What do iOS 7 need to do with Android?

Five years ago, IOS took the lead. Now, Android has gradually matured and dominated most of the smart phone market. However, the iOS ecosystem is more mature and healthy, and the design style is also recognized by more people. IOS is accused of plagiarism when upgraded to 5.0
In the drop-down menu in Android, many people said that Apple was weak in innovation and iOS evolution was not powerful. More than 200 improvements that were "imperceptible" in iOS 6 seem to prove this. 

There are huge differences in iOS and Android design ideas. Different Features in file systems and multitasking have also aroused a lot of debate. At the annual upgrade pace, what changes will happen to Android and iOS? What other aspects can iOS and Android compete? Pocketnow wrote an article about their points of view.

 

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On devices, users can share almost any content between any applications. All Android applications share an open file system, all images in the Image Library can be shared to clients on any social network, such as Weibo, Renren, Google +, and Facebook. IOS is completely different. For example, photos can only be shared in a limited number of ways: email, Weibo, Facebook, and output printer. Of course, pictures can also be set as screen lock wallpapers and desktop wallpapers, or designated as portraits for a contact. However, as long as Apple does not provide you with a service interface, you cannot share your files.

IOS does not open the file system. You need to take out the files in an application or put the files in it. You cannot use the conventional file management method, but you can only use iTunes. The Internet-based file sharing mechanism of IOS allows you to use a lot of Internet services at the same time, such as network disks and social networks. Sharing is still convenient, but it is far from the convenience of conventional File Management in Android. IOS
This design is based on DRM and system security considerations, but the failure to open a file system severely limits users' free use. ,

 

Set third-party applications as default applications

IOS has nearly 0.8 million store apps, and it's not difficult to pick out a few of the apps you need. However, IOS has no way to select the app you want to open by default. For example, when you open a URL in a browser, it will always open by default.
Safari, even if other browsers are installed on your device. After IOS upgraded to 6.0, the original built-in Google map was replaced with Apple's own map. This map is not satisfactory. Although Cook sent a public apology letter, after you installed other maps and clicked an address connection, it still opened Apple's map application. In addition, third-party input methods cannot be installed on IOS. Although you can jailbreak to modify the default application and install the input method, pocketnow believes that such a policy has no other reason except arrogance.

 

Stock sharing options are quite limited on iOS. the IOS home screen is bland and boring

 

Better notification center

ArticleAt the beginning, we mentioned that the notification center operation method introduced in iOS 5 is very similar to the pull-down Operation Method in Android, And the concept is also similar. We will summarize recent notifications in a centralized location. In
In iOS 6, Apple adds buttons for fast Facebook status and Twitter tweets. Users can update their social networks directly from the notification center. By the way, there are weather and stocks. However, the notification center and application cannot be synchronized. Based on the IOS push mechanism, entries in the notification center are irrelevant to specific content in the application. The badge on the application will not disappear at the same time after you press * in the notification center to turn off a notification. Another problem is that the content of the notification center is completely unknown without the drop-down notification center, and neither the quantity nor content is available.

Home screen experience

From 1.0 to now, the main screen style of IOS is basically unchanged. Apart from adding wallpapers, the dock becomes translucent, and there are some pixel-level changes. The biggest change is the addition of folders. A single screen can be added to more applications, but these are not revolutionary changes. And
Compared with Android, IOS does not have desktop gadgets and dynamic wallpapers. In terms of design, Android has changed from a quasi-thing to a simple graphic design. IOS has always maintained a quasi-materialized design. In the animation of destroying passbook, it is even more "horrible ". After the IOS design is dominated by IVE, I Don't Know If IOS will evolve towards its favorite minimalist design.

Siri

Apple added Siri voice assistant to the iPhone 4S, one of the few visible changes from iPhone 4 to 4s, said to be the meaning of S in the 4S. But because
Siri is just a company it acquired, and Apple does not have the huge amount of information accumulated by Google's search engine for a long time. Siri basically becomes a plaything, while Google now, in terms of recognition speed and recognition rate, compared with Siri, Google Now card push based on accounts is more intelligent in terms of ease of use and value of use. Although Siri has been adding a lot of information sources and functions since its release, it still needs to perform large-scale upgrades in the next generation of IOS.

Original article reference:English versionHttp://pocketnow.com/2013/03/27/ios-7-compete-android