Types of mobile operating systems. Alternative mobile OCs. Android OS: green robot can do almost everything

You go out to buy smartphone? Don't know what platform it's based on ( operating system) choose? This article is for you, dear readers of the ZedPost blog! More details below. Below is a rating of mobile operating systems.

1. Operating system from Apple - iOS

iOS- one of the most advanced operating systems on the smartphone and tablet market. Installs on iPhone, iPod and iPad. It has many functions, multitasking, and is not demanding on resources. But this system is paid, Apple devices are by no means cheap. This system also has a closed source, which means the user cannot independently make changes to the system, and almost all applications for it are paid, well, if you are a conscientious user and do not install Jailbreak, so as not to lose the warranty.

2. Android operating system

Android - operating system for smartphones and tablets, and more recently for cameras, televisions and other gadgets, developed by Google based on the Unix kernel as a free and open source operating system. This system also occupies a leading position among operating systems for phones and is a big competitor to iOS. For it, as for iOS, many applications and games are being developed; they are released on this platform as budget phones from 2000 rubles, and quite advanced and modern devices. The leader in the production of smartphones on this platform is the company Samsung, also on Android phones produced by Lg, HTC and many other companies.

3. OS for smartphones from Microsoft - Windows Phone 7

This system was developed by Microsoft to replace the outdated mobile operating system - Windows Mobile, which was not well suited for touch devices. This operating system is designed from scratch, so it does not have many applications available. Some people like the interface of this operating system, some don’t, as they say, “There is no accounting for taste.”

4. OS for Mobile - Symbian

Essentially a dying operating system for smartphones, which may soon disappear from the operating system market. It is unstable, has a complex outdated interface and few features.

5. BlackBerry - business operating system

BlackBerry(Blackberry) is a high-quality and well-thought-out operating system aimed at solving business problems. There are practically no games for it, but many applications for businessmen have been developed for this system (converters, currency exchangers, etc.). In Russia, this system is poorly distributed; almost all smartphones running this OS have a convenient QWERTY keyboard.

We looked at the 5 most popular mobile operating systems; there are many others, but their share among the rest is insignificant. Thank you for reading the article to the end.

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Probably everyone knows that Android is the most popular operating system for mobile phones in the world. More than 90% of all devices run on Android control. Another popular system is iOS. But what if you're tired of Android and want to try something new, stop being part of the proprietary ecosystem, and get maximum privacy and security for your data?

There is a solution for this problem. You can install a mobile operating system based on Linux on your smartphone. Not only do you get an open source system, but also improved security and privacy for your data. In this article we have collected operating systems for smartphones. Some of them are based on Linux, some are not. Android is also based on the Linux kernel. But there were a lot of changes made to it, so it cannot be considered a full-fledged Linux.

1. Ubuntu Touch from UBports

Even though Canonical has stopped supporting Ubuntu Touch, it is still supported by the community and developers from the UBports project. This means that the Ubuntu mobile operating system is still alive, just like Unity. Ubuntu Touch has a very interesting way of working. Although there aren't many apps, many of the functions that apps perform in Android are built into the operating system right out of the box. Another interesting point is the lenses - separate pages home screen, which display news, weather, applications and social media. The system works quite well on supported devices.

But the main advantage of Ubuntu Touch is convergence. This feature is similar to Microsoft Continuum. Once the device is connected to the computer via HDMI, and a mouse and keyboard are connected, you have a full-fledged Linux desktop that runs on an ARM processor.

Currently, Ubuntu Touch does not support many devices, these are the devices on which the system was pre-installed, OnePlus One, Fairphone 2 and Nexus 5. Many others are currently being actively ported, including OnePlus 2 and OnePlus 3/3T. This is the best operating system for a smartphone after Android.

2. Sailfish OS

This operating system is developed jointly by several companies Jolla, Mer (a middleware developer), the Sailfish Alliance group, and the Sailfish OS community. It is a continuation of the already closed MeeGo project, based on Maemo and Mobilin.

Officially, Sailfish OS is only available on the 2013 Jolla smartphone, but community developers have added support for many other devices. These are Google Nexus 5 and 7, HP Touchpad, OnePlus One and OnePlus X, as well as Samsung Galaxy S3. You can also install Sailfish OS on your Raspberry Pi 2 or 3, as well as on some older Nokia devices.

