Hi guys,
I have a dilemma that I cannot seem to be able to solve without some inputs from you. I have been thinking of getting a new smartphone, but I cannot decide which. I have been using Android - a Samsung Galaxy SII that was given to me as a gift almost 2 years ago. At first, it was all stock, but then I learned to root and modify it. It got to the point when I was just using new ROMs almost every other day, if not every day. Eventually, I just stopped. I decided that a simple modified stock ROM was most stable. Everything else just sucked. So stability is on top of my list.
In terms of apps, most of the ones I use daily are pretty good. I can't complain about them except for a few. One of them is Micromedex Drug Info. I'm a pharmacy student so this app comes in handy often. At first I thought it was just a simple matter of information overload, but no... When I saw that app on an iPhone, I got angry. Android's Micromedex is a joke. It is significantly slower than iOS's. It is so slow that I don't bother using it anymore. Another app that is important to me is Blackboard's Learn. Despite the recent update by Blackboard, this app is still poor. It is supposed to be an app that allows me to quickly get updates from professors regarding grades, assignments, postings, etc... In short, most apps are fine on Android, but some aren't. And the ones that aren't fine are the ones I use often.
My smartphone is the source for internet for when I am at home. I share a room with a family that doesn't really use internet and I don't want to open a cable internet account so I just rely on my smartphone. It has been working well since I have Tmobile's unlimited 4G plan. I can easily tether with my rooted SII. I understand iPhone and iOs are difficult to root so I would have to deal with Tmobile's 500MB/month free hotspot feature included in the plan I have. 500MB is fine for some browsing, but definitely not for lecture recording uploading/streaming, which I do a lot. Each of my lecture recordings is some 60-120mb and I upload them to Box/Copy. Even if my SII was not rooted, I could easily upload the files via the clouds' apps. I just connect my phone to my laptop, drag and drop the files into the phone's storage. And from there upload to the clouds. Occasionally, I also upload a bunch of different file types via this method. I don't know if this can be done in iPhone. Can someone with an iPhone tell me?
Abridged version of above paragraphs:
I am looking for a new phone - faster, newer, LTE... you name it.
I want stable apps - most android apps work, some suck. The ones that suck are the ones I use...
I want to tether - I may be able to live with 500MB tethering for basic browsing.
I want to freely upload/download any file type using the phone and then just transfer the file to my laptop. I know my android can do this easily. I have no idea how it would be done in iPhone/iOS.
I would appreciate any input from you. Thank you!
I have a dilemma that I cannot seem to be able to solve without some inputs from you. I have been thinking of getting a new smartphone, but I cannot decide which. I have been using Android - a Samsung Galaxy SII that was given to me as a gift almost 2 years ago. At first, it was all stock, but then I learned to root and modify it. It got to the point when I was just using new ROMs almost every other day, if not every day. Eventually, I just stopped. I decided that a simple modified stock ROM was most stable. Everything else just sucked. So stability is on top of my list.
In terms of apps, most of the ones I use daily are pretty good. I can't complain about them except for a few. One of them is Micromedex Drug Info. I'm a pharmacy student so this app comes in handy often. At first I thought it was just a simple matter of information overload, but no... When I saw that app on an iPhone, I got angry. Android's Micromedex is a joke. It is significantly slower than iOS's. It is so slow that I don't bother using it anymore. Another app that is important to me is Blackboard's Learn. Despite the recent update by Blackboard, this app is still poor. It is supposed to be an app that allows me to quickly get updates from professors regarding grades, assignments, postings, etc... In short, most apps are fine on Android, but some aren't. And the ones that aren't fine are the ones I use often.
My smartphone is the source for internet for when I am at home. I share a room with a family that doesn't really use internet and I don't want to open a cable internet account so I just rely on my smartphone. It has been working well since I have Tmobile's unlimited 4G plan. I can easily tether with my rooted SII. I understand iPhone and iOs are difficult to root so I would have to deal with Tmobile's 500MB/month free hotspot feature included in the plan I have. 500MB is fine for some browsing, but definitely not for lecture recording uploading/streaming, which I do a lot. Each of my lecture recordings is some 60-120mb and I upload them to Box/Copy. Even if my SII was not rooted, I could easily upload the files via the clouds' apps. I just connect my phone to my laptop, drag and drop the files into the phone's storage. And from there upload to the clouds. Occasionally, I also upload a bunch of different file types via this method. I don't know if this can be done in iPhone. Can someone with an iPhone tell me?
Abridged version of above paragraphs:
I am looking for a new phone - faster, newer, LTE... you name it.
I want stable apps - most android apps work, some suck. The ones that suck are the ones I use...
I want to tether - I may be able to live with 500MB tethering for basic browsing.
I want to freely upload/download any file type using the phone and then just transfer the file to my laptop. I know my android can do this easily. I have no idea how it would be done in iPhone/iOS.
I would appreciate any input from you. Thank you!