A detailed comparison between Android mobile vs Apple iPhone

Android mobile

Android is n open-source operating system developed by Google for touchscreen mobile devices and tablets. Initially, the first release of the Android operating system was launched and introduced in 2003 – 2005. The Android operating system was built by changing some core components of the Linux kernel. Yeah, Android uses Linux kernel. Android is the most popular operating system, and Android devices are used by more than 60% of people worldwide. It is straightforward to operate with handy devices. They are much popular because they are convenient and easy to use.

Android versions

Android developers had released a total of 17 versions of Android from the first release to up-to-date. The list of android versions is android 1 ( no official name available), android 1.5 ( cupcake), android 1.6 (doughnut), android 2 (éclair), android 2.2 (Froyo), android 2.3 (gingerbread), android 3.0 (honeycomb), android 4.0 (ice cream), android 4.1 (jelly bean), android 4.4 (kit kat), android 5.0 (lollipop), android 6.0 (marshmallow), android 7.0 (Nougat), Android 8.0 (Oreo), android 9.0 (pie), android 10 (android 10), android 11 (no name). These are the versions of the Android operating system released by the developers.

There are many android phone manufacturing companies around the world. The most popular android mobile phone brands are Samsung, Redmi, realme, Vivo, Oppo, one-plus, Motorola etc. 

The mobile manufactures thousands of mobile phones every month all over the world. Even Google is also manufacturing their android smartphone called Google pixel smartphone.

Most android phone comes with specific UI which comes under two categories of android UI. They are called flavoured Android and unflavoured Android. Brands like Samsung, Redmi, realme, one plus, Vivo, oppo etc., use their flavoured version of Android on their manufactured mobile devices. These brands create their android flavour and are heavily customized as their wish and packed with their manufactured mobile devices.

Some innovative phone brands like Google, Moto, etc., use the purest version of Android in their manufactured mobile devices instead of adding their flavours. They do not add any extra features or flavours, or skin to the Android. Instead of adding these additional pieces of stuff, they give the purest form of Android along with their smartphone to their users.

Pros and cons of flavoured and unflavoured Android UI

Flavoured android UI has more additional features because smartphone brands add extra designs, skins, colours and features to be unique from their competitors. Some devices come with a lot of bloat wares. It is highly customized and well-optimized in some specific intelligent phone brands. Unflavoured android UI is otherwise called stock android. It is the purest version of Android compared to the flavoured android UI such as colour os, reliable UI, miui, oxygen os, one UI etc.

They are very featureless when compared to the flavoured UI that other mobile brands give. Every android innovative phone brands push updates to their users for a maximum of two years, including security patches and bug fixes. The latest version of Android is Android 11, and the next version of Android is under development. Every android version has many improvements in its features, looks and security threats.

Pros and cons of android smartphone

Many apps and games are available for Android devices, which are officially available in the Google play store. Google play store is the official software centre for the android operating system. Android devices are also suitable for gaming and many game developers are creating many excellent games, especially for Android. Gamers are mainly using android devices for gaming and streaming online around the world. There are Android devices available at all ranges of cost. Even flagship android devices are also available in all smartphone brands. There are a lot of choices available for Android devices because of the competition between many mobile brands.

Even mobile phones with high specifications are available at low cost due to heavy competition in the price range. However, Android devices have many valuable things; they can be hacked easily. Data breaches and loopholes are the major security threats that occur in android devices. A good ecosystem can not built-in using this android device. Now let’s see about Apple iPhones.

Apple iPhones

Apple iPhones are touchscreen smartphone devices which are developed and introduced by Apple corporation. It is one of the world’s top brands in the field of technology. Their devices are always first-class in quality.

The iPhones are similar to the android phone in look, but they are different in their operating system. They use their operating system on iPhones which is specially developed for high security. They have released only 21 models of iPhone till now, but in Android, there are more than hundreds of models released per month. Every new iPhone comes with the latest powerful chipset. They also manufacture hardware for their devices. Apple corporation has the potential to change the world. Mobile devices are highly secure.

Every iPhone models receive an update for an extended period, whereas android devices receive an update for only two years. The combo of their hardware and their highly-secured software makes a powerful mobile device in the world. A complete and robust ecosystem can be quickly built using this apple device. Everything is advantageous for them, but their price is a little higher than the android flagship devices.