Differences Android and Windows phones

Differences Android and Windows phones

Although Android has a larger number of users, but according to a survey claimed to Windows Phone users are more satisfied.

in 2012 and has dominated the Android mobile operating system, according to data reported by International Data Corporation (IDC) some time ago,
for the Indonesian market, Android is able to dominate the mobile device market share by value of 53 percent.



The values ​​differ very much from one of its competitors, the Windows Phone. Microsoft's mobile operating system is only able to control only 2 percent market share.

Although a small market share, according to a survey from Change Wave Research, Windows Phone user satisfaction levels were higher than Android users.

What is the reason, maybe we can see from the difference between the Android Phone and Windows phones available below.

1 . Availability of applications

Android :
OS is Linux - based ,
- free application distributed with open source license ,
- shareware or even freeware .
-700 000 apps in the month of November 2012 .

Windows Phone :
- Windows Phone Marketplace app provides .
- rank 3rd in the number of applications to 100,000 apps in November 2012.

2 . Security

Android :
- an open source ,
- vulnerable to malware that make easy the android OS security is threatened .

Windows Phone :
- OS has been recognized as one of the safest OS .
- Up to now there is no malware that can penetrate its security . But by looking at the growth of malware so rapidly , it is likely the OS can be cracked new malware in the future .

3 . User Interface

Android :
- Customization with widgets and layouts can be set as the user desires ,

user - interface android users will not be boring .

Windows phone :
- Windows Phone has a unique UI and much different from Android or iOS . They call it modern and simpler UI than android .

4 . Connection

Android :
- It has high speed internet access . Can be connected with the rest of Google services like GMail , Google Maps , YouTube , Google+ , etc. . Notification sms , email or social networking .
- And it is easy to share data , using bluetooth or data cable .

Windows Phone :
- It has a high speed internet as well as android . Windows Phone has a deeper integration with social networking because it provides real time notification .
- Windows Phone 7 does not provide bluetooth feature , thus forcing users to download new applications to allow sending photos .
new bluetooth features available in windows phone 8 . Constraints also occurs when we want to transfer data to a PC , we also have to install zune to be connected first .

Quoted from Business Insider, Thursday (01/17/2013), Change Wave some respondents asked whether they are satisfied with the smartphone owned. As many as 53 percent of smartphone users expressed satisfaction on the Windows Phone. While Android is only able to "satisfy" 48 percent of respondents. 

Meanwhile, Apple's iOS still ranked first in the list with 71 percent of respondents who expressed satisfaction. 

Business Insider

The high level of satisfaction of an operating system does not mean everything. There are many other factors that determine the success or failure of a platform. 

Although iOS 71 percent of respondents said they are very satisfied with the device, Android's market share is still higher than iOS. 

But at least, this kind of data can continue to be a "crack" for Google to increase the comfort level of their operating system is.