However, Apple is able to squeeze decent battery life via hardware/software optimizations. Many but not all Android phone manufacturers equip their devices with large batteries with a longer life.Īpple batteries are generally not as big as the largest Android batteries. The phone needs to be jailbroken if you want to download apps from other stores. Aptoide, Galaxy Apps)Īpple blocks 3rd party app stores.

Several alternative app stores other than the official Google Play Store. Apps containing virus very rare or nonexistent. Apps containing virus occasionally to rare, but existing.Īpple App Store – 1,800,000+ apps. Other app stores like Amazon and Aptoide also distribute Android apps.

3rd party apps like Google Hangouts, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Google Duo, Discord and Skype all work on Android and iOS both. IMessage, FaceTime (with other Apple devices only). 3rd party apps like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Google Duo, Discord and Skype all work on Android and iOS both. IPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation) Pixel line of devices is made by Google, using a almost pure version of Android Major manufacturers such as Samsung, Oppo, OnePlus, Vivo, Honor and Xiaomi. Google Maps also available via a separate app download, but not as default.įaceTime (Apple devices only) and other 3rd party apps Ad blocking is supported via content blockers like Firefox Focus, or by jailbreaking.Īpple Maps (default). Any browser app can be set as default but they all use the same rendering engine (Safari/Webkit) behind the scenes. Google Chrome (other browsers are available). Photos can be transferred out via USB without apps.

Media files can be transferred using iTunes (Windows and macOS pre-Catalina) desktop app (via Finder in newer version of macOS). Photos can be transferred via USB without apps. Using USB port and Android File Transfer desktop app. Various, mostly Google and Open Handset AllianceĮasier than iOS.

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