I am trying to decide if I should get and iPhone 6 4.7” or an Android?
I have an android Moto X developer edition and my family members all have iPhones. I also have owned both a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and a Galaxy Note 3. I am very familiar with iPhones as I help my elderly parents use them as well as their iPads.
I think the iPhones are great devices - solid build, great engineering/software, lots of cool accessories available - but I like to customize my device and be in control of every aspect of the device so I choose androids that can be unlocked and rooted.
My Moto X is a developer edition with an unlocked bootloader and rooted. I love everything about it except for the camera, which sucks. I would however like a larger screen. The new Moto X, referred to as the Moto X+1, will have a larger screen, I think 5.2" or so, but the size of the phone won't be increased much due to the smaller bezel. The camera is supposedly vastly improved, too. The Moto X+1 should be out sometime in September - we will know for sure on Thursday
The Moto X has a curved back which feels great in the hand. It runs stock android with only a few improvements, all of which really enhance the user experience - active notifications, always listening, motorola assist and touchless controls. Unlike many androids with OEM skins on them, there is no lag with the Moto X and since mine is unlocked and rooted, I debloat it further by removing all the bloatware that verizon requires that the manufacturers put on the phone.
The motorola radios are the best - they hold a signal even where it is weak. Battery life is great, too.
If you do get an android, I would not get a samsung device. Samsung radios are crap and I would consistently drop calls or drop down to 3G where my parents' iPhones would not when I had both my Galaxy Nexus and my Galaxy Note 3. I will never own another Samsung device, or at least not until they figure out a way to make a better radio. The problem with the Samsungs could be the antennae design, too, idk, but if you search around I think you will find that my experience with Samsung devices is fairly common.
And I absolutely HATE touchwiz. Since Samsung has enhanced security known as Knox that is very secure, I don't think you can even unlock and root the ATT or Verizon GS5 yet and maybe never will be able to so you would be stuck with touchwiz, which is an AWFUL skin.
Of the android devices out now, the HTC M8 is the most like an iPhone but it's camera has some issues from what I have read. The LG G3 gets great reviews, too.
Around Halloween the Nexus X, also a Motorola device, will be released, but it is a phablet at 5'9" screen size. For sure the Nexus X will work on the GSM carriers, but Sprint and Verizon may be getting this device, too.
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HUGE warning - android bluetooth connectivity to cars can be an issue. I simply cannot get my Moto X to pair with my mother's lexus. It is an older lexus, I think a 2007 or so. Her iPhone 5 pairs fine with it. I have read on other forums where people had problems pairing the G3 with mercedes. I think the car manufacturers are more likely to perfect their bluetooth pairing using the iPhone, but I also know that android has had bluetooth bugs from the beginning that are slowly being worked out.
After scanning this thread and reading your responses, you seem predisposed to get an iPhone 6 and I would say get it. If you don't, you will always wonder. I would imagine your work phone can't be unlocked and rooted so that isn't a benefit for you anyhow. And if you aren't going to at least root your android, now that Google apps are available for iPhones, I would stick with an iPhone unless you want a phablet or otherwise need a bigger screen because if you aren't going to root an android, I don't see the point of having one.
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