Apple iOS 9 versus Android Marshmallow: Which OS wins?

In the recent times, both iPhone and android users have been trying to beat each other at which phone OS is the best. Such arguments and counter arguments have increased in frequency especially with the launch of iOS 9 from Apple and Google’s Android Marshmallow in October 2015. Whilst the debate continues, let us take a look under the hood to understand which phone OS scores better over the other.

Actually, both Google’s Android platform and Apple’s iOS platform can be considered as pioneering and world beating. Collectively, both these platforms have beaten many contenders and world toppers to the background. A few examples are the Blackberry and the Symbian platform, which can be considered as irrelevant presently.

For developers, the question seems to be at the top of the debate list, especially in tech-friendly countries like the USA, UK, and India, where iPhone application development and custom iPhone application development are pitted against android development services and custom android development services.

• Interface:

Apart from small tweaks in both Android M and iOS 9, Android Marshmallow (Android M), which is Android’s latest release, retains much of what the look and feel of Android L was. The iOS 9 also retains much of the same look and feel of what iOS 8 and iOS 9 was.

• Digital Assistants:

While iOS 9 has Siri, Google has something called Google Now to help users proactively. Although both are neck to neck in competition with each other, it comes out that Google leads in this particular area. Although Siri is trying to catch up, it’s probably Google that scores on this point.

• Battery Life:

The battery can be considered to be the heart of the smartphone. A smartphone with a dead or drained battery is as good as useless. With Android M, users get to use the doze feature, while Apple features the Low Power Mode. In this regard, both are new features designed to conserve battery life.

• Compatibility

When it comes to compatibility, it seems that iOS 9 is the clear winner. This is because iOS 9 can support up to 8 different models of iPhones, right from the iPhone 4s, which is quite a few years old now. On the contrary, it can be safely assumed that Android M will not run on an Android device that is a few years older. The problem with Android is fragmentation, which means that an update is never guaranteed. However, this is not a problem with Apple’s iOS, hence the verdict.

The Overall Verdict

From a developer’s point of view, it might look that iOS 9 may emerge as a hot favorite, but Google’s Android Marshmallow cannot be ignored either. Both these OS are the current hot favorites amongst their respective fans, but depending upon the various minor and trivial features each offers, they may seem to edge out each other in the competition.

Author Bio:

AJA Sofftech is a fast growing mobile app Development Company that provides high end android app development services and custom android development services. The company also provides iPhone application development India and iPhone development company India for clients from various countries.