Posted by: SayonceJRC
Here is my opinion. I went from a iPhone 4 to a Samsung Galaxy SIII and went back to my iPhone and am currently using my Galaxy.
As an iPhone user you become accustomed to having the phone fit in your hand and using the iPhone is very simple and battery life is pretty good.
Transition to the Galaxy was seriously a little overwhelming for me. It seems like an exaggeration but my thumbs were pretty sore for a couple days because the Galaxy is such a huge phone compared to the iPhone. The iPhone can almost fit inside the Galaxy's screen, not including the rest of the phone. The battery life is also terrible. It's a very hard transition going from being able to use my iPhone from say 8 in the morning to 5 or 6 in the evening with moderate usage such as texting 2-3 people regularly, checking Twitter and Instagram along with maybe 1 or 2 calls and occasionally E-mail to having the battery lose 10% of it's charge in about 15 minutes not including the battery also dying while I am not using it.
Let's say I arrive to school with 95% battery and don't use it until I get out at 3:20, when I check my phone at 3:25 the battery life is now 72% and I haven't used it at all. It is quite disappointing seeing such a huge drain in battery when I haven't used it at all during the day. I'm not sure if there are options I have not seen yet but I've turned on Power Saving Mode, I've disabled apps that have been pre-installed on my phone from ATT and constantly use my Task Killer.
Honestly, OP, it all comes down to preference. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with my Galaxy. I want to sell it and use it towards buying an iPhone 5 but it's hard to keep in pristine condition if I have to use it because my iPhone is near the end of its life so I can't use it while looking for a buyer. I may invest in another battery to keep on hand but I don't know if that would help at all. The Galaxy is a great phone, don't get me wrong but the size and battery life are a huge turn off.
I'm pretty sure the flood just convinced me to buy the iphone 4s.
Thanks for this tip about the battery. I didn't realize it was such a battery drainer.