Although new high-end smartphones are always eagerly anticipated it’s
easy to forget that sometimes it’s the operating system that can really
make a phone shine. This year we’re looking forward to the arrival of
Apple’s next major mobile OS upgrade to iOS 7 along with the next major
Android upgrade, 5.0 Key Lime Pie. With this in mind we thought we’d
take a look at Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie vs. iOS 7 and some of the
features that have been foreseen for each.
Although nothing has yet been confirmed for either of these upcoming
operating systems it’s widely expected that iOS 7 will be introduced at
Apple’s WWDC event in June and that the iPhone 5S will be the first device launched running it. Meanwhile Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie is expected to debut at Google’s I/O event in May and it’s rumored that the Nexus 5 smartphone or rather mysterious Motorola X device might be the first to launch with KLP out of the box.
It’s a fact of life that with the current competition in the mobile
world no matter how good the hardware of a phone is, software features
can be equally as important. We’ve already received plenty of comments
to previous articles about possible features and wish lists for Android
5.0 Key Lime Pie and iOS 7 so we have an idea of what many of you would like to see. Product Reviews has also come up with an interesting look at anticipated features.
Looking at Key Lime Pie first, some possibilities include a Night
Mode for conserving power, Game Mode for optimum power when needed and
improved performance profiles. There could also be more support for
multiple devices and an enhanced touch keyboard. Other features we’ve
previously discussed include improved Voice Assistant, a video chat app
and improved back up.
For iOS 7 possible features include additions to the lockscreen,
fingerprint software technology and Apple Maps 2.0 as well as a better
battery performance via software tweaks. We have also previously noted
the possibility of enhanced app management, ways to hide apps, smarter
auto-correct, quick reply, widget integration, pop-up toggles, pull-down
icon menus, iRadio and more.
iOS 7 should be particularly interesting to many as former Apple
hardware design guru Sir Jonathan Ive has moved over to the software
side and so the complete look of the new OS may have received an
overhaul. This would be great as iOS has been accused sometimes lately
of looking a little stale although of course it remains to be seen
exactly what influence Ive has had in this department.
We’re really interested to hear your views on Android 5.0 Key
Lime Pie vs. iOS 7. Do you think that Google, or Apple, is more likely
to come up with something that could win users over from the opposite
platform? Have you a wish list of features you’re hoping to see for KLP
or iOS 7? Let us know with your comments.
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