Let put all the core apps including email, maps, browsers to the test to see, which OS is the top dog. Apple and Google have attempt to get out of the box, with each other every year when they refresh their iOS and Android mobile operating systems, however this year has proven no different with the fresh arrival of iOS7 and Android Kitkat 4.4
We choose to test the most popular mobile operating system on the 2013 flagship handsets- the iPhone 5s and Nexus 5. We compared with different categories and find out which is the best OS for users.
User Interface Apple iOS 7:
Apple has redesigned the user interface for its new iOS7, it has glossy icons, skeuomorphic texture, and the cluttered looking built-in apps have now been replaced with simple, colourful vector-based icons and designs.
Most changes to iOS 7 are cosmetic and the OS is an easy to use as always. You can switch off the animation, if it too distracting. You will find some downsides, and the font is thinner and lighter than before which some will find hard to read. To have eye catchy, an option to bold text in the setting app compensates for this and must activate this.
Apple has added a ‘Control Centre’, which offer you some shortcut features such as Wi-Fi, volume and the camera app, it is brought up by swiping upward from the bottom of the screen. And some features are hidden such as domain name, now it does not appears, but can be access by pressing the full stop and hold for a while. And the spotlight search features is no longer accessed by swiping left from the first home screen, instead of that you can swipe down from middle of any home screen.
User Interface Android KitKat 4.4:
We can find some changes in Android 4.4 KitKat looks like its predecessors (without any manufacture interface overlays). However, the interface has a lighter colour scheme due to a toning down of black and blue debuted in HoneyComb & ICS and due to its use of transparency.
The status bar at the top of the home screen and the button bar at the bottom are made transparent, that means Android’s drop down notification/settings menus remained merged in the new version and that make easy to switch between them.
Android’s homescreens are customisable and the drop down menus can switch between notification and settings, the new hangouts app replaces the old messaging text app, but it feels rushed.
There are plenty of differences between iOS and Android remaining from their previous version, however Android still keeps its app in a separate apps drawer, with self choosing up on the home screen. Copy is for friendly in iOS than Android.
WINNER:
Tie. It’s a tight call, where Apple’s redesign means iOS looks great, and the OS has added feature such as the Control Centre and even though some of the new KitKat features are rough-around-the-edges, its notifications system is ahead, and you have the option to use widgets.
Guest article written by: Born in the UK, Christy Root is a contributing author for [tp lang=”en” only=”y”]Prepaymania[/tp][tp not_in=”en”]Prepaymania[/tp] in the London. Christy is one of the renowned technology futurists and voice for must buy gadgets. Christy has been quoted in various online and offline technology publications. To know more about her, follow her on Google+