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Android and iOS have their strengths and weaknesses. One advantage that iPhone owners always point out is that the cult cell phone is easier to use. A study now dispels this prejudice. However, the results leave room for interpretation.
Whether it’s an 8-year-old child or an 80-year-old senior citizen: almost everyone has a smartphone these days. This is mainly due to Android and iOS, which are very easy to use. Nobody has to have studied computer science to use a smartphone. But which of the two systems can be operated more intuitively? A study comes to a surprising result.
Study shows: Android is easier to use than iOS
Bottom line be Android 58 percent easier to use than iOSaccording to the makers of the study (source: Green smartphones). The basis for the comparison is the US Google searchesthe Android and iOS users to a problem have made. This includes, among other things, how to take a screenshot, block a number or reset the cell phone to factory settings.
iOS users are more likely to google solutions to problems, which leads the study makers to the conclusion that the Apple operating system as a whole is less intuitive to use than the Android competition.
Many Google searches don’t include the generic Android keyword, but rather the specific device or brand. People often don’t search for “take a screenshot of Android”, but rather “take a screenshot of a Samsung smartphone.” To compensate for this and make the comparison fairer, the experts at Green Studios manually increased the Android numbers – and still, in the end, that’s what remains result, that iOS users google problems more often.
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More and more Americans are switching to iPhones
An interesting comparison made by Green Studios here. However, the conclusion that Android is more intuitive to use than iOS is not compelling. It is also true that the iOS market share in the United States continues to growwhich Android, on the other hand, drops. This is a trend that has been going on for years. More and more Americans are switching from Android smartphones to iPhones. Of course, new iPhone and iPad users are not familiar with iOS – and google it when they have questions. This can also be an explanation for the results.
Source: German