So, being an iPhone owner and pretty loyal (with some exception) to Apple, I guess it kinda goes with the territory to be anti-Android by default. Well, I figured if I was gonna be anti-Android, I couldn't base those decisions on blogs and reviews, but I'd need to find out for myself. So, I went out and got one of the top of the line Android phones - figured if I was gonna do it, might as well do it big. I got the Samsung Infuse 4G. At first, this phone was amazing. Ran very smoothly, had a similar to the iPhone UI, so I was able to not have to experience a lot of a learning curve, some awesome homescreen widgets, and that beautiful 4.5 inch screen! (which Netflix looked AMAZING on btw).
Three weeks in, and the honeymoon phase was over. At first, I thought Android really showed me up. Then I realized that Apple knows what it's doing (even if it is a bit more closed off than then open platform of the Android market). Here's what were the deal breakers for me: I had to use apps in order to kill off tasks that were using too much CPU and causing the phone to slow down, I had to use another app just to get decent battery life, in short - lots of micro managing that I wasn't used to having to do with the iPhone. Then those widgets ... oh, how I loved the widgets ... but apparently they use more data than expected. I check my data usage often since I'm on the 2GB plan, and I average maybe 10-25mb per day depending on my usage (I'm around a lot of wifi). I noticed that in a 4 hour period away from wifi, those widgets used over 127mb of data. What the heck! .. I'd be over my limit in no time! On top of all this, the Android platform needed a good reboot or battery pull every couple of days just to stay snappy. So lame.
In short, I soon had buyer's remorse and couldn't wait to get back to my iPhone. I timed it perfectly as I barely made it back to Best Buy in my 30-day period to return that phone. Now, I can honestly say that I don't like Android - not just because I love Apple and it's to be expected and I read some tech geek's review - but because I actually tried it for myself. I wanted to love it. I wanted to love that Infuse. But fate, and smart technology, overpowered that.
Three weeks in, and the honeymoon phase was over. At first, I thought Android really showed me up. Then I realized that Apple knows what it's doing (even if it is a bit more closed off than then open platform of the Android market). Here's what were the deal breakers for me: I had to use apps in order to kill off tasks that were using too much CPU and causing the phone to slow down, I had to use another app just to get decent battery life, in short - lots of micro managing that I wasn't used to having to do with the iPhone. Then those widgets ... oh, how I loved the widgets ... but apparently they use more data than expected. I check my data usage often since I'm on the 2GB plan, and I average maybe 10-25mb per day depending on my usage (I'm around a lot of wifi). I noticed that in a 4 hour period away from wifi, those widgets used over 127mb of data. What the heck! .. I'd be over my limit in no time! On top of all this, the Android platform needed a good reboot or battery pull every couple of days just to stay snappy. So lame.
In short, I soon had buyer's remorse and couldn't wait to get back to my iPhone. I timed it perfectly as I barely made it back to Best Buy in my 30-day period to return that phone. Now, I can honestly say that I don't like Android - not just because I love Apple and it's to be expected and I read some tech geek's review - but because I actually tried it for myself. I wanted to love it. I wanted to love that Infuse. But fate, and smart technology, overpowered that.
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