A huge advantage of SailfishOS is that the operating system is compatible with a huge number of Android applications. So if you don't like Android, then it's definitely worth trying this system.

3. Plasma Mobile

This is a new operating system for smartphones, which appeared at the end of 2016. The most interesting option can be considered the Plasma Mobile operating system. This is an implementation of KDE Plasma aimed at smartphones and mobile devices. There was a lot of noise around it in 2017, one of the reasons for this could be Canonical's refusal to develop Ubuntu Touch. Plasma Mobile now positions itself as a complete and open platform for mobile devices.

The operating system is currently compatible with Nexus 5 and Nexus 5X. Plasma Mobile is based on Kubuntu and is also available on Intel-based computers and tablets. There is also a version based on ArchLinux. On Nexus 5, the system supports installing multiple firmware. You can install Plasma Mobile, as well as any version of Android.

The advantage of the system is that you can run Plasma desktop applications and widgets, just like Ubuntu Touch programs. This gives you a freer choice of applications compared to Ubuntu Touch.

4. Halium

This system positions itself as the future of mobile operating systems. Linux systems. The goal of Halium is to unify hardware abstraction layers and software interfaces for software GNU Linux on devices with pre-installed Android. This is a great attempt to standardize the software and improve Linux access to audio, camera, GPS and other smartphone equipment. The project is under development and if the guys succeed, it will make it very easy to install Linux on any Android smartphone.

5. PureOS

PureOS developers are trying to create a full-fledged mobile platform Linux, which will be aimed at privacy and maximum security. On this moment The operating system is not yet ready to download and install. They recently launched a fundraising campaign to create their own rugged and secure smartphone, the Librem 5.

6.MediaDeb

This development can hardly be called a full-fledged operating system, but nevertheless it will be of interest to many users who have old phones with MediaTek processors. One of the owners of such smartphones has assembled a Debian ARM version that can run on MT6589 and MT6592 processors. Currently two devices supported are UMI-X2 and iOcean X8. But just a huge number were produced on these processors budget smartphones which are still in use today. Theoretically, the system can be assembled with a minimum of problems for each of them.

MediaDeb is not just a layer for Android, but a pure operating system. Yes, a lot of things are not working yet, for example the camera, but at the same time the basic functions are working, such as the screen, wifi, usb and so on.

conclusions

In this article, we looked at the best smartphone operating systems based on Linux. Some of them you can install on your smartphone, while others are still in development. It’s a pity that you can’t install the system you like on any smartphone, as we’re used to doing this with a computer. But this is a long-standing problem of driver compatibility and many are trying to solve it, for example, the same Halium project or Google’s Project Treble. Let's hope that the situation will improve in the future. What operating system is better for a smartphone in your opinion besides Android? What are you using? Write in the comments.

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Hello to all readers of my blog site, I don’t even know what to call it correctly.
I bring to your attention an article that should help you decide on the choice of your future smartphone.
The market now offers a huge abundance of smartphone models running on a wide variety of operating systems: Android, Symbian, Windows Phone, iOS, Bada, MeGoo, BlackBerry and others. The main convenience of a phone lies not only in design, screen size, processor frequency, the most important thing is the operating system on which it runs.

The price of a smartphone always consists of several factors: the cost of software, trademark, the power of its “filling” and much more. So, in total, the average price of such a device today is about 10-11 thousand rubles. And this price is slowly but surely constantly moving up. But the thing is that phones “stuffed” with functions are becoming more and more popular every day.

Let's take a closer look at each of the currently popular operating systems and talk about the positive and negative aspects of each of them:

1.Android is an operating system from Google.

