"Never mind the fact that the iPod turned the entire music industry on its head. Never mind the fact that most successful notebooks today resemble designs first popularized by Apple. Never mind the fact that the blueprint of the modern day smartphone remains the original iPhone. Never mind the fact that competitors are scrambling wildly to copy the success and design of the iPad. Forget all of these things, because when it comes to Apple, the 'what have you done for me lately?' mentality reigns supreme."
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If it doesn't perform as smoothly as an iPhone it likely doesn't perform well at all. There's not much of a gray area between smooth and not smooth.
I don't think your mythical phone being not-quite-as-fast as an iPhone does much to disprove my point.
Android, still, to this day, despite Jelly Bean, still isn't up to iPhone levels of smoothness on any device. That's why I cited it as an example of Android's ongoing evolution.
Member since:2009-08-11
I don't want to be too nit-picky but if you're going to make features to price comparisons you ought to use real numbers. A new iPhone 5 16GB costs $199 USD with an AT&T contract. A comparable Android phone (also form AT&T) doesn't get cheaper than $299 USD. I don't study math but I'm fairly certain 199 is not 10% of 299.
I'm not an Apple "FanBoy" as they are called, I use Apple's products because they offer quality, durability, and a pleasant use experience. I don't defend them, I defend rationality. If you make an argument against Apple (or anyone or anything) that makes sense and is properly founded I will believe you, not in any other case.
Sources:
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone5
https://www.att.com/shop/wireless/devices/androidphones.html
Member since:2007-04-18
Nelson, stop diverting again. Soulbender didn't say that Gingerbread phones run as smoothly as iPhones do, yet you insist on making this a dick-measuring contest. Soulbender is right, there are plenty of Gingerbread phones out there that are very usable (my GF's Galaxy Note is one example - never seen a single stutter at all), and when you are shown to be incorrect in your assertions, like a kid you try to change the subject. Stop talking childish nonsense and accept when you are proven wrong.
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Yes really. I've never seen a Gingerbread phone that performed as smoothly as an iPhone, but I'm sure somewhere in your imagination such a mythical phone exists.