12 Things Android Can Do That the iPhone Can’t…And How to Do Them

May 24th, 2011 by Mark Spoonauer, LAPTOP Editor in Chief  

A lot of people think Android phones are outselling the iPhone because there are just more companies making them. That’s true, but Google’s OS also actually does some neat and compelling stuff that Apple’s iOS doesn’t. Make that a lot of stuff. Here’s a list of the top 12 things Android can do that the iPhone can’t.

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9 Responses to “12 Things Android Can Do That the iPhone Can’t…And How to Do Them”

  1. Manual Tesla Says:
    May 24th, 2011 at 9:13 pm

    For every imagined thing Android does Apple has many thousand that Android doesn’t, just start with the App Store.

    The single area where any Android wins hands down is it’s infestation of malware. Any Android is simply insecure at every turn and there is no solution to this except Apple’s secure universe.

    Over eighty percent of the media like video is consumed by iOS, all the while Android dreamer try to tell you that they have the majority of the market.

    Apple owns the high end of the smartphone market and the next tier down as well, that’s why Apple makes 55% of all cellphone profits world wide. The lower mid and low end feature like smart phones are where Android sells. These people don’t actually want or use real smart phone features and are ignorant of what a real smartphone is.

  2. Leif Andersen Says:
    May 25th, 2011 at 12:34 pm

    @Manual Tesla Ouch, trying to start a flame war are we. :) Although I guess some of the more subjective points like “Google Voice Done Right”, could qualify as flame bait. (Forgive me for wanting seamless google voice integration in my phone).

  3. tomoguisuru Says:
    May 25th, 2011 at 1:24 pm

    @Manual Tesla Thank you for trolling LAPTOP and the rest of the internet. You make our life more enjoyable with your pointless rants…

  4. BiLLy Says:
    May 26th, 2011 at 9:39 am

    Oh yes the App Store..Can we please use our heads and compare comparable sizes?? For example the growth of the two app stores??? (sorry by “app stores” i mean application stores…you know…the english words…the ones that got stolen for the purpose of a company…)

    Well Windows have malware for many years now but we can manage :-) most of us use them and don’t uninstall them to use linux or macOS… Because we like the other things they offer…

    Can you please explain why you call a smartphone only the iphone??? I can as easily say that the iphone is not a smartphone without any argument whatsoever…Can’t I?? Well if i were an apple fanboy i would..But i like common sense so I will not do so…

    Please people Apple could easily change its services to a marketing and advertising giant!! That’s probably the only thing she does extraordinarily well!! It sells products that are worth 6-7/10 for 11/10.. And the poor customers of hers actually can’t see beyond this deception!! :-)

  5. MDean Says:
    May 26th, 2011 at 1:05 pm

    Just one thing…IPSec VPN…iPhone can, Android (across all itterations since 2.0) can’t

  6. BiLLy Says:
    May 30th, 2011 at 5:44 am

    Exactly..”Just one thing” One, for which not a lot of everyday end-users care for actually!!

  7. Trojan Says:
    September 10th, 2011 at 3:30 am

    I run a company of around 40 permanent employees with company iPhones.

    We distribute a few in house apps and use VPN and IPSec a lot.

    Find me half that number who use Google Voice.

  8. xoadorb Says:
    November 26th, 2011 at 4:52 pm

    Just want to point out that as of iOS 5 and iPhone 4S, 8 out of 12 of these things are done by apple.

  9. Bob the Guy Says:
    December 10th, 2011 at 6:29 pm

    And Android OS ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich) does even more now. as well lol.

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