Comparison between Android and iPhone:
Since a long time Android and iPhone have been tough competitors in the field of mobile phones and the situation will obviously become worse with increase in technical advancements by both. The Android and iOS user interface can be compared on the basis of following basic functions :
Interface and Notifications
The sharp, flat, clean lines of iOS 8 owe a great debt to iOS 7, when Apple dragged its mobile OS into the modern age. Google’s bold and colorful Material Design, meanwhile, introduced with Android 5.0, wants to unify the visual experience across all of your apps and act as a guide for your eyes at the same time.
Both are distinctive and easy on the eye—if you’ve grown used to one you may not particularly care for the other. Overall, Apple’s mobile OS adopts the more refined aesthetic, whereas Google’s carries more of an impact. Both are beautifully designed, in their own way.
Apps and Ecosystem
Both Apple and Google offer a strong set of native apps to get you up and running, though of course Google’s are all available on iOS, whereas Apple snubs Android completely. In Hangouts Google has an overarching messaging service that works almost anywhere, though iMessage and FaceTime are arguably more polished.
But when it comes to organizing apps google a clear winner. while both have great app markets the Android interface offers a much cleaner and sophisticated look in comparison to that of iPhone. Moreover folders in iPhone look clumsy and the icons are just too big.
A blow-by-blow comparison of each app would take up another dozen feature-length articles, but in most areas—email, maps, contacts, calling—both iOS and Android have the tools you’re going to need. You could argue that Google is the more innovative in email, with Gmail and Inbox, but Apple Mail is no slouch.
App permissions are also handled differently—on Android, it’s an all-or-nothing decision that you make when you install the app; on iOS, permissions like location and camera access are asked for one-by-one, and you can revoke them at any time.
Stability, Security, Performance
Touch ID is a big win for iOS and has hugely improved the experience of unlocking a phone or verifying a purchase. The various flavors of Android are trying to catch up, without much success—Samsung is the only manufacturer to have brought fingerprint-sensing technology to Android devices on a regular and consistent basis so far.
With Android Lollipop you do get the ability to ‘trust’ areas and even devices (like a Bluetooth car stereo) so that the PIN code is automatically disabled, making for a more customizable and flexible security setup. Lollipop has also finally joined iOS in offering full device encryption by default (on Nexus devices at least—it’s not yet mandatory for others).
Beyond the Mobile OS
There are so many extras to pick from: Apple Health vs Google Fit, Apple Pay vs Google Wallet, Android Auto vs CarPlay. For the sake of finishing this feature before iOS 9 and Android 6 appear, we’ll have to limit ourselves somewhat.
Music and movies seems a good area to take a brief look at: Android doesn’t have the same kind of desktop management software that Apple has in iTunes. Android users can of course tap into Play Music and Play Movies, and while those apps are improving, they don’t offer the same kind of control or indeed breadth of content as iTunes does.
Conclusion:
iPhone and Android are booth great at their own areas but both some pros and cons. There are few great advantages with iPhone which Android still fails to offer but one thing we should remember that Android comes for every budget but iPhone is a LUXURY, thus if you can afford it you should buy it, but if you can't then there is no point in saving for years for buying an iPhone, after all there are many great alternatives for you at hand.
