iPhone vs. Android According to Kellie

There has been a lot of talk as of late about the new iPhone that is suppose to come out on September 21, 2012. In case you guys haven't noticed by now, Alan and I are on team iPhone. Some of our friends, however, are on team android all day long. The debates on facebook have prompted me to make a post on our blog.

Now, unlike my team android friends, I am not speaking as a person who has never used an android phone. That might be why I have a little bit of issue with people who say they don't like the iPhone and that android phones are either "just as good" or "better" than the iPhone. I have had 2 android phones and I know what happens with them. I know that one app can freeze up the ENTIRE operating system. So you end up having to try to turn off your phone by taking the damn battery out. With iPhone, apps do freeze up, but iOS keeps going. App freezes, app closes, app gets reopened in a matter of seconds. Done deal. No restarting. No opening of the battery compartment.

Now, how quickly does your battery die, android friends? I'll tell you. It's a hell of a lot quicker than the iPhone. Let's face it, all smart phones have battery lives that are nothing compared to the battery life of an old school Nokia. Hell, there are nokias that are 8 years old that still haven't been charged and are at 10% battery power as we speak. But there is a whole operating system that runs the phone, not including any apps, that take a ton of the battery power. I have seen people looking around for their chargers because their androids are at 10% at 12:00 pm after it was fully charged at 7 am. Me and my iPhone are going strong at between 65-94% depending on my usage for the day (ie: wifi use, playing song pop, and any other major battery draining apps). And that's without an extra charge.

Oh, so you have access to a ton more apps than I do? I somehow doubt that. Let's be honest, how many apps do we really need? We all have access to the same major apps for the same prices(facebook, twitter, words with friends, etc) and I don't put my iPhone at risk for a virus. Oh, you can get the Super Nintendo app? So can I! It's called Jail Break, bitches. A couple of simple steps and I have the same access that you have, without the viruses. The truth is that you guys have no more or no better access to apps than I do.

Oh, the sales man at Verizon said that your samsung galaxy is just as good or better than the iPhone? Is it because of a still glitchy operating system, or because it's the size of a tablet? Maybe it's because they make about $20 on the Samsung vs. about $5 on the iPhone. That's the real truth. The sales people at Verizon don't make a ton of money on iPhones. That's why they try to steer you away. And 8 times out of 10, they do. And when they do that, they are the only ones "winning".

There's nothing anyone can say that can convince me that the android is the superior operating system. And the things I'm saying may not change your mind about your android. You either like one or the other. But, I think I have proven my point. Every argument you have for the android will be countered. The point is that there are cell phones and then there are iPhones. There are good phones and there are iPhones. I think Apple put it best:

If you don't have an iPhone, you don't have an iPhone.