Android Phones suck - check out the amount of malware

[HTexan]

android sucks. Check out the amount of malware.

http://www.f-secure.com/static/doc/labs_global/Research/Mobile%20Threat%20Report%20Q4%202012.pdf

[dustin]

It doesn't suck. And it's only loaded with malware if you download ridiculous apps like fart noise generators and horoscope apps.

Same thing goes for computers. I can run the shittiest Windows PC with no protection without picking up any malware. I'll spank it to 30 different porn sites too with no problems at all. It all boils down to the end user, who's usually dumb as absolute fuck and barely knows how to check their shitty email and Facebook.

[HTexan]

It doesn't suck. And it's only loaded with malware if you download ridiculous apps like fart noise generators and horoscope apps.

Same thing goes for computers. I can run the shittiest Windows PC with no protection without picking up any malware. I'll spank it to 30 different porn sites too with no problems at all. It all boils down to the end user, who's usually dumb as absolute fuck and barely knows how to check their shitty email and Facebook.

it does suck. Malware on a PHONE? lol that is the most pathetic shit ever.
fuck windows, used osx or linux almost zero malware.

[Bindare_Dundat]

it does suck. Malware on a PHONE? lol that is the most pathetic shit ever.
fuck windows, used osx or linux almost zero malware.

never had a problem. dont know what youre complaining about.

[Rami]

Linux and Android is very open and flexible, the users have all the power, you have to rely more on your own abilities. Windows is in between, and Mac is pure communism.

[Radical Plato]

Android is for adults, people with tech skills, when ever something is this flexible, it can't be idiot proofed.

[HTexan]

Linux and Android is very open and flexible, the users have all the power, you have to rely more on your own abilities. Windows is in between, and Mac is pure communism.

Skyhook

[HTexan]

Android is for adults, people with tech skills, when ever something is this flexible, it can't be idiot proofed.

iOS is for business professionals that don't mind spending a little more to get a product that is safer, has a smooth GUI, ZErO malware, no to very little fragmentation, better ecosystem, and has real and free media Mangement. 

[Radical Plato]

iOS is for business professionals that don't mind spending a little more to get a product that is safer, has a smooth GUI, ZErO malware, no to very little fragmentation, better ecosystem, and has real and free media Mangement. 

In other words, it's idiot proof, you have found an operating system for yourself, congratulations.

[dustin]

iOS is for business professionals that don't mind spending a little more to get a product that is safer, has a smooth GUI, ZErO malware, no to very little fragmentation, better ecosystem, and has real and free media Mangement. 

lol iOS is the Fisher Price of mobile operating systems. Android is open source, iOS is closed. There are a lot of polished apps for iOS because of that fact, but if you really want flexibility then you'll want an open sourced ecosystem.

[BIG ACH]

You know how hard it is to get malware on your Android!!!  Just use common sense!  Gone through a number of Android devices and I have never had any issues.

[JediTerminator]

I stick with blackberry. Don't use any apps

[HTexan]

In other words, it's idiot proof, you have found an operating system for yourself, congratulations.

stfu get your paper up

[HTexan]

You know how hard it is to get malware on your Android!!!  Just use common sense!  Gone through a number of Android devices and I have never had any issues.

very easy, even easier on rooted phones
check your credit

[BIG ACH]

very easy, even easier on rooted phones
check your credit

I have a rooted phone/tablet - have yet to get malware!

[Mattyh7688]

In all seriousness, what the hell do you all do with your phones that having Android's openness is so important??

I use my phone for text, calls, internet, email, GPS and about 15 different apps regularly.

[shiftedShapes]

iOS is for business professionals that don't mind spending a little more to get a product that is safer, has a smooth GUI, ZErO malware, no to very little fragmentation, better ecosystem, and has real and free media Mangement. 

bullshit you need some crappy 3rd party work around app to get media onto your phone with anything but itunes. 

[dustin]

In all seriousness, what the hell do you all do with your phones that having Android's openness is so important??

I use my phone for text, calls, internet, email, GPS and about 15 different apps regularly.

Root access.

Want to edit the host file to disable ads? You need root access.

Want to delete the camera shutter sound so you can take stealth upskirt shots? You need root access.

Root access allows you to change system level shit more or less. If you edit a ROM or kernel you'll need root access (or more) and then you can customize the hell out of your phone. You can overclock it, underclock it, replace system sounds, remove or replace system apps, rewrite the operating system ranging from changing the DPI/size of apps to completely overhauling things until it's almost unrecognizable!

Oh, and because of things like the Android Open Source Project, you can have a vanilla Android experience, or use a fork called Cyanogenmod for instance, which takes all the vanilla stuff, trims it down and replaces some things with better apps, optimizes the code, replaces kernel code and commands with lighter, more powerful and customizable code and because of GNU licensing agreements it's all open sourced! I can download the best ROM, tweak that shit, recompile it and flash it!

