Is the iPhone 5s really worth it?

custardy

Number29 wrote: »

Lock screen notifications, lock screen music controls, a browser that fits content to the screen, silent switch on the side of the device, music and game volumes confusingly tied together and ignore silent mode of phone, no desktop media manager etc etc.

Sorry I'm confused
what ae these features? On Apple or Android
You stated that Apple did things out of the box that Android didnt?
Lock screen notifications? I have them,so are you saying Apple doesn't do them?
Browser? Works fine
Desktop media manager? for what?
I have all my music in the cloud at no cost. All sysnced between mutliple devices (even syncs with Itunes!)
or I can use HTC sync I suppose

Number29

custardy wrote: »

Sorry I'm confused
what ae these features? On Apple or Android
You stated that Apple did things out of the box that Android didnt?
Lock screen noticications? I have them,so are you saying Apple doesn't do them?

Android doesn't do all of the above. I have a Moto G and I can confirm it does not have lock screen notifications.

custardy

Number29 wrote: »

Android doesn't do all of the above. I have a Moto G and I can confirm it does not have lock screen notifications.

Well if it was a feature you needed,you bought wrongly
I have them.
messages,calls,facebook etc all from the lockscreen. I am pretty sure I had them on my old EVO 3D too.

So is that it? Anything else?

Number29

custardy wrote: »

Well if it was a feature you needed,you bought wrongly
I have them.
messages,calls,facebook etc all from the lockscreen. I am pretty sure I had them on my old EVO 3D too.

So is that it? Anything else?

That's exactly the point though, Android doesn't do lock screen notifications and it's up to someone else to provide them for you. You don't need to worry about that when you buy an iPhone which is why it's a better purchase.

custardy

Number29 wrote: »

That's exactly the point though, Android doesn't do lock screen notifications and it's up to someone else to provide them for you. You don't need to worry about that when you buy an iPhone which is why it's a better purchase.

So to be clear
You should really be comparing handsets in the £500 sim free region?
Android covers many price levels and as such could never have a set feature set.

So once more lock screen notifications on your £130 handset
anything else?

prowla

A year ago I had two Sat Navs, a Nokia phone, and iPod.

I've now got an iPhone 5 and it (a) replaces all of the above, and (b) adds in internet, email, and mobile apps.

I had a load of iPod apps which I got free via various sites & offers, and gigabytes of music. I just synced them onto my iPhone without having to do any conversion, and the apps I got free go some way to offsetting the price.

Like all good kit, it's just blended seamlessly into the things I do.

Yes it was rather(!) expensive, but it does what it says on the tin.

As far as the alternatives go:

1. I've previously used Blackberry, and it's a good phone with email.
2. I've got a Windows phone at work and it was so horrible I bought an iPhone 4 to use the SIM in instead.
3. My son's Android phone (a Samsung Galaxy Ace 2) went on the blink so I just got him a new one; I'm going to get the old one repaired and have a play. It seems OK at first glance, but it won't run my apps and I can't sync my music onto it without some effort.

So, for me the iPhone 5 is worth it.

Number29

custardy wrote: »

So to be clear
You should really be comparing handsets in the £500 sim free region?
Android covers many price levels and as such could never have a set feature set.

So once more lock screen notifications on your £130 handset
anything else?

It actually doesn't matter how much you pay, the functionality is fundamentally missing from Android. The Nexus 5 runs stock Android and omits these features and that's the most Android Android phone on the market!

custardy

Number29 wrote: »

It actually doesn't matter how much you pay, the functionality is fundamentally missing from Android. The Nexus 5 runs stock Android and omits these features and that's the most Android Android phone on the market!

So you are just sticking with lock screen notifications?
Most? My phone has them as I have said
If you best 'argument' is for that feature,can I throw Apple maps back at you?

Number29

custardy wrote: »

So you are just sticking with lock screen notifications?
Most? My phone has them as I have said
If you best 'argument' is for that feature,can I throw Apple maps back at you?

And all the other things mentioned too. You can try and throw Apple Maps at me, but it'd fall meekly to the floor since it's great. Maybe you're believing the hype in the media as opposed to trying and using it yourself?

AlecEiffel

OneADay wrote: »

iphone useless junk - there is so much missing in functionality/navigation/widgits/keyboards -just a rubbish OS, a glorified ipod without the capacity to hold the music you have - and you have to put up with the wonderful iTunes!

Jailbreaking is easy - but nothing compatible for 5S yet - and IOS feels far too dodgy to install any jailbroken apps - most of which are useless IMHO.

Android far far far better.......

You forgot to add the other things that Android has that are missing in the iPhone.
-bloated OEM launchers
-OEM features that use up resources such as their own app stores, OEM apps and widgets that do the same job as the standard Android ones, etc
-bundled third party apps that can't be removed without rooting
-apps that run less smoothly despite the higher spec of the handset
-random app hanging requiring the app to be force closed.

Of course the Nexus devices don't suffer from all of the above.