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iPhone(iOS) vs. Android
Which Smartphone Should You Buy?&
Which platform, iOS and Android, is a proper one for app developers
Hardware: Diversity vs. Polish– Apple is the only company that makes iPhones
• giving it extremely tight control over how the software and hardware work together.
– Google offers the Android software to many phone makers. • As a result, Android phones vary quite a bit in quality.
– Of course, some people may prefer more choice.– Android phone can provide user with diverse facilities
• E.g., DMB, Keyboard, Big Screen, …
– Others, though, will appreciate the simplicity and quality offered by the iPhone.
Winner: No winner
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Apps: Selection vs. Control
Apps: Selection vs. Control– iPhone App Store offers more apps than the Android Market
• about 650,000 versus 600,000 (as of Dec. 2012)• # of iphone app download: 30 billion
– Apple is famously strict about what apps it allows and how it changes its policies
– Google’s standards for Android are somewhat more lax.• Many developers have complained about the emphasis on free apps for
Android and the difficulty of developing for so many different phones.• Not all of the best apps make it to Android
Winner: iPhone
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Gaming: A Growing Giant
Gaming: A Growing Giant– iPhone has changed a market trend for video gaming devices
• Nintendo’s DS and Sony’s PSP iPhone
– iPhone (and iPod touch) has rapidly become a major player in the mobile video game market, with tens of thousands of great games.
– Android has its just fair share of games
Winner: iPhone
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GPS Navigation: Free Wins
GPS Navigation: Free Wins– The built-in GPS and maps apps on both the iPhone and
Android.– Only one, Android, has a high-quality, spoken turn-by-turn GPS
app that’s also free• E.g., Google Map Navigation
– There are lots of other GPS apps for both platforms, there’s no equivalent free app for iPhone
Winner: Android
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Flash: Is It Worth It?
Flash: Is It Worth It?– iPhone famously doesn’t run Flash--and probably never will.– Android devices do.
• However, some Android phones aren’t as powerful as Android tablets support the Flash,
• Flash doesn’t work terrifically well on Android devices and that it drains batteries quickly.
– Recent trend change• Flash HTML5
Winner: No winner
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Battery Life: Consistent Improvement
Because of the greater variety of hardware used in Android phones, Android’s battery life is more varied and, on average, less than the iPhone’s
While early iPhone models had batteries that required a charge nearly every day, that’s no longer true. – With recent models, it’s easy to go days at a time without
needing a charge.
Winner: iPhone
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Carriers
Carriers: 4G vs. 3G– You can get Android phones that work on any of the Korean and
U.S.’s major phone carriers: KT, SKT, LGT, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile.
– On the other hand, the iPhone is only available on KT, SKT, AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon
– If you want to enjoy with pre-4G technology, LTE, your choice should be Android
Winner: Android
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User Maintenance: Storage and Battery
iPhone users can’t upgrade the storage or replace the batteries on their iPhones– Due to elegance and simplicity in the iPhone
Android, on the other hand, is open to user customization, meaning that users can change both phones’ memory and battery.
The trade-off is a bit more complexity and a bit less elegance
Winner: Android
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User Experience
UX: Elegance vs. Customization– People who like complete control over the customization of
their phones, and want to be able to fiddle the lowest level functions, will prefer Android thanks to its greater openness• one downside of this is app. compatibility across many Android
devices
– Most people want a phone that works well, lets them run the apps they want, and is easy to use. • Apple’s intense focus on ease of use, quality experience, and
things just working
Winner: iPhone
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Cost: Is Free Always Best?
If you’re particularly concerned with what your phone costs, you’ll probably choose Android– For those on a very tight budget, that may be the end of the
discussion.
If you’ve got some money to spend on your phone, though, look a little deeper. – Low price phones are usually low price for a reason– Getting a low price phone may be buying you more trouble
than a high price phone.
Winner: Tie
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iPhone 개발자 vs. Android 개발자
http://gallery21.tistory.com/48: 앱 개발자들은 어떤 OS 를 선호하는가 ?
– 그러나… 한국에서는 iPhone 보다 Android 개발자 층이 더 두텁다 ?• Why…?
Samsun Galaxy Java course in most university
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앱 개발자 입장에서는 애플의 앱스토어가 훨씬 구미가 당긴다 . 이유 ?
-Android 디바이스의 파편화 때문에 Android 앱은 개발이 순탄하지 않다 .: 노가다성 일이 많다 !