Android vs iPhone
Android vs iPhone – comparison
| Android vs iPhone | Android | iPhone |
| Number of apps Android Market vs Apple App Store (April, 2010) |
50k | 185k |
| Number of phones | ~30 | 3 |
| The most powerful phone | HTC Desire 4.) | iPhone 3GS 4.) |
| Price HTC Desire vs iPhone 3GS |
~600USD | ~800USD |
| Traffic generated by Android/iPhone (AdMob, Mar 2010, USA) |
46% | 39% |
| Traffic generated by Android/iPhone (AdMob, Mar 2010, Worldwide) |
25% | 46% |
| Share of smartphone subscrobes USA (ComScore, Feb 2010) |
9% | 25,40% |
| Number of sold units (Gartner, 2009) |
6,8M | 24,9 M |
| Multitasking | Full | No(iPod and Mail only) |
| Flash support | Yes 1.) | No |
| Interface Customization | Jailbreak Only | Full 2.) |
| HTML5 support | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-touch | No full 5.) | Full |
| Threats | Fragmentation | Controlling 3.) |
| Project | Open | Closed |
1. Android 2.2, devices with ARM11 family processor.
2. Widgets, Wallpaper, Icons, Sense U.
3. Adobe platform evangelist Lee Brimelow:
…wanting tyrannical control over developers and more importantly, wanting to use developers as pawns in their crusade against Adobe.
4. HTC Desire vs iPhone 3GS.
HTC Desire – 576 MB RAM, 521 ROM, 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor, 5MP Camera, 3.7 inches WVGA OLED Screen.
iPhone 3GS – 256 MB RAM, 16 & 32 GB Flash Memory, Samsung S5PC100 600 MHz Processor, 3MP Camera, 3.5 inches HVGA Screen.
5. Some phones (Android 2.1+) has Pinch-To-Zoom.
