Both are great and both are loved by their fans. Here's the comparison between Apple iOS 6 and Android Jelly Bean features-
On all the tech forums everybody's boasting about their favourite Operating systems, which makes it a little bit difficult to differentiate between them.
A phone's OS is built to use nifty things like an accelerometer, proximity sensor, touch screen, and so on which sometimes seem magical. I still remember blowing on one end of an iPhone and watching with disbelief as the image of a balloon on the screen inflate, as if I had actually pushed air into it. And that was the first generation of the iPhone. The OSes that you get today are greatly more powerful, more polished and much faster.
Here is a side by side comparison of two of the best OS available in the market - Android Jelly Bean and iOS 6.
Let’s begin with Maps, as that has been in the news already.
Jelly Bean wins this hands down. Flyover feature in iOS 6 looks cute, but is really not very useful and Google Maps Street View beats this by a big margin. The turn by turn navigation in Google Maps is much more accurate, and the Google Maps is more filled out.
Notifications
While Apple has introduced a bunch of features in iOS 6, it is still mostly catching up with Android. Jelly Bean lets you expand your notification with a two finger gesture, without having to jump into an app. You can also dismiss single notification, and then there is extended mail notification. iOS 6 has added the ability to post to Facebook and Twitter from notification itself, but that still does not beat the more useful Jelly Bean.
While Apple has introduced a bunch of features in iOS 6, it is still mostly catching up with Android. Jelly Bean lets you expand your notification with a two finger gesture, without having to jump into an app. You can also dismiss single notification, and then there is extended mail notification. iOS 6 has added the ability to post to Facebook and Twitter from notification itself, but that still does not beat the more useful Jelly Bean.
Mail and Browsing
iOS 6 updated the mail app. Now you can have an VIP folder, flag emails and attach photos and videos to your mails. But then Jelly Bean has it too. Both Safari and Chrome are great browsers, and it is difficult to pick a winner here.
iOS 6 updated the mail app. Now you can have an VIP folder, flag emails and attach photos and videos to your mails. But then Jelly Bean has it too. Both Safari and Chrome are great browsers, and it is difficult to pick a winner here.
Speed and Smoothness, Ease of Use
Prior to Jelly Bean, iOS was the smoothest OS around. iOS was fast, smooth, powerful and very easy to use. iOS 6 - it continues to be all those things, but with Jelly Bean Android caught up. Prior to Jelly Bean, Android used to be jaggy, laggy and somewhat slow. Jelly Bean introduced Project Butter as a highlight feature. The aim of Project Butter is to make the Android smoother, faster, and less jaggy which it does by fixing 60 fps as the default frame rate across the OS. And guess what? It works! Every reviewer has praised Jelly Bean for how fast and smooth it is.
Prior to Jelly Bean, iOS was the smoothest OS around. iOS was fast, smooth, powerful and very easy to use. iOS 6 - it continues to be all those things, but with Jelly Bean Android caught up. Prior to Jelly Bean, Android used to be jaggy, laggy and somewhat slow. Jelly Bean introduced Project Butter as a highlight feature. The aim of Project Butter is to make the Android smoother, faster, and less jaggy which it does by fixing 60 fps as the default frame rate across the OS. And guess what? It works! Every reviewer has praised Jelly Bean for how fast and smooth it is.
When it comes to ease of use, iOS still reigns supreme. While Jelly Bean does not need a rocket scientist, it does require some getting used to. It is widely recognized as the more powerful, and more customizable OS, but this also means you have to dig into settings to enable features. It still remains a nerds wet dream, and iOS the preferred OS for those not inclined to go mucking around the settings menu.
UI and Looks
iOS has always looked great, and with each iteration Apple has changed the looks subtly – very subtly – to look better. With the introduction of Retina Display it looks even better. The same can’t be said for Android. Early versions of the OS, and we are talking about all those versions that came before Ice Cream Sandwich, Android did not look like a unified OS, and it lagged behind in sheer physical beauty. But then around came Ice Cream Sandwich and that problem was fixed (more or less). Google did not change the look in Jelly Bean, possibly because it is already quite good. What the late change with Ice Cream Sandwich means however, is that the latest version still has a fresh look, while iOS has essentially retained the same look since 2007, and therefore now looks a little boring.
iOS has always looked great, and with each iteration Apple has changed the looks subtly – very subtly – to look better. With the introduction of Retina Display it looks even better. The same can’t be said for Android. Early versions of the OS, and we are talking about all those versions that came before Ice Cream Sandwich, Android did not look like a unified OS, and it lagged behind in sheer physical beauty. But then around came Ice Cream Sandwich and that problem was fixed (more or less). Google did not change the look in Jelly Bean, possibly because it is already quite good. What the late change with Ice Cream Sandwich means however, is that the latest version still has a fresh look, while iOS has essentially retained the same look since 2007, and therefore now looks a little boring.
Voice Integration
Siri is more fun, and in iOS 6, much more useful. Now you can get sports data, movie listings, and book restaurants by simply telling Siri to do so. She can also launch third party apps, a feature that was much requested when Siri was launched with the last iteration of the iPhone. And yes, she still tells you jokes and talks to you. Google Now on the other hand is faster, provides ambient information (by getting to know you; including your residence, search history, your calendar appointments, etc, it gives you helpful information when it thinks you may require it), a more human like voice, dictation even works offline, and is reportedly faster than Siri (though by a tiny fraction of a second). Which one to like? It depends. If you want your phone to fill up the huge void you find within you, go for Siri, but if you are practical minded, efficiency driven sort, Google Now is best for you.
Siri is more fun, and in iOS 6, much more useful. Now you can get sports data, movie listings, and book restaurants by simply telling Siri to do so. She can also launch third party apps, a feature that was much requested when Siri was launched with the last iteration of the iPhone. And yes, she still tells you jokes and talks to you. Google Now on the other hand is faster, provides ambient information (by getting to know you; including your residence, search history, your calendar appointments, etc, it gives you helpful information when it thinks you may require it), a more human like voice, dictation even works offline, and is reportedly faster than Siri (though by a tiny fraction of a second). Which one to like? It depends. If you want your phone to fill up the huge void you find within you, go for Siri, but if you are practical minded, efficiency driven sort, Google Now is best for you.
In the end they are both great systems, though if you have the patience to do some tweaking, Jelly Bean would probably serve you better. After all, it has Google Now, and more importantly Google Maps.
East or west apple is the best !!!
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