I didn’t say either one is easier. I simply said it was easier designing for one set of hardware rather than multiple.

Agreed they likely cheaped out on hardware and software and no big surprise they are having problems.

You’re already ON the internet, maybe Google before you comment next time. The y only used one phone, and it was the galaxy S2.

Galaxy S2, so.....

I won’t attack you (I am not a “fandroid”, for that matter... honestly, anyone who uses those kinds of terms is more likely the fanboy in the conversation anyway), but I would like to see some proof, if you have it.

It actually isn’t easier to build stable software on iOS compared to Android, especially when you are only designing for a single hardware design either way.

Can you really call a company who does all of its manufacturing and money holding outside of the US... a US company?

I suspect finding that out was too much work — like spell-checking the tags on the article — “millitary” being one of them...

I would assume millitary to have a custom fork of android for its own use, itd be absurd if millitary had part of its data in either google’s servers or icloud.

Huge ammount of stupid Android Vs Apple comments on here. They are just reporting that “hey their Android phones freeze so they’re moving to Apple.” It could very well be the software in which case it will be just as bad on iPhone, but from my understanding, it is easier to develop software on the iPhone that will be…

calling an android phone about as accurate as calling it a meat sandwich. what phone were they using?

Its almost like Apple offered them a big discount to secure all future military contracts in phones and mobile apps mmmmmmmmm lol

I suppose being obtuse does pass for humor around here.

According to the military, flawlessly.

This seems too weird, the excuse for the change is really bad, like the kind of excuse someone that doesn’t know anything about tech makes to praise apple’s gadgets. I want to assume the military knows what they’re doing and that these decisions aren’t made by people that don’t know about the difference the…

While I’m not sure what phone they used from Android I do wonder if this is happening because no US company sells Android Phones. Where as Apple is a US company and I believe that does have some weight when making a purchasing decision.

For those curious the Army has a list of things that can help a company win a…

That’s a fair point, but same can be said for an iPhone. How would you know. Also, the ‘freezing’ issues could very well be software related in which case whatever software the military writes for iPhones may just as well ‘freeze’.

How do you think an iPhone does?

How does your Nexus perform under military conditions?

I’m a huge Android fan, but I will admit that for an organization that wants to standardize, the iPhone is a better option. Single hardware and software across the board. That being said, they could have also just picked a single Android manufacturer and make some custom Android version that would be just fine. I…