Posted on 05/23/2011 10:28:29 AM PDT by Swordmaker
Lifehacker’s Adam Dachis takes a look at the top 10 ways Apple’s iOS beats Google’s Android.
Following that, Whitson Gordon attempts to come up with the top 10 ways Google’s Android beats Apple’s iOS.
We offer both lists, so you can easily compare exactly what’s being claimed to be “better” about each platform.
Which list has more things of actual importance to the typical end-user?
Top 10 ways Apple’s iOS beats Google’s Android:
10. The iTunes Media Store
9. AirPlay
8. Find My iPhone
7. A Better Support System
6. Better Battery Life and Management
5. iTunes and Tethered Syncing
4. No Crapware
3. A Bigger and Better Variety of Apps
2. A Well-Designed, Intuitive User Interface
1. Consistency
Top 10 ways Google’s Android beats Apple’s iOS:
10. Alternate Keyboards
9. Automation
8. Custom Home Screens (spawning this sort of abject fugliness – MDN Ed.)
7. Widgets
6. Removable Storage and Battery (hardware features available on some devices)
5. Wireless App Installation
4. Custom ROMs
3. Controlling Your Phone From Your Computer
2. Flash
1. True App Integration (Set phone’s dialer to use Google Voice all the time; in iOS you have to tap Google Voice to use it.)
MacDailyNews Take: Obviously, most of Android’s so-called advantages consist of absurd geek tweaks and minor niche hacks which very few, if any, regular users will utilize at all, much less to any real advantage. Some of the things on Android’s list, like Adobe Flash support and Custom ROMs, are downright disadvantageous – leading to meaningful end-user advantages for iOS in better battery life (helping push the Web forward instead of anchoring it in the past by killing Flash is also a nice feeling iOS users should have) and consistency (iOS’ lack of fragmentation is, as Dachis states, of important value: “Knowing what you’re getting and that you’ll be receiving updates for at least the next two generations of devices increases the value of an iDevice long past the date of purchase.”
For some reason, security goes unmentioned. It shouldn’t; it’s a very real, very big advantage.
In the end, simply comparing these two lists, not to mention reading the full articles (links in the first sentence above), makes it plainly obvious that Apple’s iOS is the superior choice over Google’s flawed clone for anyone except the most delusional “Apple Haterz,” ignorant consumers, or those unfortunate souls who find themselves with carriers who are not yet authorized to carry Apple products.
Thought so... Thank you for confirming you DON'T know what you are talking about in photography. . . or in quality of screens or resolution either. LOL, thumbnails. A 1.5 megapixel camera can display a HD VIDEO at 60" diagonal and you'd be very impressed with the resolution! At 5 megapixels, it would be capable of that size in a near retina display!
My Android tablet is great!
Of course the iPhone photos can be enlarged to sizes larger than thumbnails, but will become distorted on much smaller enlargements than photos taken with an 8 megapixel camera. There is a reason nobody is making dedicated 5 mp cameras anymore. I have had 5 MP cameras and distortion is sometimes noticable on 4 x 6 inch prints. Anything much larger than that and it gets very bad.
Also, I notice you mentioned video, not still shots. I don’t know the mechanics of it, but I do know that relatively low resolution cameras can take HD video. That won’t help you when your snap shots get fuzzy, though.
I realize Apple is probably paying you to shill for them here, but at least try to come up with some valid propaganda points. Claiming larger, better screens, faster processors, real web browsing (Flash) and superior cameras are actually DISADVANTAGES is ridiculous. The latest high end Android phones blow away the iPhone 4.
I have never bought the idea of “iPhone killers”, but if the Galaxy S2 battery life is as good as early reports from overseas users indicate, I’d short Apple stock. That phone is vastly superior to the iPhone in every way. And, within 6 months, I’m sure Motorola and/or HTC will put out something even better and Samsung will repsond with something still better and so on and so on.
If Apple wants to compete, it needs to get its act together and once again start producing phones with specs that are at or above those of the competition. If not, in 2 or 3 years, the iPhone will be what Blackberry has become today, a once dominant brand that is now mainly owned by dwindling number of diehard fans.
Your attitude seems to mirror Apple’s. It basically says, “If the competition is doing some things better (nearly all things, in fact) than us, then those things don’t matter.” I think the market will beg to differ on that.
Look, you keep demonstrating you haven't got a clue about digital photography. Why not stop while you can still climb out of the hole you've dug for yore self? HP lists that you will only see picture quality degrade on prints above 11" x 14" with a 5M pixel digital camera... Your absurd claim of 5M pixels being good only for "snap shots" and "thumbnails" demonstrates that in spades. I took some HD videos of drag racing saturday before last at the Sacramento Raceway with my iPhone's 5Mp camera, edited it in iMovie on my phone, and then sent it in HDTV to a high end Optoma projector which displayed it on a 150" screen... At 1080p... And it was NOT fuzzy or distorted!
Also, I notice you mentioned video, not still shots. I don’t know the mechanics of it, but I do know that relatively low resolution cameras can take HD video. That won’t help you when your snap shots get fuzzy, though.
I just did. And video translates to still shots with fast modern digital cameras... Your claims don't hold water because you obviously don't understand what you are talking about. Megapixels have little to do with picture quality at the camera level and the ability to gather light at low levels. The number of pixels just sets the SIZE at which you can print an optimum quality print. For display on a video or computer screen, the MAXIMUM you need is a 4M pixel camera to display the 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution superhigh 30" HD monitors which have a total of 4,096,000 pixels. The 5Mp can handle that, and more.
Your accusation that I am a paid shill for Apple is an insult. It has been answered before. I am not. I maintain the Apple/Mac/iPhone/iPad Ping list on FreeRepublic at the request of 520 of your fellow Freepers so please drop that claim. It is false. The fact is that the competition is NOT doing thing better than Apple. They are the ones copying Apple and trying desperately to make a profit and to carve out a nitch in the smartphone market. Apple is drawing 55% of all cell phone sales profits in the last quarter! RIM, Samsung, Nokia, and HTC split the next 45% and the rest posted either break-even or losses!
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