It ranks first among operating systems for smartphones in the world. Runs on the Linux platform. The company was formed in 2008, and a little later became part of Google. A lot has changed since those times, and functionality is growing with each new version, almost with every new day. Android has already gone through several versions-generations from 1.0 to 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. There are also versions that are optimized for use on tablet computers.
The advantages of the Android OS are that the operating system itself seems to be assembled from all Google services and has a good price-functionality-quality ratio. Since Android is a relatively open operating system, it attracts the attention of a large number of developers of various software from all over the world, and today there are more than 1,000,000 available applications and programs for every taste. There are, of course, useless ones, there are unnecessary ones, but for the most part they are very useful and varied, and the Android Market - the Android application store - is always ready to help with this. Any user can install the application using a regular installation file.
Smartphones running on Android based, can boast good speeds, and, naturally, the “fresh” the version, the more functional it is, because Each subsequent version incorporates the most advanced developments in the Linux environment. There are also a bunch of different amateur firmwares, which allows you to diversify your smartphone quite well.
Let's talk about some of the disadvantages of the operating room Android systems. The first of them is low functionality in the absence of the Internet, because... Most smartphone functions are in one way or another closely related to the global network. The second disadvantage follows from the first - due to constant use mobile internet- Smartphone battery power is quickly consumed. So, if you choose a smartphone on Android, then take it with a battery larger capacity, will be useful in the future.

2. Apple iOS- Operating system from Apple.

This operating system runs on the Darwin kernel, which was written extensively using FreeBSD codes. Apple is constantly expanding the lineup devices that run on iOS (and these are smartphones, tablet computers and even players). In terms of popularity, iOS is close on the heels of Android and it is unlikely to lose its position to it.
Apple iOS is a closed operating system that has free components. But I would not say that it is very closed, because... "home" developers are working very hard to "open" it. Its closed nature, of course, has its drawbacks, i.e. impossibility of change appearance device management, linking programs and applications to the store App Store. Synchronization with a computer is strictly linked to the iTunes program, which is also its activator. The complexity of working with office applications, most of which are paid, that is, if you need to read or edit a document, you may have to purchase some application from the App Store.
Another advantage is the ability to work with Exchange servers and multi-core processors. The shortcomings, of course, can be eliminated, but what to do with the lack of memory expansion, the “eternally packed” battery and the high, for some “exorbitant”, price for such devices?
Let's look at it from the other side: the iPhone 4 has a cool display, a camera that some people use to shoot movies, and economical battery consumption. So it will give any Android device a head start.

3. Bada OS is Samsung's own development.

Like iOS, Bada is also a closed operating system. It only gained some popularity in 2010. The main advantage of this OS is the ability not to rely on one or another framework of operating system rules when developing mobile applications. For now Samsung company With its OS, Bada has taken a certain place in the market of “simple” smartphones. Nowadays you can see a sufficient number of smartphones on this operating system on sale. In the shop Samsung Apps more than 10,000 different types are already available
applications, both paid and free.
The disadvantages include a modest lineup when choosing a device on the Bada platform, as well as a not so large number of applications in Samsung Apps. Pros: ease of management, integrated DivX and Xvid codecs, simultaneous solution of several user tasks.
This OS has great prospects if new applications appear and the model range expands.

4. BlackBerry OS - developed by the Canadian company RIM.

An operating system that was talked about back in 2002. Refers to operating systems for business class phones. Also refers to a closed type OS running on the Java kernel. The main direction that this OS is aimed at is the confidentiality of all kinds of connections and negotiations. In July 2010, RIM announced the sale of its one hundred millionth smartphone. 1/6 of all mobile devices in the world currently run on the BlackBerry operating system. For normal operation This operating system definitely requires support from the cellular operator, i.e. installation of additional software. Consequently, there is some inconvenience in secure communications too. So, the service itself for phones based on BlackBerry OS turns out to be quite expensive, both for the user and for the telecom operator. The company also cannot please you with the number of applications offered.
But for regular users by email And office programs this operating system is better suited than all others, and most BlackBerry phones for ease of working with all of the above, they have a full QWERTY keyboard. It's up to you to choose.

5. Symbian OS - the “eternal” operating system from Nokia.

One of the most famous operating systems for smartphones, very popular in the past, but now Symbian OS is losing ground relative to the rapidly growing Android and iOS. It was created back in 1998; the system was initially open and, accordingly, immediately conquered half of the smartphone market. Smartphones with Symbian^3, Symbian Anna, Symbian Belle are now on sale; before that, Symbian S40 and S60 were popular.
At the moment, the development of this operating system is suspended and, most likely, completely. Support will be provided until 2016. Just
The developers got bored after spending so many years improving the same thing. Disadvantages include a very inconvenient interface, very poor support for displays with good resolutions, slow operation of the OS itself and some instability. All attempts by developers to somehow “cure” it or speed it up were in vain and Symbian remains the slowest operating system among all those presented at the moment.
Symbian has a big advantage, but that was a long time ago, before 2008, when it had no competitors. Or they were, but their cost was very high.

