FabSwingers.com forum: Android vs Apple

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Which do you prefer and why?

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By *_MariusMan
over a year ago

Currently Faraway

Apple. Android seems like a copycat version of apple to me, at least as far as the interface is concerned. Having said that some android phones are pretty cool; like my partner’s Huawei has a clock app that shows the minute and second hands, which I really like. Apple doesn’t.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apple.

Just because

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apple. No real reason anymore I guess, but brand loyalty. They got me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Android, no brand loyalty, I go for best value for performance.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Android as it's a much more open system than Apple. Windows Mobile was the best of the 3.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Android all the way for me - to be fair it's all I've ever had, but seems far better value for money and the wealth of choice is far better.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Android, no brand loyalty, I go for best value for performance."

Smarty pants...

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

Luke: Android, because I refuse to be one of those fawning buffoons who think that Steve Jobs was their personal saviour and pays through the nose for stuff that I can't work out how the hell to use because it's so f---ing unintuitive.

Hannah: Loves everything Apple.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apple more apps

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Android, no brand loyalty, I go for best value for performance.

Smarty pants..."

I just don't see the point in buying £800-£1200 phone that does the exact same thing as a £300-500 phone.

They sell those phones by advertising stupid gimmicks like a 30x hybrid zoom, vein reading, wave motion response...

Like who on earth is going to use that? You might use it once as a party trick but then you've spent £500 for a feature you've used once

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Apple more apps "

"As of that period, Android users were able to choose between 2.46 million apps. Apple's App Store remained the second-largest app store with almost 1.96 million available apps"

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By *V-AliceTV/TS
over a year ago

Ayr

Android. I'm not an iSheep.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apple just works

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Android, no brand loyalty, I go for best value for performance.

Smarty pants...

I just don't see the point in buying £800-£1200 phone that does the exact same thing as a £300-500 phone.

They sell those phones by advertising stupid gimmicks like a 30x hybrid zoom, vein reading, wave motion response...

Like who on earth is going to use that? You might use it once as a party trick but then you've spent £500 for a feature you've used once

To be fair I started using Apple back in the day they were worth the extra money and simply can’t be arsed to change now. However the points the Android users are making are also valid.

I’m going to fall back on a Fab favourite and say..... it’s all down to personal choice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Android:- don't like to be restricted as apple OS does, security feature is not at par but is apple OS secure 100%? So why pay more and once you buy 800-1000£ phone you can change soon, wherein 500£ phone can be

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I've allways used android. But I've had problems connecting the sat nav to my car.

Someone suggested to try his apple phone to see if it would work and it worked perfectly. The sat nav looked better on my cars screen and it was easy to use. It even showed me a music option which I am yet to see with my android phone.

So now I'm swaying towards apple.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’ve had both I’m currently using an apple ipone and must say I prefer the android alltho I can’t explain why

Mrscxxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apple phone are expensive but they are better quality and last longer.

Android phones have so many glitches but they do offer value for money

Do you want the very best or value for money?

It’s a personal choice

Most people get sucked into each eco-system

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Apple more apps "

One of the reasons why I bought my first phone was because I was told android had more apps.

I guess it was a lie then lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Android, no brand loyalty, I go for best value for performance.

Smarty pants...

I just don't see the point in buying £800-£1200 phone that does the exact same thing as a £300-500 phone.

They sell those phones by advertising stupid gimmicks like a 30x hybrid zoom, vein reading, wave motion response...

Like who on earth is going to use that? You might use it once as a party trick but then you've spent £500 for a feature you've used once

To be fair I started using Apple back in the day they were worth the extra money and simply can’t be arsed to change now. However the points the Android users are making are also valid.

I’m going to fall back on a Fab favourite and say..... it’s all down to personal choice

If it works for you stick to it, I don't care what phone people use, whether it's apple or android or even windows. Their money their choice, but it does annoy me when they spread misinformation.

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By *elloIntrigueMan
over a year ago

North West UK

I'm all about the Android!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Apple more apps

One of the reasons why I bought my first phone was because I was told android had more apps.

I guess it was a lie then lol. "

If you think about it deeply, you only need a few apps and they are available on both platforms

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’ve never owned an android phone.

