Why Is iOS Smoother Than Android
If you are a Android Phone user, you may feel that your phone became more and more slow in one year after you activate it. But one of your friends who has a iPhone for over 3 years did not have the same problem. Why?
As well known, the RAM of iPhone is only 2GB or 3GB, 3GB is for iPhone 7 Plus, while 2G is for old version. No matter how long the iPhone you use, how many App you have installed, the user feels no delay when touching the screen, handling the App. However if the RAM of Android Smart Phone is only 2GB, or 3GB, you can't install too many Apps in the phone. Or the phone will be stuck. You can feel it in one or two years. Then you have to delete some Apps from your Android Phone, or buy a new phone with bigger RAM, such as 4GB or 6GB. That results in iOS is smoother than Android. Why is iOS smoother than Android?
iOS is a closed system, the iOS APP just run in iPhone or iPad, they can highly take use of the hardware. As there are only 2 or 3 companies supply electronic parts for iPhone, Apple upgrades CPU annually. Apple can control iOS eco system, which involve iPhone, iOS, Developer, APP Store, and iOS users. The iOS developer should completely comply with iOS development regulation released by Apple, and do the optimization for iOS App accordingly. The iOS development benefits from the hardware integrated with software, which ensure the perfect match on the hardware and APP. As thus, it brings the good user experience.
However, Android is an open source system, it can be installed in numerous smart phone with different resolution, CPU, and GPU, Android developers can't make an APP optimized for all kinds of Android smart phone except for some flag phones. Google is only able to control the APP in Google Play, but for the Android Eco System in China, Google can't do anything except for supplying the Android OS source code. For example, there are some different APP store in China, such as Huawei APP store, Xiaomi APP Store, Tencent APP Store. Some of Android Developers do not follow up the updated Android Development Guide released by Google. Google wasn't able to require the developers. Some developers may do fewer optimization for the APP before submit it to the APP store. The user can feel that the Android Smart Phone run not smooth as iPhone.
Fortunately, nowadays, in order to make a better Android Phone, and to catch up with iPhone, for a better user experience. some Android Phone Manufacturers have already enlarged the size of RAM to 4GB, 6GB or even bigger RAM. What's more, the internal mechanism in latest Android is getting better, which also reduce the gap between Android and iOS.
