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Just goes to show that Apple is just another tech company and iOS is another OS, bugs and everything. Their farts stink, too, like everybody's.
Oh, they forgot to mention the WiFi bug introduced by iOS 6 that is still out there, but that's just adding insult to injury.
Somewhat unrelated, my Avast pop-up showed the new free version for Macs; just in time after the recent breach in Apple's computers (that did not even get mentioned here).
 
Exclusive: Apple, Macs hit by hackers who targeted Facebook
By Jim Finkle and Joseph Menn | Reuters – 4 hrs ago
http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-apple-hit-hackers-targeted-facebook-last-week-182005220.html

"This is the first really big attack on Macs," said the source, who declined to be identified because the person was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. "Apple has more on its hands than the attack on itself."
Charlie Miller, a prominent expert on Apple security who is co-author of the Mac Hacker's Handbook, said the attacks show that criminal hackers are investing more time studying the Mac OS X operating system so they can attack Apple computers.
For example, he noted, hackers recently figured out a fairly sophisticated way to attack Macs by exploiting a flaw in Adobe Systems Inc's Flash software.
"The only thing that was making it safe before is that nobody bothered to attack it. That goes away if somebody bothers to attack it," Miller said.
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An Apple spokesman declined to specify how many companies had been breached in the campaign targeting Macs, saying he could not elaborate further on the statement it provided.
"Apple has identified malware which infected a limited number of Mac systems through a vulnerability in the Java plug-in for browsers. The malware was employed in an attack against Apple and other companies, and was spread through a website for software developers," the statement said.
"We identified a small number of systems within Apple that were infected and isolated them from our network. There is no evidence that any data left Apple," it continued.
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Want to know how to fix the Apple problems?
1. Knock off the retarded lawsuits and patents
2. Hire programmers instead of lawyers
3. Problems solve themselves!
 
[citation][nom]TunaSoda[/nom]Sitting here with my android phone that has a 3100mAh battery in it laughing...[/citation]

And yet somehow I imagine iPhone users still get better battery life than you. I'm no Apple fanboi by any means but I can't argue with what I see and what I see is every frickin person I know with a android device looking for a charger halfway throughout the day.
 
[citation][nom]technicalbass[/nom]And yet somehow I imagine iPhone users still get better battery life than you. I'm no Apple fanboi by any means but I can't argue with what I see and what I see is every frickin person I know with a android device looking for a charger halfway throughout the day.[/citation]

I've got an Evo 4g (Supersonic outside the US) and I started out with horrid battery life.
I flashed a clean, minimalistic non-sense rom, no carrier BS apps, and ditched the live wallpaper.
I get more than a full day out of my phone now, unless I play games on it non-stop then I'm lucky to get half a day.
Apple doesn't allow for a mess of BS apps pre-installed on their phones (or any carrier specific apps for that matter) because if an iPhone came pre-loaded with the 30 odd Sprint default apps and allowed live wallpapers instead of the dull standard ones every Android phone on that network gets bogged down with it wouldn't make it to that halfway point either.
Yes, we Android users get the shorter end of the stick because our phones come bogged down out of the gate, but we don't generally pay $600 once a year out of blind loyalty either.
 
Ive been getting a solid 3 days out of my 4S since the 6.1.1 update. Not sure why others are having issues, might just be propaganda put about by none Apple users.
 
as 'tobalaz' already pointed out... Apple doesn't really allow bloatware on its smartphones.
Do a clean flash of a custom/stable/usable ROM that doesn't contain bloatware, and battery life will be on par, if not better than Apple.

I sometimes have to wonder about official reviews because they seem to test these devices 'out of the box' without leveling the playing field for both (for proper comparison).
 
[citation][nom]technicalbass[/nom]And yet somehow I imagine iPhone users still get better battery life than you. I'm no Apple fanboi by any means but I can't argue with what I see and what I see is every frickin person I know with a android device looking for a charger halfway throughout the day.[/citation]
TunaSoda's comment was ridiculous (a 3100mAh battery is fat, heavy) and if you have crappy software on your phone, it will not help that much ;-)
But I don't agree with you ! Devices such as the Galaxy Note 2 or recent HTC phones such as the One X or One S tend to have a better autonomy than the iPhones in the real world, as long as you are cautious with what you install on your phone. Then again, you are not left alone in the cold by Android as it gives you a breakup of the battery consumption per application, making it easy for you to find the culprit if you feel like your phone's autonomy recently took a hit. Even my old HTC Sensation with Wifi/Data and Syncs ON ends the day with 70% battery if I don't play with it during the day. On vacations (wifi/data/gps off), I can easily leave it on for 3 days without having to charge... still far from the 6 days of the venerable Nokia 6310i I have to admit ;-)
 
apple's hardware is varying so much over the iphone 3,4 , 4s, and now 5 that it wont be able to keep up this 1 software fits all. the IOS operating system is too old now and looks like windows 98, one of the reasons I went to android, and lack of screen real estate. I got the note 2, It fits in my jeans pocket by the way!
 
[citation][nom]otacon72[/nom]...and pages and pages of bloatware..lmao[/citation]
My root is asking you what bloatware is again?
How's the garden? 😉
 
[citation][nom]technicalbass[/nom]And yet somehow I imagine iPhone users still get better battery life than you. I'm no Apple fanboi by any means but I can't argue with what I see and what I see is every frickin person I know with a android device looking for a charger halfway throughout the day.[/citation]
My phone lasts all day long easy with push, wifi allways on and it's not only checking facebook in the background, but 4 other email accounts, one of which is exchange...
 
[citation][nom]dthx[/nom]TunaSoda's comment was ridiculous (a 3100mAh battery is fat, heavy) / the Galaxy Note 2 - tend to have a better autonomy than the iPhones in the real world[/citation]
That made no sense at all, it's my stock note II battery i'm referring too...
 
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