We’re starting a new series on this blog we called “tech battle” where we pit one device, service or platform against another close competitor. But instead of us doing all the leg work and the run-down of the pros and cons of each one, we just let the readers slug it out and vote for their favorite contender.
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Editor’s Note: We’ll be doing this once a week, on a specific day. If you have suggestions on which devices you want us to do next, just hit the comments.
Simplicity is the most intricate and sophisticated thing, just like COMMON sense. ;) iOs.
I have always liked Apple products, especially the iPhone. I have owned almost every iteration of the iPhone, but to get excited about iOS 7 from what was presented is a stretch for me because I really don’t see how the improved on their operating system outside of making the UI look better. And it does look a lot better in my opinion. What bothers me is that the direction they seem to be going in is where Android already is. Is hoping for something new. I don’t particularly like Windows phone, but at least they did something different.
customizations, widgets, ability to hook up directly with my usb flash drive.. android..
Hehe kaya nga eh. +1 try mo magplug ng iba pang usb device, magugulat ka sa mga gagana. Tried to plug, keyboard, usb hub, controller kahit na mouse, may lalabas talaga na mouse pointer sa android device. Lahat pa yun Hindi kelangan ng third party app support. Lahat yun native lang. Sa ios meron memory card reader lumabas na pwede sa mga idevice worth 900 to 1500 tapos kaya lang gawin magview ng pictures. just that, magview magtransfer ng photos sa memory card. No music, no video asa ka pa office files or any other file. Sa android pwede ka bumili memory card reader sa CDR king 30pesos mas functional pa.
Hmm.. Kung tablet iOS ako pero kung phone android ako at kung extra budget smartphone lumia 520.. :D
i have a iPad 4 iPhone 4s and Galaxy S4..
Android got me on the widgets and launchers.
When everything gets tiring I just switch widgets or even switch launchers for a different look.
Not just switch wallpapers!
And soon, widgets can also be placed on the lock screen! (soon, because not all phones have JB 4.3)
I like neither of the two but if I really have to choose, it would be iOS. Simpler and more efficient!
Symbian forever!!!! FYI! I have iphone 6 and s5! hahaha.. just kidding.. +1 for google’s OS.
Sa Android ako, kasi less restriction, more flexible and more customizable compare sa ios..
ang lamang ng ios sa android eh yung dami (at minsan quality) ng apps, and probably simpler to use. pero ang apps for Android eh dumadami na rin, at gumaganda na rin..
plus kung bibili ka ng unit, eh di hamak na mas mura ang android phones kumpara sa iphone ( although ang sasabihin ng iba is quality>price)
Saken lang naman e Android.
(HINDI NYO KO MAHUHULI! NASAKIN NA ANG PERA NG BAYAN! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!)
IOS=itunes
android=no software needed
when my hard drive broke i have to re-sync everything i have on IOS. retrieving music and video files from IOS back to my laptop takes too much process. IOS users that switched to android knows what i mean.
I love iOS I have iPhone 4S and 5, 4S for my students so I can control when they nag me, iPhone 5 for my personal contacts/friends/family and Galaxy Note 2 for my business contacts. I hate iPhone battery life yun lang.
I was an apple user since from the start, when tried an android phone (My first android phone was Samsung Galaxy S3) I was so shocked and I felt that the phone was going to eat me cause I really don’t know it’s features. I changed my phone again and bought an iPhone 5, but after three months I replaced it again with Samsung Galaxy S4, why? Because the value of my iPhone 5 will decrease :) I bought an S4 so I could buy the new iPhone which is coming on September 10. iOS still RULE. I have an iPad my Family is an iOS user, my smartphone right now is the only android and the only Galaxy (S4). I used my S4 as a remote, the app’s we’re not great. iOS App’s are still better and they even have a lot that wasn’t on the Google Play Store. I’m just waiting for Apple to release it’s new smartphone. APPLE is still the BEST! The battery Life is always SUPERB, simple, elegant, with Class. And no FAKE Marketing talks. :P STILL iOS
I don’t know why the author of this post don’t put Windows Phone, or even BB OS on the choice. Meeehhh… TEAM WINDOWS PHONE!
android you can almost do everything that an ios device can do; but the same can’t be said for ios.
and just for a fraction of the price.
IOS, resolution and performance wise
I vote for having a filesystem.
