[Magnanimity]

I've had an iPhone since the 3GS and to be honest, I'm bored of it.

What does android offer above and beyond an iPhone? I'm quite naive in that respect. The iPhone has always just been a convenient, easy option for me especially now I am 'locked' into Apple.

I'm quite intrigued by being able to run emulators, imagine having PS1 games on the go! Anything along those lines would convince me.

I did try the Sony Xperia Play a while back and HATED it but I presume the Galaxy SIII/HTC One X would be a different class?

[Joeyboy 12]

Blackberry if you're really sociable. The only thing that annoys me with mine is that I can't go on BBM (I have an iPhone 4)

[ForensicShoe]

(Original post by Magnanimity)
I've had an iPhone since the 3GS and to be honest, I'm bored of it.

What does android offer above and beyond an iPhone? I'm quite naive in that respect. The iPhone has always just been a convenient, easy option for me especially now I am 'locked' into Apple.

I'm quite intrigued by being able to run emulators, imagine having PS1 games on the go! Anything along those lines would convince me.

I did try the Sony Xperia Play a while back and HATED it but I presume the Galaxy SIII/HTC One X would be a different class?

Samsung SIII ****s over almost any other smartphone on the market (and I have a HTC ). Great alternative to the iPhone.

[Oh my Ms. Coffey]

Not that you'd really want to go on BBM being either a male or over 12.

[.eXe]

SIII > pretty much any other phone

However:
1) it doesn't have jelly bean and won't for a while
2) is considerably expensive

I would suggest getting a HTC One X or a Galaxy Nexus as your first foray into android. Out of the two, I would recommend Nexus.

Excellent software/hardware/bang for your buck.

[Miraclefish]

The SIII is superior to the One X in several counts: much better battery, which is removable; SD card slot and Samsung's cool (but optional) features.

I've just upgraded from my iPhone 4 to it.

Biggest and best reason? You don't have to deal with Apple or iTunes. You want to put a film and a song on your phone? Just drag and drop it there. Or pop it on a memory card.

None of this 'ahh, your music is managed by your laptop, if you want to add a photo from your desktop PC, you'll have to erase everything on it and start again. Also you can't use ringtones because we say so.'.

Freedom, sweet, beautiful freedom!

[Inverse]

(Original post by Miraclefish)
The SIII is superior to the One X in several counts: much better battery, which is removable; SD card slot and Samsung's cool (but optional) features.

I've just upgraded from my iPhone 4 to it.

Biggest and best reason? You don't have to deal with Apple or iTunes. You want to put a film and a song on your phone? Just drag and drop it there. Or pop it on a memory card.

None of this 'ahh, your music is managed by your laptop, if you want to add a photo from your desktop PC, you'll have to erase everything on it and start again. Also you can't use ringtones because we say so.'.

Freedom, sweet, beautiful freedom!

The One X's SLCD2 screen (which is better by the way) is naturally brighter, so just a simple brightness tweak and the battery level is on par. I'm running a HTC sense-removed ROM which gives me better battery life than any stock SGSIII user will ever have. I've never met anyone who needs more than 32GB phone storage, and you get that with the One X. The build quality of the S3 is inferior and the material which it is made of feels cheap and flimsy. The only freedom you really get is when you root/unlock your bootloader. I've returned my SGSIII because it's not the better phone.

[. . .]

(Original post by Magnanimity)
I've had an iPhone since the 3GS and to be honest, I'm bored of it.

What does android offer above and beyond an iPhone? I'm quite naive in that respect. The iPhone has always just been a convenient, easy option for me especially now I am 'locked' into Apple.

I'm quite intrigued by being able to run emulators, imagine having PS1 games on the go! Anything along those lines would convince me.

I did try the Sony Xperia Play a while back and HATED it but I presume the Galaxy SIII/HTC One X would be a different class?

Watch all 5.

[Inverse]

Here's a video which might want to make you throw your iPhone away.

[.eXe]

And here is a link to help you decide which android phone to get, especially since by now I am sure you don't want any iCrap anymore

http://geekaphone.com/compare/HTC-On...g-GALAXY-Nexus

[Inverse]

(Original post by .eXe)
And here is a link to help you decide which android phone to get, especially since by now I am sure you don't want any iCrap anymore

http://geekaphone.com/compare/HTC-On...g-GALAXY-Nexus

Most online reviewers are technologically inept, they don't even know the names of the screen technology and don't even know that RGB displays and Pentile displays exist. So misinformed.

