Android or iPhone for mom?

[anomad]

I am going to get a smartphone for my mom. I got her an android tablet and she likes that. We've never had Apple products. However I've read iPhones are more intuitive for the retired folks...

Most people I've talked to that recommend the iPhone haven't used anything else.

I plan to play with the apple at the store tonight before I make up my mind.

Honestly I don't think its a huge deal either way. What color is probably a bigger deal... haha

Thoughts?

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Buy a droid if she's comfortable with that platform.

Plus i heard its rude if you don't wave at the iPhone users, and do you really want your mom waving at hipsters?

[Ronin13]

I would say it all depends on how tech savvy she is. My mom is pretty quick with computer stuff (she initially taught me everything I knew about computers when I was younger). My dad on the other hand... not so much. He knows email and web browsing and the learning curve was rough when he got his Android phone. I would recommend, just based on her tablet experience, the Android system... the uninitiated will find some things harder with Apple just because of the "oversimplification" factor that apple uses to approach their stuff, or it'll be really easy for them.

[Ronin13]

Buy a droid if she's comfortable with that platform.

Plus i heard its rude if you don't wave at the iPhone users, and do you really want your mom waving at hipsters?

Nice! I used to have an iPhone and I never wave... I guess I'm a rude asshole.

[kanekutter05]

I am going to get a smartphone for my mom. I got her an android tablet and she likes that. We've never had Apple products. However I've read iPhones are more intuitive for the retired folks...

Most people I've talked to that recommend the iPhone haven't used anything else.

I plan to play with the apple at the store tonight before I make up my mind.

Honestly I don't think its a huge deal either way. What color is probably a bigger deal... haha

Thoughts?

I've had both and they both have their merits. I liked Android because...well...it's not Apple. I've currently got an iPhone because my wife and I can have everything synced together easily. I don't even have to ask her what we're doing anymore, it just pops up on my phone now

iPhone is definitely more intuitive though. You really can't go wrong either way though.

[HoneyBadger]

I've used both and currently have an android (got a really good deal on an HTC Thunderbolt!) but i would recommend the iPhone for older folks. Both of my parents have them and what most people say about them is true: they are much more intuitive and easy for "non-tech" people to use them. My mom has had hers for about 2 months and sent me her first text message ever last month. Then about two weeks later she sent me her first picture message.

Now she is constantly sending me pictures of everything...

[mevshooter]

I'm an iPhone guy, and I absolutely love it.

However, as was already pointed out, if she is familiar with an android platform (meaning the tablet) I would bet an android phone would be super simple for her to get used to.

[anomad]

My dad is a real computer guy (got a Commodore Pet in 1977) I was 5 and remember it well... Mom, not so much, the tablet has been everything she wants and needs in a computer. Dad can't see shit anymore with his cataracts so I don't think he'll use the phone much.

An android phone would make all the syncy things pretty simple so it appears on the phone or tablet automagically.

[anomad]

Buy a droid if she's comfortable with that platform.

Plus i heard its rude if you don't wave at the iPhone users, and do you really want your mom waving at hipsters?

Would I have to buy her a Prius to go with the iPhone? And then wave at all those folks too?

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Would I have to buy her a Prius to go with the iPhone? And then wave at all those folks too?

Yes then have to relocate her I boulder. It's obvious that the android is the more financially responsible decision.