6. Maemo or MeeGo - another attempt by Nokia developers.

Maemo is a partially open OS that is based on the Debian Linux system. So far it has not gained much popularity, because... turned into MeeGo, combining an “operational salad”: Fedora, Debian and Moblin. Nokia promises to install this OS not only on smartphones (by the way, Nokia N9 is the first smartphone on MeeGo), but also on tablet computers. Time will show.

7. Windows Phone 7 is a new solution in the world of operating systems from Microsoft.

There are opinions that Windows Phone 7 is written with " clean slate", based on the latest innovative solutions V mobile world. The screen must have a multi-touch function (recognizes the pressing of several fingers), a processor of at least 1 GHz, built-in memory of at least 8 GB, and random access memory at least 256 MB. There is support for DirectX 9. The downside is that there is no support for applications created for previous versions. There is no multitasking, which is also unusual for a phone with such parameters. Flash is missing (they promise to implement it soon). Synchronizing data and all kinds of files requires a computer. Everything else is in positive territory, and not bad at that! Microsoft after all! I forgot to say, Bluetooth only works with a headset.

Conclusion.
Everyone knows very well that they have not yet come up with that very ideal operating system, some have disadvantages, some have positive aspects. There is no such thing as one platform being better than another. Before buying a smartphone, be sure to decide for what purposes, besides calls and SMS, of course, you will use it, what tasks it should perform for you. I tried to convey to you all the information that is in my head. Think carefully before buying a smartphone. Maybe you're just not ready yet? :)

What does it offer? Russian market disappointed in iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

This graph shows the percentage distribution of mobile operating systems among smartphones sold. In the past five years the situation has changed a lot.

At the moment, BlackBerry OS (RIM) has a relatively high share of sales. But the time of this operating system is passing. New smartphones under the BlackBerry brand are released with Android. It is clear that phones running alternative operating systems are practically not sold.

But they exist! The list of mobile operating systems on Wikipedia includes several dozen names. If we delete from it closed projects such as Symbian and Bada, and numerous firmware for Android, the list will significantly decrease. We will select from it systems, devices with which you can buy in Russia and tell you more about them.

Ubuntu Touch

The operating system for smartphones and tablets, Ubuntu Touch, was announced in early 2013. The project is being developed by Canonical LTD. Sometimes the system is called Ubuntu Phone OS.

When working on the interface, the creators of Ubuntu Touch tried to do something different from others. The OS has multiple screens that can be swiped in the same way as on Android. The first screen displays incoming calls, sms, mail and social network applications. The second displays the weather, nearby photos from Flickr and the latest articles from Wikipedia. And only on the third one can you get to the list installed applications. And on the fourth screen, news suddenly appears. And on the fifth is located music player. The transition between screens is carried out only sequentially. And there are enough similar strange bells and whistles in the system.

In desktop Ubuntu icons open source software available in the vertical bar on the left side of the screen. There is a similar element in Ubuntu Touch. It's quite convenient.

The system comes pre-installed with 25 applications. If you are missing them, you can download others from the Ubuntu Store. OS developers strongly recommend using the Telegram messenger, since its philosophy largely coincides with the philosophy of Ubuntu Touch.

Most applications from the store are a link to the site, designed as an icon on the desktop. For example, the Instagram app is just a web page and does not have access to the camera.

You don't need to buy a separate smartphone to use Ubuntu Touch. It can be installed on some Android devices, for example, on tablets from the Google Nexus line.

Yandex.Market found three gadgets on which this OS is available out of the box.