I’ve had apple since the release of the I phone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Android - Samsung. I've tried both.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apple is classy

Android is for cheap skates

I don’t meet people who use Android

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Android..simply better and more customisable

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I think it depends on the quality of the phone as well. My last phone was an expensive Samsung phone and this time I bought a cheap Huawei.

I bought it because the salesman said it had a higher spec than some of the expensive phones.. So I thought why not.

It doesn't run so good as my old phone though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think it depends on the quality of the phone as well. My last phone was an expensive Samsung phone and this time I bought a cheap Huawei.

I bought it because the salesman said it had a higher spec than some of the expensive phones.. So I thought why not.

It doesn't run so good as my old phone though. "

One plus is best when it comes to Android but not as good quality as Apple

You get what you pay for

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By *evil_u_knowMan
over a year ago

city

Android, its more open, it does not block conent stuff like adult content. Its walled garden is more open and less restrictive.

A walled garden is when you get everyone into your apps for social/messaging/music/movies

Apple has a bigger history of stealing ideas/technology. They even tried to steal their processors ha. I'm not a fan of that.

Both are not great though. They were good on limited spec phones, but now middle range phones are perfectly capable of running full operating systems, so we need to shift to something else.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Android, its more open, it does not block conent stuff like adult content. Its walled garden is more open and less restrictive.

A walled garden is when you get everyone into your apps for social/messaging/music/movies

Apple has a bigger history of stealing ideas/technology. They even tried to steal their processors ha. I'm not a fan of that.

Both are not great though. They were good on limited spec phones, but now middle range phones are perfectly capable of running full operating systems, so we need to shift to something else."

What are you on about???

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apple - It's easy and needs absolutely zero maintenance. It's a phone ffs.

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By *evil_u_knowMan
over a year ago

city

"Android, its more open, it does not block conent stuff like adult content. Its walled garden is more open and less restrictive.

A walled garden is when you get everyone into your apps for social/messaging/music/movies

Apple has a bigger history of stealing ideas/technology. They even tried to steal their processors ha. I'm not a fan of that.

Both are not great though. They were good on limited spec phones, but now middle range phones are perfectly capable of running full operating systems, so we need to shift to something else.

What are you on about???"

I made sveral points, which one are you asking more info about?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Android, its more open, it does not block conent stuff like adult content. Its walled garden is more open and less restrictive.

A walled garden is when you get everyone into your apps for social/messaging/music/movies

Apple has a bigger history of stealing ideas/technology. They even tried to steal their processors ha. I'm not a fan of that.

Both are not great though. They were good on limited spec phones, but now middle range phones are perfectly capable of running full operating systems, so we need to shift to something else.

What are you on about???

I made sveral points, which one are you asking more info about?"

All your points are useless.. I don’t even want to go in details

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By *awk90Man
over a year ago

Amsterdam

I'm an android boy all the way, but mainly because I like twiddling, I guess!

I like to peek behind the curtain, and write little apps and stuff, so an open source OS is great

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm an android boy all the way, but mainly because I like twiddling, I guess!

I like to peek behind the curtain, and write little apps and stuff, so an open source OS is great"

So Ubuntu

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By *awk90Man
over a year ago

Amsterdam

"So Ubuntu

Indeed, I do that for my laptop :p

Or Debian, to be precise and very nerdy about it...

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By *evil_u_knowMan
over a year ago

city

"All your points are useless.. I don’t even want to go in details "

Well then why ask?

Apple are the biggest tech thieves on the planet. They bankrupted an English company taking their graphics stuff. They tried to steal heart rate monitors for their watch, they were caught passing info to intel from Qualcomm, qualcomm sued and now apple have to go back to them for processors.

Their operating system and android are shit because they cant let the app developer use extra cores, the extra cores are just for show.

Apple bans all adult apps, and you have to complie any apple app on an apple product you cant compile them on windows or linux.

Apple blocks all apps that are adult only content. You do know thats the reason you have to visit the fabswinger website instead of download a fabswinger app? Because apple wont allow such an app on their market, ever.

Apple is a product for people who need to be hugged and told everything is going to be okay, and kept inside a garden with a wall around it safe from the big bad world out there.

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By *evil_u_knowMan
over a year ago

city

"I'm an android boy all the way, but mainly because I like twiddling, I guess!

I like to peek behind the curtain, and write little apps and stuff, so an open source OS is great"

Sailfish would be good, but its limited release, and you have to pay for it, but you would be able to write much more powerful apps.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"All your points are useless.. I don’t even want to go in details

Well then why ask?

