The Apple iOS 8 which comes with amazing new features like Continuity, QuickType keyboard and so on comes preloaded on the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3. The Android 5.0 Lollipop with its revamped Material Design and new various features is available preinstalled on the Google Nexus 6 smartphone and Nexus 9 tablet.
According to PhoneArena, the following are the Android L features that are not available on iOS 8:
Guest Mode
The Guest Mode feature on the Android L comes handy when there more than one person using the very same Android tablet. A tablet running on Android Lollipop with the Guest Mode feature can be used by members of your family without worrying that others will change your settings. This feature is unavailable on iOS 8. The Family Sharing feature only allows users to share media content with up to 6 users.
Battery Saver Mode
The battery saver mode available with Android 5.0 Lollipop when activated can boost the battery of the device by additional 90 minutes. However, to extend the battery, it will disable various functions like connectivity, vibration and so on. Apple is yet to bring such a feature to the iOS 8.
Robust Security
Android Lollipop offers different ways to unlock your device such as drawing a pattern, using your face, entering a pass code number and the last one allows its users to pair the device with another trusted device like a smartphone, tablet or wearable gadget. On Apple you get two security options for unlocking the device, which includes four-digit pass code number and scanning the fingerprint of the user.
USB Mass Storage Support
Connect your Android Lollipop device with a USB cable to a PC and you will be able to use the onboard memory as USB mass storage on your PC which can easily let users to perform data transfer between PC and Android device. On iOS 8, users are required to make use of iTunes to perform data transfer.
App Management
On Android, users have the full app management power. The installed apps can be marked as private or used as default apps. It even lets user to hide apps or switch to an older version of the app. On iOS, app management is limited to opening and deleting.
According to PhoneArena, the following are the Android L features that are not available on iOS 8:
Guest Mode
The Guest Mode feature on the Android L comes handy when there more than one person using the very same Android tablet. A tablet running on Android Lollipop with the Guest Mode feature can be used by members of your family without worrying that others will change your settings. This feature is unavailable on iOS 8. The Family Sharing feature only allows users to share media content with up to 6 users.
Battery Saver Mode
The battery saver mode available with Android 5.0 Lollipop when activated can boost the battery of the device by additional 90 minutes. However, to extend the battery, it will disable various functions like connectivity, vibration and so on. Apple is yet to bring such a feature to the iOS 8.
Robust Security
Android Lollipop offers different ways to unlock your device such as drawing a pattern, using your face, entering a pass code number and the last one allows its users to pair the device with another trusted device like a smartphone, tablet or wearable gadget. On Apple you get two security options for unlocking the device, which includes four-digit pass code number and scanning the fingerprint of the user.
USB Mass Storage Support
Connect your Android Lollipop device with a USB cable to a PC and you will be able to use the onboard memory as USB mass storage on your PC which can easily let users to perform data transfer between PC and Android device. On iOS 8, users are required to make use of iTunes to perform data transfer.
App Management
On Android, users have the full app management power. The installed apps can be marked as private or used as default apps. It even lets user to hide apps or switch to an older version of the app. On iOS, app management is limited to opening and deleting.
No comments:
Post a Comment