700,000 Android devices activated each day • Hacker News Board

Re: 700,000 Android devices activated each day

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Post by sipefree » Thu, Dec 22, 2011, 2:25 AM UTC

bad_user wrote: post #85

damptrousers wrote: post #83

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Nonsense. We've been hearing apple is screwed for 10 years now. That's idiotic. Apple doesn't have to own the market, and if you believe the Galaxy S is going to convert iPhone fans, you're nuts.

I was an iPhone fan until I got my Galaxy S. Don't I count? Do you want pictures of me holding both phones? Apple doesn't have to own the market Are you sure you're replying to the right comment? Are you talking to me? What I find truly idiotic is the myopia (some) Apple fans are capable of.

I'm a dev. I carry an iPhone 4 and a Galaxy S.

I hate the Galaxy S.

Disproven by counterexample.

Re: 700,000 Android devices activated each day

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Post by nmridul » Thu, Dec 22, 2011, 9:00 AM UTC

tobylane wrote: post #90

bad_user wrote: post #84

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With iOS: * there are no phone models available that allow to root your device without jailbreaking, a process that voids your warranty * you cannot install software from third-party sources, unless you jailbreak it * as a developer you cannot distribute software from your website, unless you want to limit yourself to nerds that have jailbroken their device * you cannot build your own device with iOS on it * certain…

Android is full of possibilities, but the carriers are often the ones doing something with this, making it worse for the majority of users. If every Android user got the next version as quickly as iOS users get their next version, and it was as clean as Google wanted, their phones would be massively improved.

Do you really have to depend on your carrier ? Most of the phones are available in the open market, with a higher price tag.

Re: 700,000 Android devices activated each day

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Post by nmridul » Thu, Dec 22, 2011, 9:02 AM UTC

sipefree wrote: post #91

bad_user wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was an iPhone fan until I got my Galaxy S. Don't I count? Do you want pictures of me holding both phones? Apple doesn't have to own the market Are you sure you're replying to the right comment? Are you talking to me? What I find truly idiotic is the myopia (some) Apple fans are capable of.

I'm a dev. I carry an iPhone 4 and a Galaxy S. I hate the Galaxy S. Disproven by counterexample.

Comparing iphone 4 to Galaxy S is like comparing apples and oranges. Care to compare your iphone to Galaxy S2 ?