I got into jailbreaking back when we were not allowed to do sms's. And since I'm so damn lazy and never want to "re-jailbreak" for a update I usually stay a few behind. Currently running ISO 5.0.1.

well said.

I'll add one more key issue based on my experience owning Android and Apple phones

Make sure you NEVER depend on the service provider to provide the phone OS upgrades. They have little to no incentive to upgrade your current hardware with a new version of OS because they want you to buy a new phone.
Most Android users are stuck in this position while iPhone users are not. Android's success depends on Google addressing this well documented issue.
But iPhone users are limited to one hardware platform choice. I hope Apple addresses form factor choices but it does not seem to impact sales.
As long as you are able to pull updates anytime they are made available by the manufacturer then either system should provide good service for the typical three year contract period. Practical upshot... Buy Apple or "Google" product for the best support/eco system experience.... no guarantee but a good precaution.

I was on Android but for now I'm on an iPhone 4S

I've had an android phone since evo 4g, for the time it came out it wasn't a bad phone. I then had a nexus s 4g and that was a big improvement from the evo and the battery life was amazing. Now I have a Samsung galaxy s3, and sorry no iPhone gets close to how good this phone is. No battery problems at all, my phone can easily last 2 days if needed. Battery life was a problem with older android phone and dumb users who leave GPS, blue tooth, 4g, WiFi... on all the time. If I wanted to I could buy an extra battery for my phone and actually use it. I can buy a micro sd card for more space, I have a 16gb sd plus 16 gb internal. I could have bought a 64gb or 32gb sd card and keep my same phone, no bs with upgrading phone like iPhone. And I don't have to go through rooting or jail breaking my phone to download any app I want for free. Does iPhone have Swype? C'mon. ;)

people still use iPhones?! :dunno:
seriously?
that's soooo 2008

Android still leads the pack in terms of pure penetration — as of this past June, it accounts for 51.8% of smartphones in use (up from 50.4% in Q1 2012) with Apple’s iOS right behind it at 34%.

Don’t feel too bad for Apple though, as they still have the highest smartphone manufacturer share by far (34% in Q2), with Samsung at a distant second.

NetMarketShare’s June report, meanwhile, showed the combination of iPhone and iPad give iOS a peerless position among its mobile computing rivals: 65.27 percent of all mobile phone and tablet computers combined use Apple’s operating system. Android took a distant second place with 19.73 percent.

NetMarketShare’s report also demonstrated the challenge ahead for Microsoft as it prepares to take on the iPad with its new Surface tablet: The company’s two mobile operating systems – Windows Phone and Windows Mobile – combined for just 0.69 percent of the market

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We live in interesting times! Blackberry(RIM) and Windows(Microsoft) relegated to the past and a fight surprisingly similar to MS vs. Apple; two computing models but this time in the mobile environment.

Of course Apple could just take over Google with cash on hand... :eek:

Silly question (from an Android user)... how do you close apps on iOS? I thought it basically did that by default when you went back to the home screen on iOS?

Background process are a double edged sword... Obviously many apps run background process to wake up the main process upon some event such as messages or mail or phone calls... but almost every active app will simply drop to background when you press the home button.
It is up to the user to close unwanted apps... Just like it works for OSX, Unix and Windows machines.
Advice to users: Read the manual and stop bitching!

To close any app:
Double click home
press and hold any of the icons shown
tap the red circled minus on the icons you wish to close

I'm running an app called Sys-Activity to track processes, memory use and battery performance.
As configured I have 31 processes running on my iPhone at the minimum. Phone and mail always run plus update processes for latitude, inrix, WiFi, notifiers etc.
Stand-by as configured is 200 hrs
Talk time 14 hrs

Damn guys all I was doing was making some suggestion and this just blew up didn't realize that bring a point (knowing it probably won't happen) would make so much talk but hey keep in going I'm just a teenager and I don't know half of this stuff so I'm learning a lot haha... Keep it up guys

Yeah, phone threads are like oil threads...

Grab some popcorn and enjoy the show!

Go Blackberry!

I love my torch

I just upgraded from my curve

awesomeness

:yelrotflm:fruit:

Yeah, right

If you're on a forum you most likely enjoy "discussing" (arguing) about things. :)

:rofl:
I hear the New Blackberry is due out ANY day now... :uhh:

I moved to from a BB Curve to a Razr Maxx. One hell of a learning curve.

:lol:, the Torch should have been named the Turd.

lol what? :icon_bs:

Apple has well over 100 Billion dollars in cash which is more than enough to buy controlling interest in Google

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Whatever, I just want my iPhone5!!! :lol:

I take what i said back lol

Rx7club has an app. :( I feel like where the red headed step child of the rotary community that just showed up one day and now no one can get us to go away. I want an app.