About a month ago, official sales began in Russia BQ Aquaris E5. A few retailers are asking about 15 thousand rubles for it. Here are its brief technical characteristics:

  • Number of SIM cards 2;
  • Weight 134 g;
  • Screen diagonal 5 inches;
  • Camera 13 million pixels;
  • Processor 1300 MHz;

Started selling earlier this year BQ Aquaris E4.5 for 13 thousand rubles:

  • Number of SIM cards 2;
  • Weight 123 g;
  • Screen diagonal 4.5 inches;
  • Camera 8 million pixels;
  • Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, USB;
  • Processor 1300 MHz;
  • Built-in memory 8 GB;
  • RAM capacity 1 GB.

The Spanish company BQ entered the Russian market this fall. It produces smartphones, 3D printers and toy robots. The products are aimed at creative people who like to modify their gadgets. Most of the technology from BQ is open source.

Flagship product of a large Chinese manufacturer Meizu smartphones X5 is on everyone's lips. This gadget in a metal case runs Android. But there is also Ubuntu Touch Edition, which costs almost 30 thousand rubles:

  • Number of SIM cards 1;
  • Weight 147 g;
  • Diagonal 5.36 inches;
  • Camera 20.70 million pixels;
  • Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0, USB;
  • Octa-core MediaTek processor MT6595;
  • Built-in memory 16 GB;
  • RAM capacity 2 GB;
  • Gravity sensor;
  • Infrared distance sensor.

Firefox OS

While writing this article, it appeared that Mozilla will stop producing smartphones under Firefox control OS. The operating system will be developed for other electronics. The phones are still sold in Russia. Their prices are significantly lower than for devices with other alternative mobile OS.

The system began to be developed by Mozilla in 2011 and was announced in the winter of 2013 on Mobile World Congress. The system interface is made in HTML5. Applications for Firefox OS are created exclusively using web technologies.

The logic of smartphone screens is similar to the Android operating system. Many programs are links to websites designed as application icons. If there is no Internet connection, then the smartphone is practically dead.

Briefly about phones running Firefox OS, we can say this: “Dialers with good browsers.” Numerous reviews of the system show that budget devices with Firefox OS are incapable of anything big.

Alcatel OneTouch FIRE E 6015X was announced back in 2013. You can buy it for 5 thousand rubles.

  • Number of SIM cards 1;
  • Weight 103 g;
  • Diagonal 4.5 inches;
  • Camera 5 million pixels;
  • Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 3.0, USB;
  • FM radio;
  • Processor 1200 MHz, 2 cores;
  • Built-in memory 4 GB;
  • RAM capacity 512 MB;
  • There is a slot for memory cards.

ZTE Open with Firefox OS costs about 3 thousand rubles:

  • Number of SIM cards 1;
  • Diagonal 3.5 inches;
  • Camera 3.20 million pixels;
  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, USB;
  • Processor 1000 MHz;
  • Built-in memory capacity 512 MB;
  • RAM capacity 256 MB;
  • There is a slot for memory cards.

ZTE is one of the largest Chinese smartphone manufacturers. Many Russian mobile operators they trust it to produce budget gadgets under their own brands. The cost of this company's products is extremely low. I assume that they sell smartphones not by piece, but by weight :-)

Sailfish OS

The operating system is being developed by the Finnish company Jolla. Sailfish OS was first presented at World Mobile Congress 2013. The core of the project team is made up of former Nokia employees who were previously working on the MeeGo project.

You can install regular Android applications from Yandex.Store, which is in Jolla instead Google Play. Also, by default, the phone has Nokia cards Here Maps and Jolla Store.

To speed up working with files, you can enable terminal mode on Sailfish OS. If some desired application not in Yandex.Store, you can download it from the Internet or transfer it from your computer to your phone via USB apk file and start the installation.

At the moment, only one device running this OS is sold in Russia. Buy a smartphone Jolla JP-1301 possible for 18 thousand rubles. It has rather modest technical characteristics:

  • Number of SIM cards 1;
  • Weight 141 g;
  • Diagonal 4.5 inches;
  • Camera 8 million pixels;
  • Front camera 2 million pixels;
  • Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, USB, NFC;
  • Processor 1400 MHz;
  • Built-in memory 16 GB;
  • RAM capacity 1 GB.

It is unlikely that anyone will have the desire to buy such a toy. But the system code is open and you can try to install Sailfish OS on some extra smartphone running Android.

Tizen

The development of the project is supervised by Intel and Samsung. The Tizen Association also includes LG U+, Panasonic and a dozen other major electronics manufacturers.

