As a daily user of both iOS and Android, I can say that I like both platforms. I can make all my devices work the way I want them to within the confines of each universe. That being said, there is a definite difference between the two and they are simply not the same.
Without unique apps or configurations, both universes are completely capable of doing most, if not all, of the same things. It is when digging in to 3rd party developed apps where the true power of any mobile platform is discovered…and everything I see indicates that iOS owns this area. It is simply a more desired platform to develop for and thus a better experience on almost all multi-platform apps. Just look no further than Google themselves, their Google+ app for iPhone is far more elegant than the same app on Android. The Google+ tablet version doesn’t even exist on Android, yet it is gorgeous on the iPad.
And now I believe more than ever that Android fanboys and iOS haters who say Android is 'better' probably don’t really use their mobile device to its full potential. Either that or they simply don’t understand or care how important app development is for a platform. In an article for Techcrunch, Alex Williams points out how 53%, more than half, of developers surveyed would like to develop for iOS compared to only 38% of developers with desire to create on Android – down from 44% just last year.
It is easy enough to call a platform second rate when the rival's consumer app development is eons above; but it becomes even worse for second-rate platforms when developers are making a push for the possibly ‘more valuable’ enterprise space. Seemingly even worse for Android when Windows, a platform that no one cared about last year, now has 33% of devs wanting to produce for it
Read the full story over at Techcrunch.
