This isn’t a great comparison, but the Nexus 4 is also a lot smoother on than the iPhone 4s runing iOS 6, and navigating throughout the Android is a much better experience. Want to turn off WiFi? Or turn on Airplane mode. With Android there you can achieve both in two clicks, as apposed to five on iOS, and it’s much more cumbersome. Want to share a file via Dropbox or Email? This can be done in a much more elegant manner than iOS, and that’s a fact. I’ve done it numerous times.

You know what REALLY bothers me about iOS? Is how WiFi is literally turned off when the device turns off, and goes to sleep. I use VoIP calling and Google Voice for all of my calling/SMS. If I turn my iPhone screen off, my extension will get disconnected, and I won’t receive any calls, or messages via GV. I’m using the device without cellular service because my Nexus 4 is a much more powerful device, and I actually have the option for WiFi to STAY on when the device goes to sleep. What really cracks me up is the fact that this option could EASILY be implemented into iOS, but Apple thinks that their users are so amazingly stupid that they don’t bother doing it, and think that people will complain about battery life. If you search around, you’ll notice that this still isn’t an option on the latest version of iOS, which is just hilarious. I’m pretty sure this option was available in Eclair, or maybe even Donut.

Android may have been behind in the past, and i’ll admit that, but after witnessing my Galaxy Nexus run very smoothly with 4.1+ on sub par hardware (the 4s was a lot faster than the Gnex), it’s safe to say that times have changed. Take a look at any legacy device running Cyanogenmod, or any AOSP rom. Even the Galaxy S 2 runs 4.1+ ROMs smoothly.

The only reason HTC don’t do as well is because Samsung and Apple have made a name for themselves in multiple tech markets. HTC makes phones, and phones only. Their tablets will return when they find a way to innovate that market as well. But for now HTC are laying low until they can find a way to guarantee they can pull the market away from Apple and Samsung.

Nokia are on a downward slope. They just aren’t in it any more. No innovation, just the same old stuff. The PureView 808 was an amazing concept, but it was their only good concept in a while and the fact that it was running Symbian is just a killer for it.

Sony are a little more complicated. I can’t really pin why they do badly than the others because they make great phones, and apart from me, an HTC user, my entire family owns a Sony device. I’d say it’s likely they’re not focused on innovating in the mobile market, because they don’t need to. They have the PS3 (PS4 later today), sound systems, TV, any market they’re in it. They get income from everything else and only put out phones for the sake of market presence.

First phrase applies to sony , nokia and HTC while second one applies to apple and samsung