The iPhone: The Solitary and Only
When
users talk about features of the iPhone, they are citing to the iOS mobile
platform. The rate of the software is great across the board and there has
always been one iPhone even though we have several versions every year. One can
just choose the storage that it boasts whether 16 GB, 32GB or 64 GB.
The Various Looks of Android
Android
is Google's mobile operating system and countless smartphones run on this
platform. Android users refer to their smartphones as a "Droid" even
though the carriers vary from one another. Android phones are available in all
shapes and sizes.
The App Store vs. the Android Market
At
the moment this is the most important part that constitutes both platforms:
apps. Apps are considered as the principal reason why people opt for
smartphones these days. Apple's App Store include a huge register of
downloadable games, tools and is the biggest market of apps in the world
closely followed by Android. Apple is relatively firm in its choice of apps in
the market and takes significant judgment of the apps that pass through its
scanner. The App Store though is the sovereign here.
On
the other hand, Android highlights on "openness" and does not have a stringent
app approval process for its own app market. This is the key reason why malware
cannot be fixed, but Android followers are happy about the advance.
The
iPhone OS has been in the market for long time now and for this reason boasts
of good quality apps and more apps compared to Android market. However there
are new apps being developed in mutually platforms and hence both iOS and
Android have their own share of hits and misses.
iPhone vs. Android
An exclusive
advantage with Android is its seamless integration with Google and its
services. Everyone can profit from Android's superior native Gmail app. Google
Maps feature in Android include GPS Navigation, GPS navigation app for the car.
On the whole, Android is a flexible OS which helps you to nip some phone
features if it bugs you. All plain settings can be controlled too. There are
slick design and theme apps which can easily modify the look and feel of the
smartphone.
But
there is a vast issue of "fragmentation" with Android since there are
multiple versions of Android available. The most recent version of Android is
4.0 or Ice cream Sandwich but there are many new devices which are still
running an old version of the OS. Additionally, phone manufacturers come up
with their individual "skins" which rests on top of the Android
platform. These "skins" have their exclusive look and own apps that
cannot run on any other phone of any other manufacturer. Only the Galaxy Nexus
offers a vanilla Android experience and are always primary updated before any
other smartphone.
Now
talking about the iPhone advantage, Apple has always been competent to offer the
best possible experience for its customers and hence flawless experience is
guaranteed on all levels. With its latest Retina display technology, iPhone has
the finest pixel-rich display in a phone and presents a superb UI for web
browsing and multimedia. Apple's FaceTime app makes video chatting seamless
between Apple devices. The iPhone is a smaller amount customizable which might
be a huge turn-off for some users. Also there are problems with its support for
4G capability. This is a huge minus in terms of speed when Android 4G phones
are around.