(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Hey guys, thought I would post a very in depth explanation of why I feel that Android at this point in time is superior to iOS. Although this is mostly opinion, this thread will use nothing but cold hard facts. I will not have an ounce of bias.

Let us begin:

Usability

There is no doubt about it. iOS is simple. A little too simple. Which can actually amount to some very large problems.

For instance, with a Android based phone (take the S3) the buttons will always be in the same place. There will not be any back buttons scattered about the screen. The button will remain the same at all times. With an iPhone, the single home button causes App developers to do two things:

- Put an back button (lets take the browser for example)
- Waste screen space (On a 3.5 inch phone it does matter)

Now these are all small things, however it does actually contribute to the overall simplicity of Android. Which is often overlooked in situations like this.

Another big thing to note: Google services. Honestly this is a big one nowadays. Everyone uses Google to do things. We all use YouTube, Gmail and Google itself. Not to mention GOOGLE MAPS.

Take YouTube or Google Maps for example, as these are two of the most widely used things.

On Android, the YouTube application is very robust, and contains many more things than the iPhone application does. Here is a screen shot comparing the two:
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I'll let you decide which one is better, but I have a hunch you'll pick Android.

Maps:

Both the Android and iPhone applications include the following things:

-Business listings
-Traffic Reporting
-Compass mode
-Street View
-Driving directions
-Public transport (Gone in iOS 6)

Both also save frequent and recent searches.

Here are things that Android has and iOS doesn't:

-True Navigation (Updates your next turn based on your current location)
-Offline Reliability (You can cache frequently used places so you don't need to jack up data charges)

Lastly, the Android variant has strong integration with Places pages and Hotspot recommendations. You also get access to Mobile labs features, which allows you to try out experimental new features before they are released to the public. Lastly, it has voice search capability.

So as we can see, Android is the clear winner in these two areas. And is definitely something to consider when purchasing that next phone.


Music and Video


Apple may be leading in the music industry, but there are key factors that people forget about Android phones.

1. No software is required to transfer music to your phone. Simply drag and drop. And you're done.
2. Android supports many more formats: MP3, AMR, WMD (, MIDI, WAV, OGG Vorbis, and M4A.
3. Android (depending on which phone) has expandable storage. Which allows you to hold basically infinitely many songs and movies, as you can place in a SD card.
4. Android has a choice of many music player. iPhone only supports one. (iPod)


But we cannot forget the simpleness of the iPhone in this category. The iPhone has iTunes. This allows you to purchase a vast amount of content directly on to your device. That is, if anyone still pays for them.

Oh, also the HTC One X has beats audio. Which is also a plus if you were planning to pick up that beast.

We'll call this round a draw. As both devices have a their pros and cons.


Expansion

There's no doubt about it. Everyone would like to hold HD videos on their phones, however most phones only come with 16Gb-64Gb of storage.

However most android phones have SD card capability which is a huge advantage and it allows you to hold much more than just 64Gb of stuff.

Also, the battery on some Android phones is replaceable. Which is a huge advantage under any circumstances.

There is no doubt about it. Android is clearly superior in this category.

Stability

Ok, this is where the hard core fanboyism comes along and ruins everything. This isn't something that can be backed up by facts. Oh wait:

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Yup, iOS crashes more than Android.

Although these pictures are from a few months back, they still provide a relatively decent explanation of crashes. Granted, Android and iOS both have applications that crash, and older versions of Android are known to crash. However these graphs don't lie. We'll cut Apple some slack though, ICS was not included in these graphs as it was not fully released yet. So we'll call it even at this point.


On the other side, we may have a slightly smoother device, however this is mainly due to the fact that iOS has NO widgets, NO customization. Try Jailbreaking and running a Winterboard theme and see how slow your iDevice gets.


No clear winner, however:

If you like a smooth and customizable device: Android

If you like ultra smooth and that's it (doesn't mean apps or anything launch faster): iOS


Here are some other videos that compare Android vs. iOS



It's a 5 part video. Watch the whole thing.

Multisking

Android does real multitasking, while iOS does "multitasking"

On Android, apps are free to do their thing, for example download things without being interrupted. On iOS if you switch to another app, the app you were on beforehand is frozen.

This is problematic in certain situations. For eg. Facebook.

On an iPhone you would need to leave your Facebook app paused, and when you would come back to it, it would still have the old news feed loaded. Meaning you would have to refresh it over again in order to see your most recent news.

Small things like this really amount to an amazing user experience. At the end of the day, Android is just as simple and easy to use as iOS.


Choice:


On Android you are free to chose whatever device you wish. Hardware keyboard, 4G LTE, expandable storage.

Some devices have mini HDMI etc.

With Apple, you get the same device, with not that much meat on it.



Last but not least: (Granted Flash is dead, so don't bother responding about that)





These are just some of the many reasons I will be most likely picking up an S3 when it hits the shelves in Canada.

Never said you couldn't :derp: I just prefer iOS over Android. Like the guy above said earlier. I still have two HTC Incredible 2 batteries

Ok well first of all, you can jailbreak an iPhone. You can basically do anything you want once you do that.
I like my iPhone because of the simplicity. I don't need all this other crap on it that comes with an android.
It's just easy to use.
And second, at the beginning you say that this will be unbiased, however it is blatantly obvious that you like android better.
This is not an unbiased comparison at all, since you are favoring android.
I'll stick with my iPhone for now, since I don't need anything else.

Show me where I am bias.

Haha okay, but you did say to give my iPad to a true Apple fan....

Because you were backing up that Android is the shit, but yet you have an iPad. That made no sense :p

Seems like you've done your research