IPHONE VS ANDROID

ABOUT IPHONE• IPHONE  IS A LINE OF SMARTPHONES DESIGNED AND MARKETED BY APPLE INC. THEY RUN APPLE'S IOS MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEM.

• THE FIRST GENERATION IPHONE WAS RELEASED ON JUNE 29, 2007; THE MOST RECENT IPHONE MODELS ARE THE IPHONE 6S AND IPHONE 6S PLUS, WHICH WERE UNVEILED AT A SPECIAL EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2015.

• THE USER INTERFACE IS BUILT AROUND THE DEVICE'S MULTI-TOUCH SCREEN, INCLUDING A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD.

•  AN IPHONE CAN SHOOT VIDEO (THOUGH THIS WAS NOT A STANDARD FEATURE UNTIL THE IPHONE 3GS), TAKE PHOTOS, PLAY MUSIC, SEND AND RECEIVE EMAIL, BROWSE THE WEB, SEND TEXTS, GPS NAVIGATION, RECORD NOTES, DO MATHEMATICAL CALCULATIONS, AND RECEIVE VISUAL VOICEMAIL.

MODELSCURRENT MODELS DISCONTINUED MODELS

IPHONE 5S IPHONE IPHONE (1ST GEN.) IPHONE 6 IPHONE 3G

IPHONE 6 PLUS IPHONE 3GS

IPHONE 6S IPHONE 4

IPHONE 6S PLUS IPHONE 4S

IPHONE 5

IPHONE 5C

ABOUT ANDROID• ANDROID IS A MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEM (OS) CURRENTLY DEVELOPED BY GOOGLE, BASED ON THE LINUX KERNEL AND DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR TOUCHSCREEN MOBILE DEVICES SUCH AS SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS.

•  ANDROID'S USER INTERFACE IS MAINLY BASED ON DIRECT MANIPULATION, USING TOUCH GESTURES THAT LOOSELY CORRESPOND TO REAL-WORLD ACTIONS, SUCH AS SWIPING, TAPPING AND PINCHING, TO MANIPULATE ON-SCREEN OBJECTS, ALONG WITH A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD FOR TEXT INPUT.

• IN ADDITION TO TOUCHSCREEN DEVICES, GOOGLE HAS FURTHER DEVELOPED ANDROID TV FOR TELEVISIONS, ANDROID AUTO FOR CARS, AND ANDROID WEAR FOR WRIST WATCHES, EACH WITH A SPECIALIZED USER INTERFACE.

• VARIANTS OF ANDROID ARE ALSO USED ON NOTEBOOKS, GAME CONSOLES, DIGITAL CAMERAS, AND OTHER ELECTRONICS. AS OF 2015, ANDROID HAS THE LARGEST INSTALLED BASE OF ALL OPERATING SYSTEMS.

• INITIALLY DEVELOPED BY ANDROID, INC., WHICH GOOGLE BOUGHT IN 2005,ANDROID WAS UNVEILED IN 2007, ALONG WITH THE FOUNDING OF THE OPEN HANDSET ALLIANCE – A CONSORTIUM OF HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, AND TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES DEVOTED TO ADVANCING OPEN STANDARDS FOR MOBILE DEVICES.

• AS OF JULY 2013, THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE HAS HAD OVER ONE MILLION ANDROID APPLICATIONS ("APPS") PUBLISHED, AND OVER 50 BILLION APPLICATIONS DOWNLOADED. AN APRIL–MAY 2013 SURVEY OF MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPERS FOUND THAT 71% OF DEVELOPERS CREATE APPLICATIONS FOR ANDROID, AND A 2015 SURVEY FOUND THAT 40% OF FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPERS SEE ANDROID AS THEIR PRIORITY TARGET PLATFORM, WHICH IS COMPARABLE TO APPLE'S IOS ON 37% WITH BOTH PLATFORMS FAR ABOVE OTHERS.

VERSIONS• CUPCAKE (1.5)

• DONUT (1.6)

• ECLAIR (2.0–2.1)

• FRODO (2.2–2.2.3)

• GINGERBREAD (2.3–2.3.7)

• HONEYCOMB (3.0–3.2.6)

• ICE CREAM SANDWICH (4.0–4.0.4)

• JELLY BEAN (4.1–4.3.1)

• KIT KAT (4.4–4.4.4, 4.4W–4.4W.2)

• LOLLIPOP (5.0–5.1.1)

• MARSHMALLOW (6.0–6.0.1)