Their operating system and android are shit because they cant let the app developer use extra cores, the extra cores are just for show.

Apple bans all adult apps, and you have to complie any apple app on an apple product you cant compile them on windows or linux.

Apple is a product for people who need to be hugged and told everything is going to be okay, and kept inside a garden with a wall around it safe from the big bad world out there."

Most of that is bullshit.

Nice try though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apple.

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By *awk90Man
over a year ago

Amsterdam

Sailfish would be good, but its limited release, and you have to pay for it, but you would be able to write much more powerful apps."

I'm fine with Android, thanks. It's basic Linux anyway, so once you get to the bottom of it, I can do enough to suit my needs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Android, i just like the peformance and their battery

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I've tried downloading FabSwingers app on my Android before but I can't do it.

It says no need to download

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apple . For a technophobe the user interface is generally easier to navigate

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By *atcherwankerMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Do apple still make all their basic features really exclusive so they only work with other apple products, like when iPhones could only send picture messages to other iPhones? And are they still taking technologies that have existed for decades and slapping an apple sticker on it and convincing everyone they invented it, like when they changed the name of "video calling" to "FaceTime" and everyone lost their minds? (Oh, and restricted it to other apple products)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Android but only because apple are as delicate as a 24 year old petal my galaxy is like a tank

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By *uciyassMan
over a year ago

sheffield

"Android but only because apple are as delicate as a 24 year old petal my galaxy is like a tank "

Construction wise yes I agree Android are like bricks but memory wise from my experience are shit so apple for me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Android.

Fuck apple!

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By *oeyttMan
over a year ago

london / East Midlands

Had apple now on android never go back to apple now much easier android

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By *llaboutthewifeCouple
over a year ago

Cardiff

Android

But I'm hopeless with technology

Currently I can't hear people on the calls, it's really faint. I must have done something, so I'm off to Samsung today for some help. Must hide all my naughty pics first!

Jo x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Also android sounds hard as fuck apples are just fruity smush

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By *m3232Man
over a year ago

maidenhead

Apple for me it works when I pick it up and that’s all that counts lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apple as the android software is rubbish. Crashes loads. Never have an issue with my Apple products.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As Lib said; it's a phone. I never understand why people get so abusive because people prefer different things.

I prefer apple because it feels more intuitive to me. I've currently got an android phone which works fine though.

Calling people 'sheep' or other ridiculous names is puerile.

Tea

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Android. I'm not an iSheep.

This

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I loved my flip phone back in the 90s. It had light up numbers. Bleeped when I hit the key pad and told me on the screen what number I was calling. I felt so cool pulling out the aerial, flipping it open and speaking into it. What more could you want from a phone ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Android. Have an iPhone for work and it's utter shite. My Pixel dumps on it from a great height.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Android

My S10+ is a thing of beauty

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By *eanne n AliCouple
over a year ago

glasgow

Android all the way here for both of us. Don't want to be locked into the Crapple ecosystem, having to buy dingles that cost a fortune to make industry standard accessories work, pay a fortune for devices that don't do anything any better than anything else.

Still each to their own, we all have different likes and dislikes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have had three IPhones now find them easy to use and I’ve never had a problem with them. My first experience of smart phones was two Samsung hated them both won’t have another one.

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By *ocbigMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

personal phone Apple.

work phone Android.

Both annoying.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

To use apple for reliability android

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like the ability to save as many photo's as I want, then when the memory card gets full, I buy one with twice the capacity and transfer the job lot.

I can also choose what music to have on my phone without iTunes faffing about with it.

I know there's the iCloud for picture storage, but I don't want everything on the cloud.

Been a samsung user for about 10 years and always been happy with them. Personal preference and all that. The main driver for me is Samsung went IP67 well before iPhone's became water resistant.

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By *ambsLad2Man
over a year ago

Peterborough

If an Apple logo was put onto a steaming turd, people would buy steaming turds in their millions.

I've suffered a work iPhone for too many years. It has just been replaced by an Android phone. I am happy now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Had both and totally love android can run my whole business on it (some of my software isn't supported on an iPhone) plus have a dual sim! So it figures has to be andriod lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Should have added have a Samsung

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Andriod every time.

