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In the meantime I'll be getting and HTC Evo 4 or a WP7

HTC Evo 4:

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[lalartu]

I was in the same boat and went with Galaxy S, which is really down to your own preferences.

iPhone 4 PROs:
-App store is about 50 times bigger than Android (although usefulessness of most apps is questionable, it terms of use, I'd say maybe 4x more useful apps on iTunes right now)
-apparently better resolution, but I wear glasses and couldn't tell if it was better or worse having played with both
-definitely a must if you're into Apple products and own a Mac

Galaxy S/other droids:
-novelty and customization. I love the fact that I can chance anything and everything and make it 10x faster than default settings by playing around with it
-independent of OS, works well anywhere and most apps are a breeze to install. just snap the barcode and you have it in 2 seconds
-SK offers unlimited data and on top of that you can turn your droid into a wifi hotspot, making it a mobile modem. in my book that's a big win over iphone right there
-it doesnt look like a brick (new iphone design is weird)
-has most of the necessary apps and access to three markets (samsung, tstore and android), all of which have independent developers. samsung and t store will definitely dominate in korea over appstore in terms of korea specific apps, which is an instawin in my book too.
-CHEAPER!
-expendable memory/exchangeable battery - a must for me as well especially since my iTOuch has started showing signs of bad battery after a year of use...used to last for 3-4 hours of video, now can only handle 2.5 max.

so overall I think Galaxy S is a winner in Korea and will definitely dominate, especially since Samsung is set on eliminating iphone from the market here.
on top of that, if you really miss the appstore, get an iTouch for 150$ and you get the best of both worlds. i play some games on my itouch, but most of the time use Galaxy S for unlimited internet/camera/anything else.

works fine and since Galaxy S+iTouch is still cheaper than getting iPhone 4, i don't see why anyone would get an iphone at this point in time anyway.

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Some part of this is down to the nature of the people who follow and write apps for Apple and those who follow Android.


Those are two very different groups of people. Android app writers are, meh, this will do.......iPhone app writers are doing the holy work...

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[lalartu]

iTunes independence is great. I hate the fact that i can only install certain apps from the one computer that I set up for my iTouch and they also require syncing as well.
if you're using torrented IPA files, you cant even sync them that easy between computers and will lose all your data if you ever transfer to another computer

during the more recent update, my itouch went nuts, so i had to wipe the whole thing and lost gigs of data and even though some of it was saved on the computer, a lot of it wasnt because it was from torrents or i didnt have enough space on my laptop to save it there

no problem with that on android as both torrents and marketplace apps are quite easy to install/use/save and transfer to/from computer

basically less limitations in terms of file transfer, no hassle to jailbreak either and so on.


I didnt know that KT had an unlimited plan too now.
either way, i don't think there is still a way to use your non jailbroken iphone as a wireless hot spot though. I remember reading that you could do it on a jailbroken phone though, but it was nowhere as convenient or easy as galaxy s.
galaxy s has an actual setting in the phone that lets you use it, making it hassle free and legal.

as for the korean apps, Seoul bus and all other iphone apps have been transfered to android long ago. also smart phones have been around a little longer than iphone in korea. iphone only came out the beginning of the year.
the itouch apps were too simple to be of any use.
most apps i get on tstore now are pretty much iphone transfers and they're getting a bunch of new ones every day.

if you want to officially change your battery on the iphone/itouch it actually costs approx. 200 000 won, which is basically the price of a new unit...
you could do it at yongsan with shady market guys, but it will void your warranty and will most likely make your phone ugly.

there was a similar service online in the US and they only charged 60$, but it turned your phone kind of weird. looked like an actual android after they were done with it

the battery inside your unit will eventually die and need to be changed anyway and that will cost a penny. i've still no idea why apple can't just put a slot on their phones to exchange the battery. biggest scam ever...

as for the app difference, it's very minor in my opinion.
appstore has more selection, but also a lot of the apps that people thought were great were rejected from the appstore and can only be found/used on jailbroken iphones, so in that sense itunes appstore is not that good.
android phones have several markets with different apps, mostly the essential stuff and a lot of the best apps/games that iphone has, but overall, i would say appstore has more choice.
also, dont forget that android apps are 100x easier to make. you only need java programming to create anything you want. it's a big incentive for new developers to get right into it. iphone however required a steep curve of learning a completely new and totally (otherwise) useless system with a separate language and so on. many new developers would choose an easier path.

also, all of the best iphone games have been released on android recently since new phone can play them better than iphone. same goes for best apps.

all the other stuff like dictionaries/maps/transportation/navigation is pretty much the same.

the few apps that are APPSTORE only are just variations of the above. nothing to sing songs about.

actually one game I wish was on android is Legend of Wesnoth, but since it's based on an online java app, i'm sure it will be coming out soon.

one other major advantage for android in my book is the complete google integration. even though iphone does have some google apps, it will never have all of them mostly due to google's interests in promoting its own Gphone.
galaxy s, just as google phones, will enjoy compelte integration, meaning you can/will be able to use gchat/gvoice/geverything else that they will come up with in the near future.
iphone will be limited to youtube and gmail.

gvoice is already an awesome feature that i dont think i would trade for anything. basically you can voice chat with people who have gmail account and you don't waste any minutes and the connection/speed is awesome. in other words, it's like skype, minus the hassle of skype.
you also save your phone time and can pretty much voice chat with anyone anywhere as long as they have it too.

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any app that has 'i' in front of it is probably from the appstore and i dont think the same app would be found on the android market. the least they could do is rename it.

also most iphone transfered apps are on Tstore, not android market.
i just did a search for coupons and found like a 100 different apps. not sure what they do though since i never use coupons anyway.

also when it comes to watching tv, SPB TV and TV.COM are absolutely amazing. i didnt watch olympics, as i was actually working there haha, but im sure it could handle that fine.

i have SPB TV installed and it gives me access to ~200 international channels including sports and other stuff for free. i kind of wish it had more movie channels, but im sure theyll add them in the future.

both apps are free on android phones.

so my point being is both appstore and android related stores have same stuff, you just have to look for it as it probably has different name.

skype is coming out very soon and there are a bunch of similar apps that do the same thing now anyway.

i would take gchat over skype anyway though. it's free and more convinient for me.