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Andriods Vs. Iphones
The competition between android devices and iphone devices is one of the most rivalrous and talked about in the mobile market. Both sides could argue for days on which device is better than the other. We are going to go into deep discussion about why androids are superior and why you should choose it over iphone. Androids have the ability to be fully customizable, while iphone offers limited customization. Second, Apple phones and Android phones have different operating systems, iOS (Apple) and OS (Android). Third, they have different markets for applications (App Store and Play Store). And lastly, the battle over who has more sales.

The biggest difference when it comes to customizing between the two is simplicity. ios was designed to be really simple, which is why iphone only has one button on the front screen, while Android offers three easily accessible buttons : backspace , home, and a menu you button just about any page or mobile screen the user is viewing. iOS has no room for the user to customize anything but the wallpapers on the home and lock screen. When dealing with iOs devices, the quote “what you see is what you get” applies. On the other hand, android is a different story. You can customize almost everything on you android if you please. There’s even apps to increase the performance of your phone such as the battery extender app. On iphone your one and only browser is safari. However, even though androids are powered by google, they let you use a different browser besides google. For example, Mozilla firefox. Androids have multiple home screens which are each customizable by choosing from hundreds of widgets (clocks, weather updates, music, camera controls) which encourages a feeling that the phone is fit for you. iOS only lets you rearrange your apps and create folders for them. Excepting more ? Don’t. So in other words, when using iOS, you’re using and being controlled by Apple. Although iOS is simpler which means its easier to use, it lacks a



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