The last few days have been interesting. Millions of iPhone users waited with baited breath for an October 4 announcement of the iPhone 5. An announcement which never came. Instead we got the iPhone 4S which, despite the outer shell being exactly the same, is a new phone just not the phone we all wanted. What we wanted was the rumored 4" screen and Near Field Communication.
What was originally intended for this space was a lengthy dismantling of various articles giving a point by point breakdown on why the iPhone 4S is inferior to Android phones.
But really the whole thing is silly, even my initial response. Almost all of these statements in the iPhone vs. Android debate are full of arrogant, superiority complex driven positions that twist facts. I'd much rather just lay the whole thing to rest at this point, instead of feeding it.
If you love the iPhone, you probably do so because you feel the overall experience is always well designed and composed. No amount of spec comparing is going to break your confidence in the design of Apple products. Only Apple can do that themselves by failing to deliver on the overall experience in the future. .
If you love Android, you probably do so because you love to tinker with your phone. You love to customize the interface. You like to search out custom ROMs, and you love to make the phone *your own*. What other people find preferable doesn't enter into it... and neither should their preference for iPhone.
At this point, all the smartphones have mostly the same features. It all comes down to preference, and there is no wrong preference. All this fanboy posturing about which is better... it really has to stop. Please, just stop. Let it die.
For now, I'm still on board with iPhone. Not because I think the 4S is so amazing, but because I've been very happy with my 3GS and the 4S is a significant upgrade. Maybe the next two years will see changes to the respective ecosystems that lead me to jump on the Android train. I'm not dedicated to Apple as a brand, but I like the experience several of their products have provided for me and trust they will continue to do so. As long as that continues, I don't have much reason to switch.
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