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By *gnitemybodyWoman
over a year ago

Onestepoutofthedoor

I have a Samsung Galaxy A5 it does me,I don't get the fascination in spending silly money on an expensive phone. Perhaps I'm missing something I still wouldn't get an Apple,have you seen the bloody queues in an Apple store when you have a problem stuff that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Android but only because apple are as delicate as a 24 year old petal my galaxy is like a tank "

You know that's nothing to do with the OS though?

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"Which do you prefer and why? "

Android. With no extra software you can plug it into a pc and it's like a big usb stick. You can drop pics and music in and out with ease

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Been an Android user for a long time, but I am harsh on my phones and they often get damaged on work.

Android gives a lot more bang for your buck, is much more customisable and has less clutter.

I'm on my first (second hand) iPhone and whilst I prefer android, I'm not too disappointed with apple.

I only bought it because it was cheap, I will say spare parts are cheap and easily obtainable so hopefully it will be repaired where a Chinese Android became beyond repair.

I do think Apple made it unnecessarily difficult to customise, impossible to install 3rd party apps without jailbreak and then mobile banking stops working. Even putting a custom ringtone on was difficult, these things are standard with Android.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Android ...alway seen apple as greedy and limited

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I loved my flip phone back in the 90s. It had light up numbers. Bleeped when I hit the key pad and told me on the screen what number I was calling. I felt so cool pulling out the aerial, flipping it open and speaking into it. What more could you want from a phone ?"

I can just about remember phones like that. Some were like house bricks.. My uncle use to carry one around in a suitcase lol.

I got into mobile phones late in life, because I thought to my self.. Why would anyone want to carry a phone around with them

It just seemed stupid to me at the time.

Now I can't imagine life without one.

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By *htcMan
over a year ago

android, apple is to basic, and lacks technology around 3-5years behind others

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By *iss SJWoman
over a year ago

Hull

I’ve got an apple one at the moment but my friend has a Samsung Android and the camera is so much better I think I’m going to swap to one of those. Like someone else said, apple accessories are so expensive as well.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I’ve got an apple one at the moment but my friend has a Samsung Android and the camera is so much better I think I’m going to swap to one of those. Like someone else said, apple accessories are so expensive as well."

Do your research before you buy.

I think Samsung and Apple have very comparable cameras,

Pixel and Huawei take better pictures, but for videos Apple is doing better and the new Samsung note 10 is just another level.

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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in Co. Down

Android couldn't be bothered paying more for iPhone.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The camera on my S10+ is amazing - I just got it so I haven't experimented much yet.

iphone is quite limited when it comes to photos.

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By *iss SJWoman
over a year ago

Hull

Do your research before you buy.

I think Samsung and Apple have very comparable cameras,

Pixel and Huawei take better pictures, but for videos Apple is doing better and the new Samsung note 10 is just another level."

Too many choices - I’m rubbish as it is! Next time I get a new phone I think I’ll start a thread and ask advice

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"I have a Samsung Galaxy A5 it does me,I don't get the fascination in spending silly money on an expensive phone. Perhaps I'm missing something I still wouldn't get an Apple,have you seen the bloody queues in an Apple store when you have a problem stuff that

The A5 is a great phone and in fact when I got mine the spec was pretty much the same as the S8 which had just been replaced as the top of the range model by the S9 but was still widely available for at least double the price of the A5.

Have just upgraded to the A70 which again is half the price of the S10 for a similar spec

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do your research before you buy.

I think Samsung and Apple have very comparable cameras,

Pixel and Huawei take better pictures, but for videos Apple is doing better and the new Samsung note 10 is just another level.

Too many choices - I’m rubbish as it is! Next time I get a new phone I think I’ll start a thread and ask advice

Don't ask for advice on here, there are too many people with brand loyalty talking bollocks, watch MKBHD reviews

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By *iss SJWoman
over a year ago

Hull

Do your research before you buy.

I think Samsung and Apple have very comparable cameras,

Pixel and Huawei take better pictures, but for videos Apple is doing better and the new Samsung note 10 is just another level.

Too many choices - I’m rubbish as it is! Next time I get a new phone I think I’ll start a thread and ask advice

Don't ask for advice on here, there are too many people with brand loyalty talking bollocks, watch MKBHD reviews

I will do - thank you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'll go with Android as I've never owned an apple product.

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