I’ve been using an Android G1 phone for more than a month now on a daily basis, but I still haven’t given up my iPhone. The more I use them both, the more that I realize my iPhone is a Mac and my Android is a PC.
That is not necessarily a bad thing—except for when my Android crashes (which is a lot). Okay, it does not actually crash so much as it freezes up, forcing me to wait until it figures things out. Which it usually does. Except that one time when I plugged it into the wrong mini-USB charger and it gave me the screen of death: a white danger triangle with a cell phone flat on its back next to it. (Sorry for the fuzzy picture, I took it with my iPhone).
Whose fault was that crash? I’m sure it was mine. But believe me, I’m equally careless with my iPhone. It’s just a lot more stable. That’s kind of what you’d expect since Apple goes to such lengths to control every aspect of the device, including the kinds of apps that can run on it. Android apps also have to go through a vetting process, but it does not seem to be as strict as Apple’s.
My iphone crashes and freezes like there’s no tomorrow specially while on safari. If the G1 is that bad i feel sorry for anyone who has it.
I’m with Leo - my iPhone crashes plenty when on Safari o using some apps, and even sometimes jumps between screens in address book. It is not that often, but at least once or twice a week.
The iPhone is far from bug free, and if the G1 is so much worse I really don’t want it at all.
I still have my old Blackberry, the thing never breaks down, works like a charm, has never cost me a cent to repair, it does not freeze, and it is simple and black. I do not understand the need to continually update to the newest device, except of course for the applications…I may get an iPhone at some point, but other then that, my Blackberry has been wonderful!
No kidding - even as a tech blogger I was rocking a super basic Samsung for quite a while and loved it. Tiny, solid, and worked great. There’s something to be said for the old school. The E71 was a great example of this, except for the Symbian part.
After almost a month of daily use, I still have only had 1 OS crash of my G1, and a few app crashes, of buggy apps that were then uninstalled.
I have to disagree with the characterization. While I have experienced a few buggy applications that have force closed, my G1 hasn’t crashed in the 6 weeks that I’ve owned it. I typically wait to install new apps until they’re vetted a bit. One way that android isn’t a PC though is that once you uninstall the offending application, there are no longer any negative effects. My old winmo phone was definitely a PC but not my G1.