John Paul M. Joaquin Tech 10.03.2022 19:Oct PM EDT

5 Android Features That the iOS Still Does Not Have

In the battle for phone supremacy, the smartphone operating system that caters to people's needs the most is the victor. However, people's needs are subjective. As such, there might not be a winner in the end.

Despite that, it is because of this same competition that the best qualities of the two most common smartphone operating systems, Apple's iOS, and Google's Android, were brought out.

Understandably, there are some things an Android phone doesn't have while an iOS device does and vice versa, which could be beneficial or detrimental to some users.

Here are some features that Android phones have that iPhones don't.

Dual Sim Card Support

Although not a problem for current and upcoming iPhones due to their support for eSIMs, Android phones are still the only smartphones that could always house two SIM cards physically.

According to Screen Rant, Apple has been playing catch-up with Android phones for quite some time as far as this feature is concerned, with it limiting the dual SIM feature to certain products only, such as the entire iPhone 13 model line, per Make Use Of.

With a dual SIM phone, Android users won't have to worry about getting another phone for a different purpose. Instead, they could plug in another SIM inside a phone so they can contact friends with one SIM and workmates with the other without switching phones.

Create Multiple Users And Guest Accounts

iPhone users would know how hard it is to share their phones with friends, loved ones, and family members. An iPhone owner could create a folder to house apps other people use, but they would still be able to open and access apps the owner uses.

This unrestricted access could lead to privacy breaches if caught.

However, an Android phone comes equipped with the ability to create multiple users and guest accounts to prevent the sharee from accessing the sharer's apps, per a separate Make Use Of article.

Storage Upgrades

iPhones may have Facetime and native screen recording, but it does not allow users to further upgrade their storage with external memory cards as an Android would. As such, you either pay more to get an iPhone with a larger memory capacity or be creative when it comes to storage management.

for an owner of an Android phone, if their phone's internal storage is full, they could opt to insert and/or use an external memory card to supplement the phone's internal storage.

Having access to external memory cards also mean that an Android user can open and access files saved to a specific memory card anytime rather than going to a Cloud service.

This feature is useful because an Android user can transfer files saved in their phone's internal storage and seamlessly transfer them to their external memory card.

Access To Both Internal And External Storage Over USB

Because an Android phone can be the home of two SIM cards and storage devices at most, this means that an Android user can access their phone's internal storage and external memory card at the same time when the phone is plugged into a computer.

Unlike an iPhone that only gives you access to the photos and videos saved in its internal storage, Android phones can not only give their user access to these two but also to all the files saved in the phone's internal and external storage. This feature allows you to add, delete, and modify files at will.

Split Screen

Perhaps one of the most useful features an Android phone has that iOS devices don't is the ability to run and display two apps at the same time through its split screen feature.

Thanks to this ability, you can watch your favorite Netflix series while scrolling through Twitter or Facebook, per YugaTech. You can also type in important information without tapping anything to switch over to an app, only to switch over again to write the info down.