Purchasing a smartphone is similar to purchasing a car these days. In terms of sheer practicality, it doesn't matter if you acquire a Ford Focus or a Toyota Corolla. Both will get you from point A to point B for a similar price, performance, and mileage. They're also likely to have similar features, such as Bluetooth connectivity or GPS, at a similar price. Which one you ultimately choose is mostly determined by a single factor: which one you prefer on a primal level that's difficult to express other than "this feels right."
That is now also true of smartphones. When it comes to choosing between an iPhone and an Android, it all boils down to personal preference. Every current smartphone may perform the following functions: They have high-speed Internet, can run apps and play movies, take decent photos and videos, and let you send goofy pictures to your friends via Snapchat. And, for the most part, every key function on an Apple device has an Android counterpart and vice versa. Do you want to make mobile payments? Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Google Wallet are all options. Is it possible to connect a smartwatch? Apple Watch and Android Wear are two options. Infotainment controls in the car? CarPlay and Android Auto are available. And so forth.
Apps for the iPhone are the first and best-looking.
The majority of popular apps are available on both platforms, however many of the most popular games and apps are still released first on Android. Spotify has released Spotify Running for the iPhone, but it's not the only app that's not available for Android.
When apps are available on both iPhone and Android, the iPhone version often has a superior design to the Android version.
Apps are one area where the gap is closing, but as a group that rotates between iPhone and Android on a daily basis, there are still discrepancies.
On the home screen, there's a folder full of Apple apps.
This is a minor quibble, but I'd like to be able to erase many of the pre-installed apps that come with any iPhone. Because I know from experience that most Android phones that come with both OEM and carrier bloatware are much, much worse in this regard, I only consider this a minor issue.
Even still, it would be nice if I could at least remove the Stocks app from my home screen entirely, rather than concealing it in a folder alongside a slew of other apps that I want to get rid of but can't.
As I previously stated, I am quite pleased with the iPhone 6s in general. However, if Apple wants to improve the user experience even further, I believe these three areas should be addressed.
So far, the battery life hasn't been excellent.
I haven't done much testing, so it could just be my imagination, but... So far, I haven't had the best luck with the device's battery life. The good news is that Apple provides excellent tools to assist you in determining which apps are draining your iPhone's battery. On the iPhone 6s, I've already chosen to ditch Chrome in favor of Safari after seeing how much battery life Google's mobile browser consumes.
Regardless... The iPhone 6s has a battery capacity of 1,715mAh. By any measure of the imagination, that's not a large battery, and I'm concerned about how well it will hold up in two years. Other smartphone makers have succeeded in making handsets that are both small and have larger batteries, and I am hopeful that Apple will be able to do similarly in the future.
For what it's worth, I've heard that new iPhone battery life is notoriously awful at first since the devices are re-downloading a slew of material and settings, but that it improves after a month or so. I'm hoping that's the case, and I'll reserve my final judgment till then.
Mode "guest"
Google's Guest mode, which debuted in Android 5.0, has proven to be a lifesaver for many, particularly parents who share their phones with their children. Setting up a Guest mode on an Android phone not only keeps your data private and secure from prying eyes, but it also makes it easier for users to share their Android smartphone with other family members. iPhones do not have a feature that is comparable.
Others
When it comes to the list of alerts, Android beats iOS once you get past the glance-ability. Although iOS's listings are more flexible and changeable, Android's default setting is perfect, which is more essential because most people never modify the defaults. While iOS allows you to choose how many alerts to display for each app and how they should be organized, Android simply mixes them up and displays them in chronological order from the moment they occurred. You may also swipe right to ignore individual warnings in Android 4.0, which isn't feasible with iOS.
Another thing to bear in mind is that Google excels in alerts, whereas Apple does not. Take a look at what Google has done with Google+ notifications, which have been integrated into the universal Google toolbar and provide a great at-a-glance view of activity surrounding your Google+ material. Meanwhile, Apple's Mac OS still lacks a functional universal notifications system. Growl, a third-party app, is the most common solution.
Don't get me wrong: Android outperforms the iPhone in a number of areas, like turn-by-turn GPS navigation and Google Voice integration. However, Apple is expected to come up in terms of maps and GPS, while Google Voice is a niche option used largely by technophiles. Alerts are the one area where Android is far more user-friendly and usable than iOSFeature Articles, and that's unlikely to change very soon unless Apple overhauls its home screen's user experience.
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