There always seems to be some big battle going on in the world of tech. VHS vs Betamax, PS3 vs Xbox, Sega vs Nintendo etc and the big one just now Apple vs Android. Two mobile phone platforms that build up such loyalty from their users along with a vehement hatred for the "other side". Me personally, I've been on the side of Apple for quite some time now. Which has lead to a lot of ribbing from one Mandy Edgar amongst others. The way I look at it is I cant say for definite which is better until I've tried both. So, having had an Apple iPhone for at least 2 years I made the decision that it was time to try Android.
My phone was due for an upgrade and, seen as I wasn't that impressed with the Apple iPhone 5, decided that I'd go for an android phone and try it out for at least a year. simple right? Hmm not so much! If you decide to go for Apples IOS on your phone its easy, pick an iPhone. You can have either the brand new shiny model or a slightly older one.You have the choice of about 3 different phones all which can run the same version of IOS. (though older models might struggle with the latest version). Go for Android however and its a lot more complicated! There are hundreds of phones to choose from all with various different versions of the system which for some reason I'm sure makes sense to someone, aren't labelled numerically, such as version 1,2 or 3 its version ice cream sandwich, gingerbread, jelly bean etc. Now that's fine if I'm ordering a snack but for my phone operating system how are you supposed to tell which version is the latest? I decided the best option was to pick a phone I liked the look of regardless of which sugary snack was powering it and go with that. After much browsing around my local phone shops and being hassled by the strange mix of shop assistants (they either look about 12 or like an extra from the nerd herd) I decided the phone I wanted was the Sony Xperia T. I chose this phone for a number of reasons. Firstly, it wasn't the size of a concrete slab, which most of the top of the range Android phones tend to be. Secondly, at £240 it was reasonably cheap on the O2 refresh tariff meaning I could pay it off within 12 months if I wanted. The third reason was the Sony Smartwatch. This is a Bluetooth device, similar in shape to the older ipod nano, which connects to any phone running android and allows you to control the phone from the watch. There simply isn't anything like that with the same functionality for the iPhone. Yes, apple fans have had rumours of the mythical iWatch for quite some time now but its not been confirmed yet so lives in the make believe land of unicorns and fluffy dragons!
So, I knew what phone I wanted, i knew what tariff I wanted and I had been offered a nearly new, never out of the box, Smartwatch by Allan McGill for a really good price! now all I had to do was go to my local O2 store, sign the paper work and go off into the mysterious world of Android. Yeah, it wasn't quite that easy! I'll tell you about that in the next blog. cya later
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