Honestly, since the beginning of the iPhone vs. Android war, there has been not a single Android phone I am interested in. Starting with the Android G1, which looked for me like a Fisherprice toy to the current, Samsung Nexus S – not a single one that really nailed it for me. It is no secret I like Apple stuff, but just comparing the two different ideologies behind the phone, shows you simply why Google is not going the right way with its mobile OS.
Android Version 1.0 was bound to a Gmail account. Means you had to have a Gmail account to get your contacts and mails. There was no POP3 or IMAP client pre-installed and I would doubt there was one on day one. You had to save everything in the cloud. Not optional, you had to!
People are often say that the platform that Apple provides is under total control of Apple. That is true and it is not always good, but on the other side, it gives you the safety that an app is not doing anything dodgy with your contacts, SMS application or anything else. This has been seen within the Android eco system quite a lot within the last months.
Here are a few examples:
Nasty Android Virus Fails To Inform You Your Calls May Be Recorded
Android hit by rogue app malware
Google removes 21 apps infected with malware from its Android Market, report says
And to bring it down to the point – if you want to run stuff that is not in the iTunes store on your iPhone just UNLOCK the damn thing!
Back to the release cycle
To be honest they pretty fast release new versions, which is from one view very impressive, but if you read this really good article at “the understatement” you will pretty soon realize that this is Androids biggest problem!
Apple always at least supported their hardware from the OS perspective at least for 3 years. Means a phone that is 3 years old (iPhone 3GS) is able to run iOS 5, which is while I am writing this, the current OS version of Apple.
If you look at the graph you will see that basically every Android phone sold is already out dated the moment you buy it.
I think this pretty much nails it down!
Buying a phone that is already out dated and rebuying a new one, just because the OS is not providing the latest features or having support for at least 3 years!
