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12 Ways Android Is Still Better Than iOS 7

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12 Ways Android Is Still Better Than iOS 7

Third-party Software Keyboards

Third-party Software Keyboards

There aren't many complaints about the typing experience on iOS 7, but Android still offers more options. You can replace Android's default keyboard with any third-party alternative (like the easy-to-use and fairly self-explanatory Swype).

More Customization, As Usual

More Customization, As Usual

If you want to customize your smartphone, the sky's the limit with Android. Alter whatever you want. You can even download an iOS 7 theme, if that's what you're into.

Visible File System

Visible File System

When you plug your Android phone into your computer, you can see a file system just like the one you'd work with if you were searching for something on your computer. It's as easy as drag-and-drop. Apple doesn't give you that kind of access to all your files.

Better Notifications Bar

Better Notifications Bar

Even though iOS 7 revamped the iPhone Notification Center, Android's is still better. When you see something in Android's notification drawer, you can take action and respond without opening whatever app first (for example, I could email Cody without first separately opening the mail app).

Images with Contact List

Images with Contact List

Android can automatically import photos for your contacts (or allow you to set them yourself), so it's much easier to see your friends' pretty faces in your virtual address book than it is with iOS 7.

Multiple User accounts to be set on the same Android tablet

Multiple User accounts to be set on the same Android tablet

Share your Android-running tablet with your family or co-workers? If so, you can set multiple users accounts on one device, limiting the information that each user can see. Can't do that on the iPad.

Google Now Trumps Siri

Google Now Trumps Siri

When you're asking natural language questions, Google Now is extremely quick and can parse web pages to find the most relevant information. Siri, on the other hand, automatically searches Bing, not Google. Got to hand it to Apple in one department though: Siri is better than Google Now with "assistant" commands, like when you want to set up an internal calendar event.

Multimedia Ease

Multimedia Ease

Android doesn't care where your music comes from. Apple and iOS 7, however, require iTunes if you want to load your iPhone up with songs (and you need iPhoto if you ever want to access your photos).

More Free Applications

More Free Applications

Android's Google Play Store doesn't always offer better quality, but it does offer far more options than the App Store.

Unlock Options

Unlock Options

On most Android phones, you can unlock your device to any app you want, which saves time in the long-run if you have certain apps that you always use.

Phone Unlock Options

Phone Unlock Options

Okay, sure, the new iPhone 5S fingerprint scanner is pretty cool, but Android offers several different unlocking options, and definitely more than any non-5S iPhone.

Want to keep riding your Android high?

Want to keep riding your Android high?

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