Iphone 4s or Galaxy s2

[Knigntmeir]

Hi, I am new to this forum.

I just have one question. If you are going to be an 'appaholic', which phone is better: iphone 4s or galaxy s2? To be more clear, i am asking which phone will run smoother when a lot of apps have been installed ( say 100+)? I have heard about android phones slowing down / lagging when a lot of apps have been installed( not sure if it is galaxy s2), but have never heard of such a thing about iphone. Of course, I could be wrong. So can you guys help me out?

Btw i am not asking about the number or quality of apps on the appstore & android market, just asking which phone is more stable with a lot of apps installed in it.

 

[Logan47]

Can't speak for the iphone4s but the galaxy s2 runs wonderfully and has never stuttered for me. I have about 120 apps and no problems at all.

 

[nyydynasty]

you're on an android forum asking if the iphone is better? I'm going to assume the majority of the people will suggest the GS2.

any phone will slow down if you install a lot of apps on it but the GS2 has a lot of memory. According to Titanium Backup, I'm up to 72 apps installed and my phone is just as fast as the day I got it.

 

[EarlyMon]

It's a fair question, especially because the iPhone and Android do multitasking very differently.

Basic answer is, with any of the dual core Androids, this isn't that great a problem.

And an important difference on apps related to the two phones' differences -

Android = Linux (with services) + Dalvik Virtual Machine (VM) + apps running in the Dalvik and using common Linux services.

Translation - because of the Android architecture, Android apps are usually much, much smaller than equivalent iPhone apps, because iPhone apps tend to carry copies of the the services they need around with them.

So - an iPhone app can run and hog the system resources and be very quick, often, faster than Android apps (although, that difference is seen much less (or not seen at all) on all of the newer dual core phones as I'll explain next).

Because you never get something for nothing, if you want to run the same number/kind of apps on an iPhone, you need to buy it with more memory than you would an Android. Because of efficiency differences, you need a faster processor on an Android - and indeed, the SGS2 processor runs faster than that on the iPhone 4s for that very reason (again, true of all dual-core Androids).

Translation - the iPhone approach is a memory hog, the Android approach is a cpu hog - take your pick.

Speaking of apps - many of the things that you have to buy as an app for an iPhone is either already built-in to Android or there's an equivalent free app on Android - the advantage of an open Market vs the closed App Store.

Hope this helps!