In the mobile market a cold war is
going on among Android and iOS for outright supremacy. Android’s success is
mainly based on the sales as well as its device options. Even though iOS
platform is well built and its security is top-notch, Apple’s iOS is not held
in such high regard. Apple’s software has high quality that can be compared to
Android but it lacks many features that users find on Android. Nowadays a
strong reason is required for the user to select an Android device over an iOS
one. Here is a list of ten reasons due to which Android beats iOS as compiled
by Business Insider:
1. Customization:
Android includes the option to customize your
Smartphone according to your taste. You can change your default home screen
with vibrant
themes. Jelly Bean 4.3 enables you to make different accounts which containing
selected apps. This comes in handy when you have kids who get their hands on
your handset. In comparison, iOS doesn’t offer customizing option to their
users.
2.Sharing Option:
In Android sharing option is made easier with its wide
range of applications, but in iOS sharing is more limited. While Android users
can share things through installed app like Mail, Whats App, and WeChat, iOS
user have only some basic options like Text, E-mail, Facebook, Flicker and
Twitter. The sharing ability of Android enables the user to try out many
sharable Apps that are available in Google Play Store. Android with its endless
sharing option is the king in sharing domain.
3.Notification:
Even if iOS 7 has restored its Notification Centre, Android
is still better. If you see any updates on Android notification drawer, you can
respond to it without opening the app. In comparision, iOS 7 only display
notifications like SMS or mail, and you have to open the app to see the
notification.
4.Third-party Software Keyboards:
Android has more options inkeyboard which
is not available on iOS. While iOS users depend on default keyboards, Android
users can replace the default key board with third party keyboards from Play
Store. All Android Jelly Bean versions can have this third party keyboards
that are very easy to use and self explanatory.
5.Visible File System:
As soon as you plug Android device to your PC, a
file system will appear on the screen as if you have plugged a memory device.
This makes the file transfer easier from one folder to another folder. But iOS
device does not give this type of access to all your files. Apple has very
tedious method of converting files to the compatible form before they are
transferred on to iOS.
6.Multimedia Ease:
Apple device requires iTunes to load songs to its music
player, but Android never cares about the source of the music. Android has
music players like Play Music and Power Amp, but even with all the features iOS
requires iTunes. Similarly iOS needs iPhoto to access your photo and totransfer
them. But Android does not require any software for converting photo or
downloading songs.
7.Images with Contact List:
Android will automatically select images for your contacts
from email accounts. This helps you to see your friend’s images on your virtual
contact list than it is with iOS7.
8.Google Now Trumps Siri:
Google is the giant search engine that everyone
uses for surfing. Google is extremely fast and can parse web sites to find out
significant information. On the contrary, Siri will automatically search in
Microsoft’s Bing and not in Google. So Siri is better than Google when it comes
to ‘assistant’ commands which is mostly used when you want to organize an
internal calendar event.
9.Applications:
Both operating systems include applications that are
similar. For instance, signing into Gmail account on iOS gives the same
experience as
it does on Android. If you are a Gmail user it is better to consider Android,
as Google apps work much better on Android than on iOS. As Android boasts a
default Gmail account, it is not possible to configure default Gmail account on
iOS. Moreover it does not pull in email ID of people you have contacted before.
Even though Gmail app is available for download on iOS, it does not run
smoothly as on the Android.
10.Unlock Options:
In Android device, you can unlock the phone to any app
you want.,For instance, unlocking can be done from menus likecontacts,
messages, camera by using a single unlocking swipe. Even if the finger print
scanner on iOS is good enough, it does not have unlock options like Android.
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