iPhone5 Is Worst Of The Top Smartphones: Consumer Reports

[vision63]

macphanatic wrote:
What does CR say about the difficulty in upgrading most Android phones? The user is dependant on the mfg modifying each Android release for each device. Then the carrier takes this and modifies it again. I've got a company issued 1 yr old Android device that I can't update because Samsung hasn't issued an update for it. Its stuck at 2.x.

What phone do you have? 2 point something is Gingerbread. That's old.

[Go To Top]

That article is very strange.
I have the Feb issue before me.
ATT is dead last (7th). Their iPhone 5 is 3rd.
Verizon is 4th best with their iPhone 5 5th.

[Kramerica]

Their numeric rankings are not explained, and are probably somewhat arbitrary. But even so, the difference in the scores between the "best" and the "worst" (on ATT) is only 2 points. Dumb article.

[datbeme]

I read the CR issue at my inlaws' over the Holidays, and while the "5" didn't come out on top, this "headline" is from "valuewalk" (whatever the heck that is)—not CR. I know CR sucks for many things that they review, but just because they give one device a slightly higher score (something like 88 vs. 87) based on an arbitrary list of features/lack of features, I find it hard to conclude that another phone is the "worst." The iPhone did get higher scores in a few key areas defined by those crazy colored dots and circles, but that headline wouldn't put Lou's Value Den Walk on the map, would it?

[Anonymous User]

Android is much popular now,Galaxy Note ii is a great phone.

[Carm]

mattkime wrote:
oh damn, i thought i liked it but now i don't.

HA HA HA HA....
My thoughts exactly.

[Carnos Jax]

greenyoga wrote:
Android is much popular now,Galaxy Note ii is a great phone.

Oy vey, I get the feeling I'm witnessing yet another birth of a spammer. I must hang out on the Internet too much.

[silvarios]

macphanatic wrote:
What does CR say about the difficulty in upgrading most Android phones? The user is dependant on the mfg modifying each Android release for each device. Then the carrier takes this and modifies it again. I've got a company issued 1 yr old Android device that I can't update because Samsung hasn't issued an update for it. Its stuck at 2.x.

And the thing is, Gingerbread is still decently usable and most apps still work. Contrast to iOS where many apps require iOS 5 or at the very least 4.3. Even Froyo phones still support a bunch of apps. Sure, I'd rather have Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean on my devices (the newer OSes are better), but if you only care about apps, most 2.3 devices are still supported.

Reminds me of WIndows versus Mac. People managed to use Windows XP for so long because apps still targeted XP users, but on the Mac, many apps would require the most recent or two version of OS X. Different dynamics, one of them is good for forcing upgrades against your own possible preferences.

[Lux Interior]

silvarios wrote:
one of them is good for forcing upgrades against your own possible preferences.

As long as I still have my PS-2 & parallel ports!

[Lux Interior]

After less than a day with my iPhone 5:

1) It doesn't feel as "solid" as my 4S. I think the 4S had just the right heft. The 5 is too light.

2) The wifi strength indicates that it is weaker when I am upstairs as compared to the 4S. This may be meaningless, since the 5/iOS6 may have just changed the way the wifi strength is indicated. I never upgraded the 4S to iOS6.

I still like it!