iPhone vs Android 2011

The year 2011 was yet another remarkable year for apple and the sales numbers for iPhone 4s reveal the entire story. Meanwhile, on the other land, Samsung Galaxy has enjoyed a great reception from the android world too. The smart phone market has been pretty much dominated by these two major players and the duo have completely muscled out the competitors Nokia, RIM and Microsoft. Your choice of getting a new smart phone is pretty much a “iPhone vs Android” question.

While most reviews spend a lot of time comparing the processor and the form factor, I lay emphasis on the software. Both iPhone and android have shown tremendous innovations and each player enjoys pros and cons of its own.

Interface:
Apple has put in a lot of thought into simplicity into the interface. The Cupertino giant has yet another polished interface, which is extremely easy to use. The android interface on the other hand can really make use of some simplification. The widgets and the mini apps are really confusing.

Lets Talk Apps
While the android market has been booming with apps, the quality of the apps are pretty low. Functionality is not the key, while iPhone leads strongly in terms of uniformity and simplicity. It makes a lot of sense for apple to enforce such strong rules for app approval process.

Maps and Navigation
While both the navigation applications use google for its backend data source, the android application is much better and Google has done a tremendous job with the navigation application. While the iphone does have a really good app, the android app is much better.

Sync Sync Sync
Android had a huge edge on this front, until apple released iCloud as a part of iOS5. This makes a tremendous difference, since the loyal apple followers now enjoy photos, videos and apps on the ipad too.

Bells and Whistles
Both android and iPhone have its own bells and whistles. Android has been an open platform and applications like swype have made a significant impact on the device. Apple, despite being a closed platform now enjoys an amazing talking assistant in the form of siri. Also, iPhone is a global phone which supports both GSM and CDMA, and a lot of smart phone carriers.

In a nutshell, both operating systems are doing great and you will not be disappointed with either.

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