Pros And Cons Of Android Devices

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Android operating system has been the highest used smartphone platform today leaving behind even the iOS and Symbian. By the end of 3rd quarter of 2012 Android covered about 75% of total market share of the Smartphone. There must be some of the features which keep customers luring towards buying the Android powered devices.

Applications that are developed for Android are one of the main reasons of its huge demand. There are varied applications made for Android devices for all types of users. Android application development thus has bloomed because of the increased number of users and demand of apps.

Here we will discuss a few of the important pros which are really positives on Android’s part which attract more and more users. We will also mention the cons due to which some of the users avoid Android and go for other Smartphones.

Hardware:

Pros:

Android mobiles unlike iPhones have removable batteries. Thus the users can swap the battery with new ones if there is some problem.
All Android devices come ...
... with SD card support so that expanded storage can be utilized.
There are some Android devices which come with physical keyboards.

Cons:

Compared to the toughest competitor iPhone most of the Android phones have comparatively smaller screens.
Normally Android devices come with 3.0 MP camera which doesn’t produce very good pictures.

Software

Pros:

Multitasking one of the specialties of Smartphones is very smartly integrated and easily possible with Android devices.
The type of integration of Google Play Store with Android device is something which is unavailable in all other Smartphone OS and their app store.

Cons:

There is no syncing between the Android device and the PC directly. A third party syncing application like Kies should be installed for this purpose or manual sync should be performed.

Applications

Pros:

The applications which are made for Android OS doesn’t have to go through the tough process of approval like in Apple App store where app selection is very difficult process.
Non-market applications are simple and easy to download in Android.

Cons:

Recently Google declared that number of apps in Google Play store reached 700,000 which was same as the number of apps in Apple store a week before Google announced this. However, Apple continues to lead the race in the number of apps present in the online app store.

Interface:

Pros:

The feature of spell-check which comes in Android interface provides multiple word-completion suggestions and not just one.
There are seven home screen pages available in android devices which are customizable. The widgets which are available for using on these home screens are unique features unavailable on all other Smartphone OS.

Cons:

The frequency of some android devices are limited and quite low making can cause delays in typing or app usage.
Multi button sequences are required for simple actions like unlocking the phone.

Accessories

Pros:

There is a huge market for Android devices and so accessories for Android devices are also produced by a huge number of manufacturers.

Cons:

There are many different companies producing android devices and thus the accessory compatible with one device might not work in other Android device.

Weighing out the pros and cons for Android devices one thing that can be said is that Android outweighs other OS devices in almost all departments. Most importantly in the app field Android has an edge over all other platforms. This is the reason why android application development in India has gained quite good recognition in the app development world.