So that's why guys like me cream their pants over this stuff. With iOS you only have one option, download an app and wish for the best. Developers for Android listen to community feedback for fixing bugs, optimizing their apps and changing them, implementing new futures, etc. That's also why I love Android. It's awesome stuff if you're a nerd. Apple products are for dodos, but it admittedly gets the job done if you don't have higher demands like power users.

[HTexan]

In all seriousness, what the hell do you all do with your phones that having Android's openness is so important??

I use my phone for text, calls, internet, email, GPS and about 15 different apps regularly.

because you have to modified android for it to work just ok.

[HTexan]

bullshit you need some crappy 3rd party work around app to get media onto your phone with anything but itunes. 

nope wrong. iTunes will manage video, music, ringtones, iCloud, etc. very efficiently and easily. 

[3Dkiller]

Android rules to market, i have a rooted phone with custom mod and kernal.. something you cant do with apple phone or windows phone. And yet i never had any malware on my phone.

[Krankenstein]

nope wrong. iTunes will manage video, music, ringtones, iCloud, etc. very efficiently and easily. 

Funny thing.  I can simply drag and drop a video on my Galaxy S3.  I then can use my WD TV Media live hub to access the video and play on my TV.  Wow...so simple. 

Contrast that with :

I downloaded a movie for a friend so he can watch it on his "Apple TV" and the whole thing was a pain in the ass to just get it on the phone.  You can marry only one ipod to an itunes.  Right?  I can plug in any number of android phones to my computer.  iCloud is not compatible with Windows XP.  You have to hack the shit out of things and pray it works.  Thats real efficient and easy.   

[BIG ACH]

Funny thing.  I can simply drag and drop a video on my Galaxy S3.  I then can use my WD TV Media live hub to access the video and play on my TV.  Wow...so simple. 

Contrast that with :

I downloaded a movie for a friend so he can watch it on his "Apple TV" and the whole thing was a pain in the ass to just get it on the phone.  You can marry only one ipod to an itunes.  Right?  I can plug in any number of android phones to my computer.  iCloud is not compatible with Windows XP.  You have to hack the shit out of things and pray it works.  Thats real efficient and easy.   

This....... all the way this this this!!!!

[tu_holmes]

Funny thing.  I can simply drag and drop a video on my Galaxy S3.  I then can use my WD TV Media live hub to access the video and play on my TV.  Wow...so simple.  

Contrast that with :

I downloaded a movie for a friend so he can watch it on his "Apple TV" and the whole thing was a pain in the ass to just get it on the phone.  You can marry only one ipod to an itunes.  Right? I can plug in any number of android phones to my computer.  iCloud is not compatible with Windows XP.  You have to hack the shit out of things and pray it works.  Thats real efficient and easy.  

Well this statement shows you just haven't used an iphone... I've used them all.

To start, I have 3 phones synced to my iTunes... Mine. The Woman's. The son's. Plus about 5 different iPods.

Personally I like my iphone the best. I too jailbreak it so I can do whatever I want with it, but just out of the box, the iPhone is the easiest to deal with.

I have had numerous Android devices and while they are good, they are not as easy to deal with as the iOS devices. They, for some reason, are not as stable, which I expect is because of the number of devices they are working to be compatible for.

I will stick with my iPhone... I've switched away, and just always switch back.

Just recently I had a conversation with one of my best friends and she has an Android device... She's switching back to her iPhone within the next 2 weeks.

Oddly enough, one of the things I like about the iPhone is the form factor. The Android phones are just bigger and bigger typically (Yes, I know they make a small one here and there, but it's never as good as the huge ones), but the iPhone size is just perfect for shoving into my back pocket.

The friend I just mentioned above... Her phone is the size of her HEAD!

Oh... and the malware issues aren't the phones anyway... It's the store.

Apple has extremely stringent testing on EVERY app that gets into the store... Even updates. Android Play allows anyone to put anything on there... No checks at all basically.

[HTexan]

Funny thing.  I can simply drag and drop a video on my Galaxy S3.  I then can use my WD TV Media live hub to access the video and play on my TV.  Wow...so simple.  

Contrast that with :

I downloaded a movie for a friend so he can watch it on his "Apple TV" and the whole thing was a pain in the ass to just get it on the phone.  You can marry only one ipod to an itunes.  Right?  I can plug in any number of android phones to my computer.  iCloud is not compatible with Windows XP.  You have to hack the shit out of things and pray it works.  Thats real efficient and easy.  

Drag and drop isn't media Mangement.