The heart of this article isn’t to assess whether iOS is better or worse than Android. But once up and running, I can’t deny that Apple’s take on mobile software is simply brilliant. Granted, it’s taken me a little while to get reacquainted with iOS given my daily Android use.
Pure Android 12, as well as the Pixel’s take on it, shows how far Googles’ mobile operating system has come since my early days of using it with Android Jelly Bean and KitKat it “just works” equally applies to Android as it does for iOS when it comes to ease of use.īut I still feel iOS has the edge in terms of overall design - the effect of tapping on an apps folder to have a translucent box pop up showing the apps inside it while blurring those in the background is a small but very pleasing touch. The weather app for example remains one of my favorites, with the background showing off the weather conditions outside in a wonderful bit of graphic design.
iOS has evolved a lot since the iPhone 4s, but the menus, settings and apps still maintain a graphical design and finesse that I feel few native Android apps or skins can match.