Tizen is installed on Samsung Gear 2 watches and Intel ultrabooks. There are rumors that sooner or later Tizen IVI will appear in KAMAZ dump trucks. At the moment, this operating system is being actively implemented in LandRover and Jaguar cars. There is also active development of a version of the system for wearable electronics - Tizen Wearable.

Applications for Tizen are developed using JavaScript, HTML5, CSS. But unlike Firefox OS, web technologies can be combined with the Tizen Native API and using them to create native applications that have access to the device's hardware.

Tizen Association does a lot to support budding application developers. The SDK is constantly updated, a sea of ​​documentation is written and teaching aids, development competitions are regularly held. Tizen hackathons are held in major cities around the world. There were several such events in Moscow.

I assume that only this operating system, of all those described in the article, has a chance to capture at least 1% of the smartphone market in the next few years. Samsung specialists have enormous resources to develop a quality product and promote it. Canonical and Jolla are not strong enough to compete. Sooner or later they will leave the game just like Mozilla did recently.

When choosing a new smartphone, the user inevitably has to take into account a lot technical parameters: camera resolution, battery capacity, processor power, display type and resolution, and so on. But first of all, it is important to decide what operating system the smartphone will run under.

The decision in favor of one or another operating system depends on how well the new device will meet the user’s expectations in terms of performing various tasks, whether he will be able to install specific applications or will have to be content with analogues, and how the new gadget will interact with other mobile and stationary electronic devices.

And of course, the operating system largely determines the cost of the device.

In our article we will look at 3 main operating systems for smartphones, which by 2017 had become the most popular and in demand in the world:

  • Android;
  • Windows Phone.

Sales volumes

According to analysts from the NetMarketShare portal, the main players in the mobile operating system market in 2017 remain software products from Apple and Google. Windows Phone is losing a tenth of a percent in sales every month. According to some forecasts, by 2020, Microsoft's OS may completely leave the market due to the fact that not only users, but also mobile application developers are losing interest in it.

As can be seen from the graph, Android remains the sales leader, despite the fact that Apple’s operating system has shown strong growth over the past six months. However, it is possible that the balance of growth between Google and Apple will change in the coming weeks towards Android, given the emergence of a large number of the most interesting new products based on this OS, which were announced at the last MWC 2017 exhibition in Barcelona.

Now let's compare each OS separately and try to find out which operating system is better for a smartphone.

iOS

Apple products are a closed ecosystem. That is, one company is both a manufacturer of smartphones and tablets and a software supplier. Therefore, Yabloko can guarantee highest quality and the reliability of their devices, which, in turn, affects the price. So, the cost of the latest model is from Apple iPhone 7 ranges from 1.5 thousand to 2 thousand dollars.

Advantages:

  • Simple and well-thought-out software interface
  • Spectacular design
  • A closed environment for developing high-quality professional applications
  • No viruses
  • Constant updates

Flaws:

  • High cost of gadgets
  • Inability to customize the operating system for yourself
  • Small selection of applications compared to Google Play
  • Extremely limited choice of devices for the user
  • You have to synchronize with your PC and manage multimedia files through a separate program

There is an opinion that by choosing an iOS device, the user is buying not so much a device as an introduction to a fashion brand. However, the high price here is fully justified by the excellent quality.

Android

The popularity of Google's operating system is explained by the fact that a huge number of devices are based on it, not only smartphones and tablets, but also watches, bicycles and even cars. Android is both unique and diverse - each user can very finely customize the original shell on their device.

Advantages:

  • Open source. Anyone who understands programming can write an application for Android and post it on Google Play
  • In this regard, more than 1.5 million programs for all occasions, available for both paid and free downloads
  • One personal account gives access to everyone Google services, many of which are very closely integrated with each other
  • Convenient synchronization with other devices via modules wireless communication or USB cable without additional software
  • Convenient and intuitive controls
  • High performance and multitasking
  • Huge selection of manufacturers
  • Wide range of prices. An Android device, depending on the configuration, can cost either 2 thousand or 32 thousand rubles

Flaws:

  • High vulnerability to hacker attacks and viruses
  • Among free applications there is a large amount of frankly low-quality software
  • A huge number of settings, which can sometimes be difficult for an untrained user to understand

An Android smartphone or tablet is ideal for those who have just begun to master mobile technologies, and confident users. Considering the combination of pros and cons of the OS, we can confidently say that Android is the best operating system for a smartphone.

