Android mobiles are not just the operating system

Usually when we talk about smartphones, we differentiate between iOS, Windows and Android. However, this differentiation is a mistake, because its operating system does not really define what a smartphone is like, and many times we do not talk about the main functions of a smartphone because we think that everything depends on the operating system.

Not just the operating system

It is true that the operating system is decisive in any smartphone. After all, this blog is dedicated especially to smartphones and tablets that have Android as their operating system. However, that is precisely why we often differentiate between Android, iOS and Windows, in a wrong way, forgetting that mobile phones are more than just their operating system. And in fact, you could say that there are smartphones that have Android more similar to iPhone than other Android phones.

And, nowadays even application programmers use software so that the apps at the end of the process are compatible with both iOS and Android. The only ones that do not use this type of software are those with very large and high-level engineering teams, and these usually launch apps for both platforms. Therefore, it is not possible to talk about different apps available for different operating systems.

I say this because many times, speaking of the technical characteristics of a smartphone, we forget the functions that it has and that really differentiate it from other mobiles. It is clear that a smartphone with a Quad HD screen has a better screen than one with an only HD screen, and that must be noted. However, two mobiles with the same technical characteristics can be very different mobiles. A simple example is that of a mobile alarm. For example, set an alarm on your mobile within a minute. Plug in the headphones. Does the alarm sound through the headphones and through the mobile speaker? It is possible that this is the case, it is also possible that it sounds only through the headphones, and it is even possible that being the alarm, it sounds only through the speaker. One last option is that you have settings to configure this feature. We have proposed four different options for the alarm, which we can see on different Android phones.

Logically, this is not decisive when buying a smartphone, but it is a small demonstration that the characteristics that differentiate a mobile go much further than simply its technical characteristics such as the screen, the processor or the camera. And the worst and most difficult thing is that it is not possible to analyze a smartphone without testing it, not only for an hour or a day, but to test it as our main smartphone, to see what functions it has and what functions it does not have.

Therefore, if you are going to buy a smartphone, the best thing you can do, in addition to reading us, which is great, is to find someone who already has it to ask about it, and even tell them to highlight the 5 main features of the mobile . Thus, we not only know the objective data about a smartphone, but also the subjective opinion that a user may have regarding it, which in the end is the most useful when buying a new smartphone.

We will try to do our part, of course, and always offer that we can analyze subjective aspects of mobiles and tablets, and not just objective ones. After all, the data and objective technical characteristics of a mobile can easily be found on the smartphone's own technical sheet. However, it is those characteristics that are only known when using the smartphone that should really define which mobile to buy.