Yan din hanap ko sa iOS, pero wala e. Kelangan pang i-jailbreak. Windows Phone and Android meron nyan.
ios for me. i have an ip5 and samsung note 2 (had a windows phone), per my experience ios is more responsive and efficient
para sakin walang duda na mas maganda ang iOS kasi stable siya…lag free pero sa personality ko mas magfifit ang Android kasi mas customizable siya at ganun ang gusto ko…gawin lang ng android na mas secured at mas stable,mawala na ung lags sobrang gandang OS na nito =)))
Android is designed to be fluid. Yung mga OEM Manufacturers ang nagpapabagal ng OS by preloading it with bloatware crap.
nope,mejo mali ung sinabi mo.kung ganun nga edi sana fluid ang android sa nexus devices,pero ganun pa rin naglalag tas nagcacrash minsan ung apps…factor ung bloatwares ng mga manufacturers pero minsan di cla ganun na nakakaapekto,tulad ng sgs4 mataas naman ung specs nya yet di pa rin stable
i vote android same with diorarat said :)
I voted for iOS.
android definitely…ios is too restricting and limited…also tired of the dated look…and even with the new ios7, still pretty much the same look only flatter … even with the hardwares, android is better…more choices…android are for individuals that wants to be different or unique, iphones too generic…
Android wins by technicalities. Plus the many features that android can utilize. It can stand on it’s own plus the OS is still in development, making it more promising than the 2.
iOS’s dependent on itunes make it a hard task to include songs and videos. Though im an iphone, ipad and ipod user, changing ur laptop will really eat ur time transferring ur contents from one laptop to another. Although VLC’s reappearance in the appstore is sweet.
Windows Phone is also very promising, just include a notification centre ala Windows 8 OS (Pc) and add a “desktop” view as well ala Windows 8 Pc.
I choose the OS which lets me ACTUALLY own my phone.
apple devices are great, but i still would choose ANDROID, mainly for its openness and customizability! same thing is boring!
< 10k ang budget ko when looking for a brand new smartphone. obvious na walang apple na pasok sa budget
Now that iOS7 will be out, android will be left out. iOS7 copied the best of android and windows phone. 3OS in one premium phone. Now I wonder, my android phone is,not the,best anymore. Since I admit, android is slow.
Android. It’s Linux. It’s probably even a full blown OS versus a mobile OS. Not after the customizations but after its capability.
Android. Although iOS seems to perform smoother in general, most (and I mean most) people only differentiate iPhones with Samsung Galaxy Phone. They see a slower running TouchWiz and think that TouchWiz is part of the Android OS. The good thing about iOS is that it is made with a specific hardware in mind which makes optimization a bit easier for its developers. Android on the other hand tries to adapt to most devices it is installed on, so it has to adjust on every whims the device it runs on.
Same thought and you worded it perfectly. +1 like
Android = Epic
iOS = Prehistoric
… ’nuff said.
Both for me. There’s something iOS lacks that you can have with Android, and vice versa. :)
Team Android here!
I own Note 2 and IP5… I prefer IOS due to appz and no lag.
I’ll go for Google Android.
Have you seen the control center in iOS 7? It looks like the notification panel of Google Android.
Android is mostly better on most aspects. What you can do on iOS, you can do it on Android. What you can do on Android, you can’t do all of it on iOS. Android wins.
Everything you need is on android, been an iphone owner before, but the moment I switched to Anroid, there no turning back…so I go for android…
Neither. Team Windows Phone!
Spot on! Windows Phone is simpler than android but a lot more functional than IOS. :)
WP8 more functional? No, it isn’t.
Kung may VPN na ang Windows Phone, dun ako. Ngayon, iOS, mas ok easy to setup e.
I’d choose the far less-restrictive OS
nuff said
Apple started it all however Google was able to catch up. Now iOS is playing catch up game with Android.
if Apple will produce 4.2″ screen to 4.7″ screen they i’m buying it. but since wala pa, sa Android muna ako.
my thoughts exactly! S4 user here. :)
iPhone 5s / 5c Leaks (w/c looks legit btw) are everywhere…mukhang mapapako pa ang Apple sa 4 inches…antay ka lang, baka 2015 maging 4.2″ ba yan
You should feel very disappointed lol
IOS! apps, fluidity and ease of use.
-saving my upgrade on my plan for either the iphone 5s or the note 3 though
-or waiting for the g2(if tehy’ll be taken by globe)
Another flame bait to attract more posts.
