There's not much to say: Anything the iPhone does, the Nexus 4 does better. Better camera, better screen, better battery life, wireless charging, has NFC, isn't locked into the Apple ecosystem. All your concerns about cell minutes and data usage are carrier-dependent, not phone-dependent, so what phone you get genuinely does not matter to those unless you're looking at getting a "deal" by signing a contract.
Google Play extremely convenient, letting you push apps to your phone from the web interface. The selection of apps is better, since competing apps are allowed to compete. You're able to side-load non-store apps if you want, or load different stores - you can load Amazon or Samsung's stores and get from them if you want. And you don't have to worry about an app disappearing from your machine just because it violates an alleged moral restriction at Apple. The ability to swap in features like new and different keyboards is huge - if you've never used Swype, you're missing out, and if you're one of the rare people who hate Swype, well, the stock Android 4.2 keyboard is actually really good. And the larger screen with the better resolution makes it much easier to read things, particularly things like gaming book PDFs that weren't made for a smaller screen.
Neat gadgets: Android 4's built-in Cards and search functions are damn near spooky. Like, pops up driving directions and times based on where you are where where you usually travel at this time, brings up flight details based on things you've searched for in the past, pulls of Places entries nearby, yanks your calendar for reminders based on travel time to the appointment, automatically converts currency while travelling - all kinds of cool stuff. All optional, of course.
Oh, and the iPhone 5 costs $650, unlocked and plan-independent.. The Nexus 4 costs $300.
The iPhone does have larger internal storage, which would be nice if I could think of a use for it. I keep a copy of Wikipedia on my phone simply because I can.
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Date: 2012-12-11 02:23 am (UTC)Google Play extremely convenient, letting you push apps to your phone from the web interface. The selection of apps is better, since competing apps are allowed to compete. You're able to side-load non-store apps if you want, or load different stores - you can load Amazon or Samsung's stores and get from them if you want. And you don't have to worry about an app disappearing from your machine just because it violates an alleged moral restriction at Apple. The ability to swap in features like new and different keyboards is huge - if you've never used Swype, you're missing out, and if you're one of the rare people who hate Swype, well, the stock Android 4.2 keyboard is actually really good. And the larger screen with the better resolution makes it much easier to read things, particularly things like gaming book PDFs that weren't made for a smaller screen.
Neat gadgets: Android 4's built-in Cards and search functions are damn near spooky. Like, pops up driving directions and times based on where you are where where you usually travel at this time, brings up flight details based on things you've searched for in the past, pulls of Places entries nearby, yanks your calendar for reminders based on travel time to the appointment, automatically converts currency while travelling - all kinds of cool stuff. All optional, of course.
Oh, and the iPhone 5 costs $650, unlocked and plan-independent.. The Nexus 4 costs $300.
The iPhone does have larger internal storage, which would be nice if I could think of a use for it. I keep a copy of Wikipedia on my phone simply because I can.