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"Both Google and Apple are the next generation IT players after the golden era of Microsoft! There is a stiff competition between the two and it is obviously common. Apple’s iOS is designed keeping the high end user’s demand and perspective whereas Google’s Android is for all and sundry. There are many factors through which we can differentiate their core business plan; but at the end of day, it sounds odd that iOS outdoes Android especially considering the recent scenario. How? Let’s check it out."
User Experience: User experience is the key feature of every operating system to decide its fate! If today, Windows operating system is going to lose its grip from the industry then it's only due to its not up to date user experience; though it ruled the industry for many decades due to its upmarket user experience in the DOS era. With time, Apple's iOS and Google's Android understood the user demand and made their operating system quite user friendly to penetrate into the market. Now between these two rivals, Apple's iOS has better user experience than that of Android. Apple understands customer requirements and latent needs and designs products accordingly. On the contrary, Google's Android L and now upcoming M are aggressive enough to change the whole things in a single shot. Android Lollipop has received tremendous support from around the users for its iOS looks like in design. Now, with Android M, it is going to repeat again. In fact, experts believe that, this time Android M might beat iOS9!! Cost effective: Apple gives better user experience and quality and reliable hardware devices but at a premium cost. It produces both the Operating system along with the smart phone (iPhone) and tablet i.e. iPad and those cost much higher than that of Android devices which are built by different manufacturers of the industry. So, there is no comparison between them in the cost effectiveness point of view. In fact, Google is quite ambitious to provide android device in everyone's hand at an affordable price of just $100 with its Android One project. Here Apple will not be able to outdo Android in any manner. App population: There was a time, when the industry had a great respect for Apple device and iOS; but things have changed a lot since then. Now, with the introduction of Android, the industry got an amazing platform as an optional way to reach the user in a seamless manner. App developers are also encouraged to develop smart apps for Android operating system. To become an iOS app developer, you need lots of effort to put a quality app in the Appstore. On the contrary, Google's android play store is absolutely free for the android app developers to put and launch their app in the platform. Indeed it works like a heaven for the android developers. No need to struggle for permission from Apple. You just need to put your app in Google play store and make it live for your customer; you have enough time to modify and enhance your app later on. This made the population of android apps much more larger than life and expectation. Though you will get only good quality apps in iOS; you will also get similar or even better quality of apps in Playstore with many optional apps. Again, since there are a huge volume of apps in Playstore now, the new apps that are being developed by the android developer will be of better quality to sustain in the market. So it’s a win-win situation for both android developer and users. No way, here iOS can outdo android. App Quality: Yes, undoubtedly iOS has much more quality apps; but the situation is getting reversed with time. With increasing volume of apps in Playstore, it becomes a challenge for the android app developers to develop better quality apps for the user to get accepted. Though, iOS app store is filled with extremely quality apps but the volume is limited; whereas you will get much bigger volume of android apps in the Playstore which will trigger better quality apps from the developers to fulfil the user demands. In future, the quality of android apps is supposed to be of much higher standard to compete with a larger number of apps already available in the Playstore. Up-To-date: Yes, this is the only issue with Android. Android does not produce devices instead it only focuses on the quality of its operating system. As a result, many manufacturers get associated with android in developing devices for smart phone users. Now, these devices are not of uniform hardware specification in any manner. As a result, it is next to impossible to design an operating system that can run smoothly in all standards of hardware. In fact, many manufactures are producing budget smart phones that cost one tenth or even one fifteenth of the latest iPhone 6. So in that case, it is not possible for the manufacturer to provide up-to-date operating system to its user at such a low amount. Though high end devices like Samsung, LG, Sony, and Moto will get immediate update from the manufacturer; on the contrary, apple produces both device and OS from its in-house building. There are some issues with the compatibility with the Operating System and device. So, an apple user will get instantly updated version without any fail. Finally, market penetration: When iOS started its venture into the industry, it received exceptional response from the users. But, the price and limited hardware has been always a great concern for Apple since its inception. The in-house smart phone i.e. iPhone and the tablet i.e. iPad is extremely premium and isn’t affordable to everyone. Now, on the contrary, Google’s Android has the benefit of the same i.e. budget smart phone or tablet for everyone. As a result, over the years the market share of Google’s Android is making a new milestone with every passing year. Now, Google’s Android Operating System is around 800 % -900 % ahead of that of iOS. Still the market share is in favour of Google. The cost effectiveness, quality service and better design have made it possible though. Anyway, after all, it’s entirely win-win situation for both Google and the common user altogether. And while the battle is on as to who would dominate the scene, it would be beneficial to bring to your notice an offshore development company that boasts of the best mobile app development talent. They have designed apps that have been a rage on Appstore, Playstore and both. If you have an app in mind and need help to create it, just send in your requirements to sales at Mindfire Solutions dot com and we will get back to you in 72 hours.
