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Originally Posted by The Rick
QUANTITY:
The iOS app store still has over 100,000 more apps than the Android Marketplace.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/03...rent-so-lucky/
QUALITY:
Of the three, I'll concede that this is the one that could be somewhat geared toward personal preference. I'll also concede that because of Android's open nature, Android apps sometimes offer more functionality depending on the situation. My point though is that if you ask a number of users, other than Google's own apps, most will say that the quality of iOS apps surpass that of Android apps. Case in point: the iOS Facebook app vs. the Android Facebook app.
DEVELOPER PREFERENCE:
I can name a number of mainstream apps that either don't currently exist for Android, or were available for Android AFTER they were available for iOS: Netflix, Kindle, Twitter, Facebook, etc. |
The Android's open nature is exactly the reason I'm hesitant. The lack of standards/quality control means that while you might get more apps, who the hell knows if they're any good. I mean, it's not art, it's an app. I can stand to see a bit of regulation going on, though I'm aware that in America, regulation causes Ebola.
I'd like to point out that android came out well after the iPhone, so logically every android app was released after it was available on iOS. Im not sure what your point is with that.