Android VS iOS

[frank]

You can run native code on Android devices

Using the NDK, I know, but this limits your app on running on a specific device architecture. Thus the ADK is still preferred for maximum compatibility.

Well you still win over Apple there.
You get the speed and it reaches a number of devices. Not all, but a lot.
Whilst Apple has only one device. Android FTW!:D

2.x Android version also introduced a JIT compiler for the Java VM.

JIT is still not native since you still need to do a translation (and thus slower than native).

Please correct me if I'm wrong here.

It compiles as it goes. Not translation since you can't exactly say it's translating and sending straight to CPU. It compiles and caches it. Then it runs the compiled cached program. So yes it's still slower than native.

Also correct me if I'm wrong:P

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[JJS]

I don't think there is a performance difference between native instructions produced by the JIT compiler and a regular "offline" compiler. Once it is run through it, it is as native as it gets, no more interpretation necessary. Of course you either get a start-up delay if everything is compiled ahead on loading or the first few executions of code are slow until it has been run through the JIT.

It is also possible to build native libraries for all current Android platforms from the same source code (armeabi, armeabi-v7a and x86). All of them are then packed into the APK and only the libraries which match the target architecture are installed and run. So using native code and still being fully compatible to all devices is no big deal.

This kinda gets offtopic, so here is something relevant: Android ftw!

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[Codestorm]

I decided to go with Android long ago, and would never even think about getting an iThing

[fouadtjuhmaster]

iAm a proud iOS user. iHave an iPod Classic, Suffle, iPhone
And(roid) is not something i am proud of but i have: Samsung Galaxy Tab

[m0skit0]

Nice, but may I remind you what's discussed here: Who Wins? And why?

[fouadtjuhmaster]

Nice, but may I remind you what's discussed here: Who Wins? And why?

iOS, because they rock!

[Xian Nox]

Nice, but may I remind you what's discussed here: Who Wins? And why?

iOS, because they rock!

^ Typical iFan. Gives no other explanation except a 'just cause', and stubbornly claims that what they say is true. Buys overpriced products on a regular basis only to show off.

Try this way: I prefer Android, because there is a wider range of devices it is available on, it is more customizable, has a better SDK, and is based on Linux too.

[karkinissan]

'nuff said.

[m0skit0]

iOS, because they rock!

Ok, you already made your point earlier, but the question actually is why they rock?

Typical iFan. Gives no other explanation except a 'just cause', and stubbornly claims that what they say is true. Buys overpriced products on a regular basis only to show off.

You got it, matey! Also in my experience, usually least technically skilled people (sometimes also people who "think" they are technical skilled when they're not), always choose Apple (really flawed ones even go for Windows Phone ), while people more "hackerish" and usually with more technical background/knowledge go for Android. This is based on the people I personally know, and they fit 100% in this category.

has a better SDK

I don't agree with this point. iOS SDK is very solid, and probably better than Google's. The bad points: Objective-C (who the heck knows this sh**), tools only available for OS X (sucks a**)...

[fouadtjuhmaster]

Ok let me try:
iOS is better, because they made for one phone a lot of apps and games. However Adroid apps/games will run on a HTC or Samsung.