whatever I had heard about it since past few months seems to be little. It an awesome cell with very intuitive touchscreen and brilliant 4.1" S-AMOLED screen which is surely a crowd puller. The 1GHz processor makes all the apps run seamlessly. Program memory is of several GBs which makes it possible to install tons of apps. And with Android 2.2 (Froyo) onboard we can even install apps in external memory. Camera is OK not that impressive but my Canon 550D makes me feel every other camera as puny

I have also purchased the limited edition Sygic's Map My India maps for Android for Rs. 450/- from eBay which I will install today and go for an demo tour in my car. Overall Galaxy S is way ahead of its competition in terms of TS, display and performance. And for Rs. 21,900 its surely a deal to die for !

The reason Iphone has achieved cult status in three words "Unbeatable User Experience"! The status image in public and all of that is incidental... it comes only after the user experience...

I have a Motorola Milestone... I bought mainly for the MotoNav feature... let tell you the Android experience in one word: "terrible"... Android development is fragmented and therefore is leading to a lot of glitches in the phone... sure you can always work around these glitches but is that the way its suppose to be? For example, while the phone was clean (meaning no apps), the MotoNav app would switch on without any issues... after installing a few apps, the MotoNav app will not switch on... it hangs and a hard reset is the only option to recover... now of the funny part, immediately after the hard reboot, switch on the MotoNav and its works .... is that how things are suppose to be?

I have never face such experiences in a Iphone... my phone never hangs nor does it do the Houdini act where battery charge is concerned (suddenly you are down by 2 bars of charge)...

No doubt iPhone 4 has a very good hardware and software combo, which makes in enjoyably raw and responsive. Add to that the highly pixel-dense display, and you have a nice phone.
But yet, with all modesty, I would say that sadly, its made by a company called Apple. A company so tyrant that they want that everything you use with your phones should be made by them or their representatives- chargers, batteries, connectivity cables, your pc management software, the apps, etc.

If you want to get some downloaded apps on your phone, it has to be through the official channel even if you created it. No memory card slot too.

It's hardware design is subject to less signals. Multitasking is somewhat limited. No file transfers over Bluetooth/ USB. no damn radio on it, and you have to use iTunes software to send everything to the phone!!

It's no wonder that Android disposed off Apple iOS sometimes back in terms of sales. I would suggest Samsung Galaxy SII if you want freedom of usage.

Still, if you want to do your research, read below:

Apple iPhone 4 review: Love it or hate it - GSMArena.com

Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II review: Brightest star - GSMArena.com

As you can see, demerits to the Galaxy SII are very less- plastic body, bit overheating, no camera key, no hot swapping memory card, and that's it!
Whether its graphics, body weight, feel, signal quality, video recording, still camera, freedom of usage, accessories support, everywhere Galaxy S2 leads, except maybe display's pixel density.

yes you can. oPlayer. it plays virtually every video format.

so it's a simple drag n drop.

One cant say iphone is totally useless.. unless its jailbreaked of course.been a 3gs user since a year and it never let me down in any way.how ever that battery % always makes me freak out .. i have apps for everything except bluetooth.saddens that i cant use a bluetooth in a high end phone to tansfer my files (app still dint come for ios4.1) where as my sister uses it in her micromax q5... its liek my iphone is living on jailbreaked apps to a major extent.Theres a DISKAID app for using teh phone as a hard drive.VLC to play any type of video file.

as another member said the touch of iphone is quite different.if one uses it for a long time ,one cant quit using it.its addictive.not to mention a time killer with those games and stuff.what i hate about apple is that they include the last decade's feature and advertise it as if they installed something revolutionary and what gets me is that they wont incorporate that installed feature fully.for example that stupid video calling.it can be done only via iphone to iphone and that too only on wifi..WTF ??? and we have to create an app again to counter it.

the gsmarena folks aptly said...its a love and hate relationship for every iphone user except the die hard "i stand by my iphone" users..

Finally got replacement for my SGS-2.

The heating issue is not much on this one when compared to earlier.
And the battery backup is also little better than the old one.

Experience till now have been pretty satisfying or quite happy with it.

1. Performance is top class (I can easily say better than its competitors).
2. Display is top class, I have seen few photographs that I haev clicked earlier on my SGS2 and fell in love with them again.
3. I never had problem with Android on my earlier phone Xperia X10 and definetly not yet any on SGS2.
4. No dead pixels as pointed out by GPFreak.

For me its VFM and right on.

As there is comparision going on with iP4 and SGS2, well both are good in certain areas and both are very very good in another areas.

Unless you are not leaned towards a BRAND, SGS2 must be the choice.

Can this map be installed in my Samsung Wave 533??? Also can anybody expalin me the difference between A-GPS and Google maps like which is better? I am planning to upgrade to Samsung Galaxy 551 or Ace. Could somebody provide the pros and cons of both?

@samarth & gpfreak thank you so much for your input guys,and also others,yes i agree both are diff phone but cost is same for both the phones,well i use t9 dictionary a lot also group msging for my friends and i use htc legend mobile which is a android 2.2, but both the phones made me crazy,also guys using iphone4 can u tell me about the ease of messaging ? if the messaging is very tough in ip4 then i will get the sgs2 !

txting is a breeze.

ur best option is to actually use both phones for about 30 minutes or so.

SG2 is not a direct rival to iP4, it is a notch higher for the start. Rivalry is between iP4 and SG-Original.

SG2 will be crossing roads with iP5 when it launches in Sep'11 (as speculated)... I dont agree with u guys who pitch SG2 against iP4.

Common guys, 1.2Ghz DUAL-CORE is definately looking for better match, Optimus 2X is up-close but battle will be taken to next level only when iP5 comes along....

Till then SG2 is here to stay......! (sorry iP4 likers, but that is what all tech editors has to say and also Samsung lovers will agree)

Apple Clearance Sale 2O11: Launches iPhone 4 in India

true.