Perhaps the main thing here is to monitor what and how you install and download, and not delve into complex settings without the appropriate skills.

Windows Phone

Microsoft, unlike its competitors, who sometimes spy on each other's technological solutions, is trying to go its own way. As a result, the operating room Windows system Phone has a unique design and specific operation. And yet, gadgets running Windows Phone OS, to put it mildly, are not flying off the shelves.

Advantages:

  • Unified OS for mobile devices and PCs
  • Low system requirements
  • Windows Phone is annually recognized as the most secure OS in the world
  • Spectacular tiled interface
  • Quality applications

Flaws

  • A small number of applications in the Marketplace brand store (about 300 thousand)
  • Incompatible with popular applications. For example, there is no version of Instagram for Windows Phone. We have to use rather inconvenient analogues
  • Limited selection of gadget manufacturers
  • Lack of customization
  • Cumbersome carrying system Windows contacts Phone to another OS
  • System errors
  • Inconvenient built-in Edge browser, which in this regard became the direct successor of Internet Explorer

As a rule, smartphones running Windows Phone are recommended for businessmen who can process different kinds documents in one software environment Microsoft Office. At the same time, it is quite difficult to choose a gadget for Windows Phone, for example, for a schoolchild.

As mentioned above, one of the main advantages of the Android OS is the pricing policy of smartphone manufacturers that use this “operating system”. For a reasonable price of up to $150, the user can find a gadget running the current version of the OS with reliable and powerful hardware.

One of the most prominent manufacturers of smartphones that perfectly combine modern technologies, quality, reliability and availability. If you prefer the accessibility and simplicity of the Android OS over other systems, and also choose for yourself a powerful and inexpensive smartphone, we recommend paying attention to the products of the British company Fly.

Why Fly

Since 2003, Fly has been producing mobile gadgets designed for the mass consumer. Mine best smartphone any user, regardless of profession, age, can find solutions for any requests and tasks, social status and earnings. Businessman, student, schoolchild, athlete, builder, rescuer, traveler - everyone can find the perfect Fly for themselves.

Among latest models, in which the entire spectrum Android capabilities combined with high-quality and reliable technical components, an impressive body design and a reasonable price, we can mention the Fly Cirrus 9 and Fly Cirrus 12.

Fly Cirrus 9

The gadget is an LTE phablet with a large 5.5-inch screen on an IPS matrix and HD resolution. On such a screen it is incredibly convenient to work with a variety of Android applications, watch movies, read books and process documentation. A fast 4-core processor at 1.25 GHz is responsible for speed and multitasking.

The Fly Cirrus 9 is a great answer to those who complain that Android drains your battery in a matter of hours. Thanks to excellent optimization of the system, hardware and a capacious 2800 mAh battery, the smartphone will work stably for up to 10 hours of talk time and up to 280 hours of standby time. Let's add to this quality camera 8 and 2 megapixels, a nice glossy rear panel design and we get an excellent smartphone with a pleasant price tag - only $100.

Fly Cirrus 12

The Fly Cirrus 12 LTE smartphone will be chosen by those who like to take great photos with a smartphone. The model inherited 13 and 5 megapixel cameras on a CMOS matrix from the early Fly Cirrus 7 model, which at one time was called a “camera phone” in many reviews. The 5-inch IPS screen will provide excellent tactile sensations thanks to 2.5D technology, which allows you to create screens with pleasantly rounded edges.

The stability, convenience and performance of the smartphone is ensured by the combination of the Android 6.0 operating system and a powerful 1.3 GHz quad-core processor. And 8 hours of talk time and 150 hours of standby time will be provided by a capacious 2600 mAh battery.

Eventually

We have analyzed which smartphone operating systems are the most popular in the world. When choosing a smartphone for a specific OS, consider the combination of advantages and disadvantages of each system and proceed from your own needs. We also recommend that you read the overview of the main characteristics of smartphones, which will help you choose the most suitable model for yourself.