DISTINCTIVE AND UNIQUE
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iOS and Apple App Store came into existence earlier than Android and corresponding Google Play Store. Since then, the war between iOS and Android to overpower each other with unique features and functionalities has never stopped. These features are of prime importance to iPhone application development company London and Android app companies that are in search of utilizing unique features of OS to build innovative apps. For example, the ‘Back’ button of Android is quite popular among audience and used frequently. Apple implemented back button of sorts, but hasn’t been so successful in this endeavor.
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ANDROID DEFAULT APPS Android is not very stringent on its users for using its default apps for email, gallery or browsers. Users are given the freedom to download and use the app of their choice to browse through the internet, play videos, view photos or even access email. Apple has yet not opened doors for developers to beat its default browser Safari, Mail and Photos. The company does not intend to give developers control of opting out form default apps to iOS users. Android allows users to swap out the default apps and make their choice.
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ANDROID DEFAULT APPS
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UNIVERSAL SEARCH: IOS SPOTLIGHT Apple is known for providing the best user experience. Though Google is the most renowned search engine, Apple surpasses it through Spotlight. When a user starts typing in Spotlight, it shows relevant results by fetching data from contacts, nearby locations, documents and other files in phone or cloud. Google is trying to advance its search and user operation on mobile device, but it is far from reaching Apple’s standard in this perspective.
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SYNCHRONIZATION & INTEGRATION Apple has always encouraged its users to purchase iOS devices and experience high level synchronization. Integration of iOS devices is incomparable and unmatched. For example, iPhone user can copy text and paste it on iPad without much effort. Google hasn’t introduced such seamless integration of data and actions across devices yet. In this case, it can be said that iOS users are blessed to experience extreme convenience in using different iOS devices.
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SECURITY OPTIONS Apple makes it compulsory for iOS users to have some sort of security in their devices. Though this is necessary for the privacy of user’s data, sometimes it becomes an overhead when you want easy and fast access to phone. Android allows users to disable security options and allow authorized access to a particular device, recognized voice or face.
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CONCLUSION Android and iOS both have their own distinctive features that earn them loyal set of users. The ultimate aim of both the operating systems is to offer convenient and user-friendly experience. The competition between them is getting fierce as both are trying to overcome their negatives and at the same time come up with something innovative to retain old users and attract new ones.
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