[.eXe]

(Original post by Inverse)
Most online reviewers are technologically inept, they don't even know the names of the screen technology and don't even know that RGB displays and Pentile displays exist. So misinformed.

True but the average consumers are even worse so it doesn't matter much really.

[Miraclefish]

(Original post by Inverse)
The One X's SLCD2 screen (which is better by the way) is naturally brighter, so just a simple brightness tweak and the battery level is on par. I'm running a HTC sense-removed ROM which gives me better battery life than any stock SGSIII user will ever have. I've never met anyone who needs more than 32GB phone storage, and you get that with the One X. The build quality of the S3 is inferior and the material which it is made of feels cheap and flimsy. The only freedom you really get is when you root/unlock your bootloader. I've returned my SGSIII because it's not the better phone.

That's all subjective mate.

The two screens both have various pros and cons, the build quality is a little in the One X's favour but I prefer the Samsung's design and shape.

And the battery isn't just a brightness tweak apart, the S3 has over 20% more capacity. As for TouchWiz, it's horses for courses. I have a Xoom running ICS and I like the vanilla OS, but TouchWiz is no worse, merely different.

I tested both and plumped for the Galaxy, but there was so, so little between them I could have happily tossed a coin.

Either way, both leave iPhones trailing in the dust.

[. . .]

(Original post by .eXe)
And here is a link to help you decide which android phone to get, especially since by now I am sure you don't want any iCrap anymore

http://geekaphone.com/compare/HTC-On...g-GALAXY-Nexus

I would never understand people who buy the latest phone. A phone should be bought to suit the users need and if that is the worse phone reviews wise so be it. Personally I prefer the galaxy nexus to any other phone on the market but that's just me others may have different opinions.

[ToastyCoke]

Galaxy S3 is top of the pile right now. Until the iPhone 5 comes out. S3 is a great piece of kit, flat mate has it. And obviously the iPhone 5 will be too. You won't lose with either of them.

[Colour Me Pretty]

(Original post by Miraclefish)
The SIII is superior to the One X in several counts: much better battery, which is removable; SD card slot and Samsung's cool (but optional) features.

I've just upgraded from my iPhone 4 to it.

Biggest and best reason? You don't have to deal with Apple or iTunes. You want to put a film and a song on your phone? Just drag and drop it there. Or pop it on a memory card.

None of this 'ahh, your music is managed by your laptop, if you want to add a photo from your desktop PC, you'll have to erase everything on it and start again. Also you can't use ringtones because we say so.'.

Freedom, sweet, beautiful freedom!

This made me laugh, even though I've just sold my soul and got the 4S

[.eXe]

(Original post by ToastyCoke)
Galaxy S3 is top of the pile right now. Until the iPhone 5 comes out. S3 is a great piece of kit, flat mate has it. And obviously the iPhone 5 will be too. You won't lose with either of them.

Nexus with Jelly bean is a worthy (and considerably cheaper) adversary to the SIII

[LETSJaM]

Because Android (& HTC) phones are far superiour in every single way. Duh!

<3 x

[Inverse]

(Original post by Miraclefish)
That's all subjective mate.

The two screens both have various pros and cons, the build quality is a little in the One X's favour but I prefer the Samsung's design and shape.

And the battery isn't just a brightness tweak apart, the S3 has over 20% more capacity. As for TouchWiz, it's horses for courses. I have a Xoom running ICS and I like the vanilla OS, but TouchWiz is no worse, merely different.

I tested both and plumped for the Galaxy, but there was so, so little between them I could have happily tossed a coin.

Either way, both leave iPhones trailing in the dust.

No, it's not. RGB pixel arrays are superior to Pentile pixel arrays. The design and shape is subjective, but the build quality on the One X is better. When I took the back cover off (which got loads of fingerprints easily) I always thought it was going to snap because of how flimsy and thin it was on the S3.

I hate both Touchwiz and Sense, I prefer a clean ICS experience. I've owned them both and extensively tested them and can safely say that the One X is better, even for the average consumer. I know, these phones both destroy the 4s and will destroy the 5, since iOS 6 has already been slaughtered by Jellybean and it's laughable that Apple is implementing features which were already included in Gingerbread all the way back at version 2.3.

[EGjeff]

(Original post by Joeyboy 12)
Blackberry if you're really sociable. The only thing that annoys me with mine is that I can't go on BBM (I have an iPhone 4)

Never saw the appeal of BBM when even cheap contracts have unlimited texts anyway, and all phones now display texts in the chat format so what's the point?

And I have a blackberry haha, albeit given to me for free, never bothered with the BBM though.