iPhones, iPods, and iPads forum: iPhone 4S/5 versus Android

That 4 year life span is a stretch. I see folk barely get 2 today. The battery times on the iphone are well noted so you can see if that fits your wants. Here I went with a simple (?) android phone from a monthly deal at 35 a month so I'm not that attached to it. No big investment. It does come with the latest Jelly Bean which isn't that important as even the old OS did what it needed to.
Bob

The battery life of one over the other has more to do with how you use it than it does the advertised capacity IME. Each person will likely get different performance depending on what they do with the device. Been there, done that.

Just choose the phone that suits your requirements, outside of the battery life issue, since that may dissappoint you, regardless of which brand/model you choose in a smartphone. It's their Achilles heel, still to this day.

I feel like the major differences boil down to 2 major things for me. I own devices of both android and iOS. Web browsing on a phone is more advanced on an android. Native flash support wins the day compliments of google.

However, for apps apple wins by a long shot. Developers make their money on iOS, and so they put more apps out of higher quality with more updates. Take your pick, apps or Internet.

Both have both, but in either category they have their strengths.

My father used to have an iPhone, and switched to Android. He's recently bought an Android tablet (the Nexus 7) and fell in love with Android all over again.

The iPhone 5 sounds generally good, except with Apple products you always seem to get "issues". Apple Maps, Do Not Disturb, all apps suddenly not working until you install a new one, and weak wifi are the afflictions of the iPhone 5. If you update the operating system you may see other buggy behaviour.

I can't guarantee that you won't find bugs in Android, but I've only found one on Android 2.3 that may have been fixed in Android 4 or 4.1. Nothing major, just that the World section in the News app has news from late December. Certainly nothing as bad as getting misdirected when driving to somewhere important.

I must admit; personally I probably wouldn't buy a phone with a nearly-5-inch display; but I also wouldn't buy a phone with such a long screen as the iPhone 5.

hey i want to know about the two versions which is better between android and iphone..

thank you