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For about a year, people have been debating the merits of two types of smart phones. The first which in my opinion that got the ball rolling on smart phones is the iPhone. Prior to iPhones arrival only a small percentage of people who purchased phones purchased smart phones. Now only a small percentage of the people who purchase phones purchase something other than a smart phone. The second works much like an iPhone but is based on Open Source is called Android.

The Key Differences Between These Platforms are these:

1. OSX the OS that powers the iPhone will only work on an iPhone. The pluses are the manufacturer controls the hardware and the software making the changes where the changes will make the most impact for the end users experience. The minuses are it will only work on one brand of hardware, and one specific phone at that.

2. The Android OS will on on a variety of smart phones made by a variety of manufacturers. The pluses are if you had a bad experience with a Samsung, no problem Android also runs on Motorola, don’t like the look and feel of Motorola, HTC makes one too, problem solved.

3. Only apps approved by Apple can be on the iPhones app store. Some people feel that this restricts way too much flexibility and want more control over what they can and can not install on their smart phone. Others feel assured that only apps that run properly will be approved by Apple and make it to the app store.

4. A Choice of only two carriers if you opt for an iPhone vs a choice of all 4 National carriers if you choose an Android device. Currently the iPhone only works on the networks of AT&T or Verizon. Most every carrier has a device that runs Android.

As you can see from the above one of the themes that keeps coming up is people who want more control choose Android. People who want all of the work done choose iPhone. So which one is better, I feel that question can not be answered because it changes on who you ask. If you work on computers or like to tweak things, I would recommend the Android OS its based on Open Source and you can literally write your own program to run on it if you choose. If you want to get the app that you need and just use it then an iPhone would be a better fit.

And that’s what this whole debate boils down to. There is no such thing as a perfect smart phone, but there is a such thing as a best fit smart phone based on the user who purchases it.

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