I go for android, not bec. ios is bad or android is better, both has it +s and -s. It just until recently, every new ios devices launch is just a small increment than the previous in both hardware and software, trying to milk every cent from its user by building a safe close ecosystem. So if you invest in one of ios devices, then you’re stuck and hard to get out unless you want throw away those investment. Maybe that’s good in business sense but bad for the consumer. Since android devices already surpass ios devices in both hardware and software. This time ios devices are playing catch up and hopefully the new devices would be leap and bounds from last year models. At the end, both are os’s are strong, so now is to enjoy healthy competition from both sides.
I’ll go for the iOS, im currently using a iP5 and a Sony Xperia Z, although i can practically do anything with my android gadget, it still boils down to the total performance experience. And FOR ME, mind everyone, FOR ME! my iP5 beats my Z. i also have an S3 which my Z replaced.
in terms of availability of apps, despite android closing the gap with the itunes app store in terms of numbers, i can say, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, iOS have better quality apps.
LET US CLEAR this BATTLE, this is about the OS and not the BRAND or the BUILT QUALITY right? so PLEASE let’s refrain from mentioning how premium iphones and how plastic the galaxys are, correct me if im wrong.
thanks.
I’ll go for Android. You can do a lot of things on android which aren’t available on IOS.
IOS lacks innovation, iDevices are for iSheeps who use it to be “labeled”.
FYI.. I’m a software developer who makes apps for both.
Apple sucks!!! Yuck!!!
I’m sorry, did you just say you are a software engineer? If you hate Apple so much then why do you make apps for them? Umm.
I will go with android too, I don’t want to be restricted on what I can do to a device I own.
It’s all about the money!
Simple really. He develops apps for ios because isheeps are more, errrr sheepy when forking money for apps. Enuf said.
so simple to answer… INCOME
yet you brag developing apps for both and you say that? YUCK!
Android. Because everything about ios7 is catching up to android. Sobrang limited sa ios, parang good for playing games lang. I can’t download files, can’t transfer files. Replaced it with the HTC one. Best custom android there is. Clean and highly functional. I can download, attach office files, share them easily, download music files, I can even attach a printer, mouse and keyboard on my android. Android offers notification bar that’s useful. I never used it on ios, it’s just cluttered and messy and it’s hard to remove items.Multitasking in ios is inexistent. Maganda lang ios pagnajailbreak na untethered.
plug lagging….been with iOS then transferred to ICS and JB then went back to iOS…
Android OS was binded with the lagging performance. Wait for the iOS 7 then try to compare…
FYI: i still got SONY Z, HTC One, Huawei P6 iPHONE 3G, 4G and Iphone 5.
Androids that are just a wee bit cheaper than the ip5 don’t suffer from lags I hate back in 2+ versions. I used the gs3 before and replaced it with a HTC one and I can’t really say it lags. But really, ios optimization is having no multitasking and less background apps which really makes it less functional at least for me. My biggest qualms with ios is that it can’t handle my data intensive exel file in whatever app I use without severely lagging and crashing. But your right, ios7 is going to make ios a whole lot functional and I am going to wait and see if really does bring about more functianality and ease of access already present in android.
Nasaan ang Windows Phone?
oo nga bakit wala?
“Battle between two close competitors..” Which makes the Windows Phone irrelevant. Literally. Hahaha
iOS too! Nexus 7 and iPhone 4S user. :)
Honestly, iOS is still the better OS. Android has improved a lot already and I prefer vanilla stock Android over TouchWiz, Sense 5 or and UI on top of it. IOS doesn’t need quad core processors or a bigger RAM to run smoothly. Look at the iPhone 5, its only Dual Core but its fast and lag free. Sometimes less customizations has its benefits.
Good point sir, but I’m not sure if it’s relevant. Moto X and Nexus line are quite optimized androids. I think it’s the OEM’s fault that android isn’t optimized rather than the other way around. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t lack of optimization the fault of hardware and bloatware instead of android as a operating system?
+1. The manufacturers of these devices are to blame.
Same here (S4 and iP5).. Simple is Better
I go for IOS. Best of apps and everything. FYI.. I have Samsung Galaxy S4 and iP5.
Lol
Seems like everyone saying Android sucks are comparing it to the bloatware-infested Samsung Galaxy. Ay malamang mas lag yan. Compare your iPhone 5 with the Moto X, Nexus 4, S4 Google Play Edition or HTC One Google Play Edition and it is just as smooth and stable.
Most people associate Samsung with Android so when they see a lagging Touchwiz interface, they automatically assume Android is slow or buggy. Try stock Android first.