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Its Apple – it HAS to be better! (comparison of iPhone 4S and Droid Razr)

KyleEberly

Now don’t get me wrong I love Apple, their features and OS are nice and the products themselves generally work very well. That being said I cannot stand the mentality that people have about Apple. They tend to overlook the facts and statistics because having a MAC is “cool”. My phone is an HTC Hero and over and over again people will see me using it and the conversation will go like this: Person –  “is that a droid?” me – “yep it is.” person – “can I play with it a bit?” I give it to them they play with it for a minute and then inevitably they say “I would rather have a iphone”….well DUH It’s a 2 year old low end smart phone with the Android OS on it. The Apple OS is on one phone, the iphone. Android is on countless phones with specifications in all ranges. You cannot compare a phone like the HTC Hero to the iphone 4 and expect the Hero to win and yet for some reason people seems to think that all Android phones are exactly the same.

For all of you that blindly follow Apple simply because it is Apple I am going to list some specifications from the iphone 4s and the Motorola Droid Razr which was just released 11/11/11.

OS iOS 5 Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread)
Updatable OS? ? (OTA) ? (OTA)
Subsidized Price (US$) 199(16gb)/299(32gb)/399(64gb) 299.99
Carrier(s) AT&T, Verizon, Sprint (Oct 2011) Verizon
Network GSM Edge, 3G + CDMA CDMA + 4G/LTE
CPU type A5, dual core TI OMAP (dual core)
CPU speed 1 GHz (?) 1 GHz
RAM (MB) 1024 (?) 1024
Display type Retina LCD/TFT/IPS LCD/TFT “qHD” *
Display res. (pix) 960 x 640 960 x 540
Display (diag, in) 3.5 4.3
User storage (GB) 16/32/64 16
MircoSD slot x ? (Comes with 16GB Card)
Rear camera (MP) 8, record 1080p 8, record 1080p
1st photo, shot-shot (s.) 1.1, 0.5 3.7, 1.6
Video image stab. ? x
Front camera (MP) 0.3 “VGA” “VGA”
Camera flash ? ?
Audio out 3.5 mm jack 3.5 mm jack
Speakerphone ? ?
On-screen video 1080p playback 1080p playback
Wireless video AirPlay @720p DLNA
USB port x ?
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0 2.1 + EDR
Compass ? ?
Gyroscope 3-axis x
Accelerometer ? ?
Sensors proximity, ambient light proximity, ambient light
Size (in) 4.5 x 2.31 x 0.37 5.02 x 2.63 x 0.43
Weight (oz) 4.9 5.6
Battery (mAh) 1420 ? 1735
Talk time (min) 480 (3G) 650
Standby time (hr) 200 200

Now there is a lot of information there but I want to pull out a couple key things.

1: The Razr is on Verizons 4G LTE network while the iphone 4S is only capable of 3G speeds. This means the Razr will have faster download and upload speeds.

2: The Razr’s battery power is supposed to last 30% longer then the iphone 4s. This is even more impressive when you consider that the Razr is on 4G which takes more battery power then 3G.

3: The Razr has a .8 in. larger screen then the iphone 4s does.

4: The iphone 4s is sold with 16/32/64 gig internal memory but does not have a slot for a microSD card. The Razr is sold with 16 gig internal memory and a 16 gig microSD card. I don’t know about you but if I need more then 32 gig I’d rather buy a 40 dollar microSD card then pay another $100 for a 64gig iphone 4s.

Other then that the specifications of the phones are very very similar. So in conclusion I am not saying the Razr is better then the iphone4s. I am not saying Android is better then iOS, what I am saying is that Apple is not better simply because it is Apple. Don’t make your decision because of a preconceived idea of either OS. Take some time to look at the specifications and if possible to actually go and try out the phones/laptops/tablets  and make an educated decision.

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