If you’re an Android owner, you’ve probably experienced an iPhone-owning friend or family member asking you about whether or not they should switch to Android. For me, this question has increased in frequency over the years as the youthful Android devices have matured and planted themselves more clearly in the limelight.
Interestingly enough, I used to have more to say software-wise about the differences between the fruits and the robots, but as Apple has done a decent job lately of catching up to Android, a lot of the convergence has eliminated some of my old arguments. Notifications in iOS are handled better and there are now quick settings. The interface is still a glorified app drawer, though.
At a recent event held to discuss the future of Android, Tom Moss echoed this sentiment and focused on the business sector.
During The Information’s Next Phase of Android event, Moss stated, “I think, right now, Android doesn’t solve any different problems for users than Apple does and Apple has a better brand. As long as the platforms don’t solve any new and different problems, I don’t think anything will change the status quo.”
Moss went on to talk about Google’s upcoming Android for Work, but claimed that while it was nice that Google was finally addressing its absence from the enterprise environment, it’s just Google playing catch-up to Microsoft and Apple. Android for Work brings nothing new to the table, to paraphrase Moss’ laments.
The former Google employee wrapped up his statements nicely by tying it all back to his original comments, “It’s a second-order problem. If you give an employee the option to have an iPhone or Android phone, the first-order problem is that most of them are going to select iPhones.”
As I often say when discussing comparisons, it’s always a matter of if all things being equal. It applies to candidates for employment, it applies to holiday travel plans, and it definitely applies to business technology solutions.
As Apple rises from the ashes, what will Google do to further differentiate Android from iOS? For power-users, rooters, Google-lovers, and consumers who enjoy a better experience with apps on an open environment, Android will always trump Apple, but for the layman and woman? You get the idea…
On the flip-side of the coin, if all things are equal, Android does have one thing going for it: the hardware behind the operating system in its OEMs’ flagship devices cannot be matched.
Source: Business Insider
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