Couple of examples that I own is the alpine car headunit, obviously they are built for iPod, but connect to any other smart phone via USB, the features seriously lack, alot slower etc.
Also have scalarider bike intercoms which connect to iPhone to make calls and listen to music, tried it with some htcs and they just don't operate very well at all
Nothing just seems to work aswell as iPhones, and I can see why people don't like them, can't really customise them alot without jail breaking.
Il always give other phones the benefit of the doubt when I come to upgrade, but had a play of the s2 and other recent phones and they just don't compare, infact the s2 I played with was a but ****e, a day old and freezing going into the gallery.
The 4gs doesn't have anything major upgrade wise, but looks like it now has faster bluetooth and faster wifi connection, as well as a dual core processor and a shorter standby life?! So not really worth changing from a 4
I see what ya saying, personal experience etc etc..... that said i've owned both Galaxies, neither froze or did anything they shouldnt, both were loaded with loads of apps that I added and both have equally been amazing - worth mentioning both hooked up to the Audi BT and parrot units without any sync issues what so ever. Obviously I can only talk from my experience but overall there is nothing faster than this phone out there......and i'd be shocked if the upgraded 4 is any better knowing how Apple are at upgrades.......
They really are dated and the little whizzy things on my S2 the Iphone cant do, such as pattern lock, swype txting - it also has voice control! Sure it hasn't got the icloud but if you look at the T+C's data not used within 30 days will be wiped!! lot of use that is!! (dont know the full ins and outs but a well known mag was talking about it)......
I love the Iphone for its build - they helped make the smart phone what it is today, but the other brands are just wiping the floor with it - my Galaxy 1 was better than the 4, my Galaxy 2 will be hard for any phone to beat including an A5 duel core'd Iphone
Isnt one of their latest gimmicks only in Beta form too? they are losing their grip and slowly the fan boys will move away once you give it a chance.
Saying that my only gripe is that Natwest haven't done an android app yet haha..... I have most of what i need though, paypal, amazon, sky, BBC, sky+,ebay, FB,F1,movie apps,youtube, g earth, tapatalk and photobucket to name a few of the well knowns
oh and the new iphone battery life is equal to what it is now apparently so the massive improvment comes from the battery life after they added the A5 chip it seems.....sales talk