First things first, this is not iPhone v/s an Android "phone". I am just going to discuss about the operating systems, so no comparisons of the battery life, cameras, sound quality etc.
Now before Android 2.1, if you tried comparing any phone with an iPhone you would be dumb, coz' iPhone with all its hardware had an unfair advantage over all others which is its software. The biggest contribution made by Steve Jobs when he was not in Apple to Apple and to the world was his (finally known to be)software company NeXT(how??). But now if anything can come even closer to iOS its Google's Android. It'll not be wrong if I say that iOS 5 kind of copied notifications and wireless sync from Android.
Lets get to the facts now,
1. Android is an open source OS, i.e. anyone can make an app for Android phones and any Android user can use it. But with iOS Apple is very particular about what apps its users are allowed to use unless you jailbreak yours. Apple even charges a 30% share for every app.Google Android is free.
Verdict: Whats good in this is that Apple is more secure, whereas Android is prone to Viruses and bugs in apps.But that restricts the no. of apps. for iOS and Android is catching up fast. So it all depends on your downloading instincts.
2. Android provides with Home-screen widgets which have become very popular. Not even the latest version of iOS has it.
Verdict: 1-0 for android
3. Android can run Flash whereas iOS cannot. I am not talking about the camera flash. I am talking about the flash player apps.
Verdict: There are enough apps. already, but can be a problem if you want a specific flash app.
4. Android has become the 2nd fastest OS after iOS in very less time and is improving. It has a bigger market as phones of different companies can have Android(except Apple). So you can be loyal to your favorite brand like nokia and still have an OS that does not hang up every single time you try to use it. Apple's philosophy of Hardware and Software being twins and should be born together has been good till now, but Google has found an answer for it and its Android. It lets the creativity of the Phone manufacturer to come into play and bring more out of its OS.
Verdict: Good that you get more choices in terms of the looks for an Android phone as well as different price range. You can get an Android from 6000-30000. But there is only one iPhone upgraded with new hardware every year with minute changes in the body.
5. Now lets come to the final blow!! At T3 Gadget Awards 2011 surprisingly Samsung Galaxy S II was crowned the phone of the year beating iPhone 4. Both have comparable hardware, what really stood out was how Samsung integrated Android in its device that helped it beat iPhone4("surprisingly").
Verdict: Android is coming in at a very fast rate, Apple needs be more alert and creative with its software with a competition popping out out of nowhere. With the sole founder of Apple's Software development section NeXT Steve Jobs gone, its not going to be a clean sweep as earlier times when Apple has the monopoly in software.
Final Verdict: Head to head competition, with no one winning currently difficult to say which ones gonna win in the long run.This competition is going to be less about "Who wins??" and more about "Who's gonna let go" first??"
Now before Android 2.1, if you tried comparing any phone with an iPhone you would be dumb, coz' iPhone with all its hardware had an unfair advantage over all others which is its software. The biggest contribution made by Steve Jobs when he was not in Apple to Apple and to the world was his (finally known to be)software company NeXT(how??). But now if anything can come even closer to iOS its Google's Android. It'll not be wrong if I say that iOS 5 kind of copied notifications and wireless sync from Android.
Lets get to the facts now,
1. Android is an open source OS, i.e. anyone can make an app for Android phones and any Android user can use it. But with iOS Apple is very particular about what apps its users are allowed to use unless you jailbreak yours. Apple even charges a 30% share for every app.Google Android is free.
Verdict: Whats good in this is that Apple is more secure, whereas Android is prone to Viruses and bugs in apps.But that restricts the no. of apps. for iOS and Android is catching up fast. So it all depends on your downloading instincts.
2. Android provides with Home-screen widgets which have become very popular. Not even the latest version of iOS has it.
Verdict: 1-0 for android
3. Android can run Flash whereas iOS cannot. I am not talking about the camera flash. I am talking about the flash player apps.
Verdict: There are enough apps. already, but can be a problem if you want a specific flash app.
4. Android has become the 2nd fastest OS after iOS in very less time and is improving. It has a bigger market as phones of different companies can have Android(except Apple). So you can be loyal to your favorite brand like nokia and still have an OS that does not hang up every single time you try to use it. Apple's philosophy of Hardware and Software being twins and should be born together has been good till now, but Google has found an answer for it and its Android. It lets the creativity of the Phone manufacturer to come into play and bring more out of its OS.
Verdict: Good that you get more choices in terms of the looks for an Android phone as well as different price range. You can get an Android from 6000-30000. But there is only one iPhone upgraded with new hardware every year with minute changes in the body.
5. Now lets come to the final blow!! At T3 Gadget Awards 2011 surprisingly Samsung Galaxy S II was crowned the phone of the year beating iPhone 4. Both have comparable hardware, what really stood out was how Samsung integrated Android in its device that helped it beat iPhone4("surprisingly").
Verdict: Android is coming in at a very fast rate, Apple needs be more alert and creative with its software with a competition popping out out of nowhere. With the sole founder of Apple's Software development section NeXT Steve Jobs gone, its not going to be a clean sweep as earlier times when Apple has the monopoly in software.
Final Verdict: Head to head competition, with no one winning currently difficult to say which ones gonna win in the long run.This competition is going to be less about "Who wins??" and more about "Who's gonna let go" first??"
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