Android Vs Symbian OS And Which is better OS?

Android Vs Symbian OS And Which is better OS?

Mobile phone technology has developed in such a manner that once when it was developed it was used only to make voice calls and receive phone calls. Now the needs of Mobile users have changed a lot. Owning a mobile phone once used to be luxurious and this has become necessity. New generation mobile users are expecting more features from their phones and the manufacturers of mobile phones are making mobile phones according to the needs of the users.

Nokia was the best brand for basic mobile phone operations with Symbian OS. Now some manufacturers like HTC and Samsung have started using android OS as their operating system in their smart phones.

Advantages and disadvantages of android os over symbion os:

Default web browser can be changed with android where as change of web browser is not possible with symbion OS. Web Browsing with Android is faster and smooth compared with symbian os.

Android os can support multiple home screens whereas symbion os does not support this option. Multi tasking is easier with symbian compared with android.

Android os automatically downloads all the Google accounts like Gmail, gtalk, Google contacts and calendar with single signing in of Google account. Users have to download and copy each account separately. Receiving Gmail messages is faster with symbian OS compared with android os.

Only a part of screen on the corner is used to display notifications of time, battery charging level, signal strength, GPS and Wi Fi etc for android OS and symbion requires more space to display these entire things making only small space for utility.

up dating of apps is easy with android. More up dates are available for android as it is having more than 1,50,000 apps and they are fast upgrading their features and apps where as symbian up dates are slow.

 on screen keyboard for android os is easy to operate while it not the same case using symbian OS.

Handling more twitter accounts is slower with android os compared in comparison to symbion os.

FM radio app is better with symbion than android. Symbian FM app allows switching off FM radio after certain time frame while it is not possible with android os. Music facility is better with symbian compared with android phones.

Waze app is better with symbion OS compared with android

One can switch off mobile phone having symbian by simply pressing only one button while we have to press two buttons before making the phone off with android os.

Users are advised to find latest apps available with both android and symbian os before making a decision to select the os of the mobile phone. As technology is fast up grading and up dates for various apps are changing very fast.

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