At the present time, Android and iOS are prevalent terms among technology lovers and Smartphone users. Android is a Linux-based operating system designed for smartphones and tablet computers developed by Google. On the other hand, iOS is a mobile operating system developed and distributed by Apple Inc.
History:
Firstly, Android Inc. was an independent company; later, Google bought that company in 2005 and sold its first Android Smartphone in 2008. Meanwhile, iOS-powered smartphones were introduced in 2008, just a year before Android for iPhone by Apple Inc.
Overview:
Android and iOS are both user-friendly operating systems. Android is an open-source operating system, and Google releases the Apache License. Now it is the world’s most widely used platform. Samsung, Sony, BlackBerry, HTC, and Nokia use Android for their Smartphones. It has almost 75% of the market share of smartphones worldwide, and the total number is 750 million devices. Now the current version of this operating system is Android 4.2. On the contrary, Apple has a market share of 31% of the Smartphone market. Apple doesn’t give a license to iOS for any non-Apple devices. So it is impossible to install iOS on non-Apple hardware. Typically, the iOS operating system is based on direct manipulation by using multi-touch gestures. The current version of it is iOS 6.1.3
Features:
There are numerous features in both Android and iOS platforms. Android is famous for rich and versatile camera capabilities, visual voice mail, live effects for transforming videos, and powerful web browsing. iOS is also superb! It has achieved a unique appeal for some of its specific features, such a Safari. Springboard, FaceTime, Siri, Passbook, and notably iTunes.
Apps:
There are almost 8,00,0000 apps in the Google Play Store for Android. On the other hand, Apple has the most apps 8 40,000 in its app store. A recent study by a company called uTest indicates that Apple provides better quality apps than Google. In data published in a ReadWrite story in the first month of this year, uTest said that iOS apps are superior, with a score of 68.5, to the Android apps that got 63.3.
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Most used on the internet:
NetMarketShare’s March 2013 report indicates that iOS-based Smartphone users use the Internet more than Android users, and it is about 60.1%. The Android platform is just behind iOS, and it is about 24.9%. Moreover, both of these operating systems are more apt for Internet browsing.
Development period:
Android and iOS compete with each other vigorously. Their competition recently seems like a battle. Both manufacturers make such rapid development. Google upgrades Android almost after six months, and Apple makes an iOS upgrade approximately a year and brings about a new version.
Conclusion:
Android has created its major market in Europe, and Apple has in North America. Both these two operating systems have been leading the Smartphone world; somewhere the appeal of Android is more. Anywhere, the popularity of iOS is sky-high. So it is quite difficult to identify which one is the better platform. Above all, both Android and iOS are symbols of absolute innovation in modern technology.
