Even though Many Features with Many Varieties of
Smart Phones are available in Markets Our Time and Money are becoming a big
Constraint. Unfortunately, Android
phones, thanks to their chaotic OS and messy app store infrastructure, are
not up there yet when it comes to the bare essentials.
Defects in Apps and Play Store
- Not all the apps available in
the store are compatible with the different levels or ranges of Android
phones.
- While there are several free
apps for download, these tend to be replete with marketing material and
advertisements, making the user experience jarring and intrusive.
- App-crashing or forced closure
is a norm with Android devices and staunch Android phone users have now
gotten used to this flaw.
Device Defects
- Overheating is a common issue
with Android phones, especially when playing games loaded with heavy
graphics or while indulging in hardcore productivity tasks. The
overheating tends to be more prevalent during summers than winters. The
heating issue not just mars user experience and handling, but it also
hurts the phone's battery life.
- Android is a very heavy
operating system and most apps tend to run in the background even when
closed by the user. This eats up battery power even more. As a result, the
phone invariably ends up failing the battery life estimates given by the
manufacturers.
- Storage is also an issue, with
most phones having minimal internal storage. Consequently, storing large
apps, videos and files becomes an issue.
- Adding a micro SD card can be a way out, but that move can hamper the phone's speed.
- The phone's efficiency is bound
to take a hit as multiple programs run simultaneously in the background at
any given time.
System Defects
- Although seamless data
connection is no longer a far cry on mobile phones, Android devices need
uninterrupted Internet supply for its efficient functioning. Google is
behind Android and the plethora of Google services on offer almost
mandates seamless Internet connection.
- While the many Google apps and
services are quite useful, they are also very susceptible to hackers and
their notorious plans. As a result, these applications get infected even
before they get publicly released. In other words, most of the apps on the
Play Store are plagued with malware.
- The Android app store is open
to every publisher. It's easier to get apps published in the Play Store as
the space is not continuously monitored. Therefore, most Android apps are
half-baked and also not malware-proof. This nullifies any innovativeness
the apps have to offer.
- Android's stability and
reliability takes a hit due to the fact that there are several dozens of
Android phones with varying specifications and hardware components. As a
result, there arises the lack of compatibility between the OS and its
hardware partners.
- While Android's open-source
nature makes it easy to customize any Android device, the same aspect also
turns out to be a negative trait as hackers don't have to bang their heads
for hours together to get through the system and play spoilsport.
Smashing Android from all corners isn't the
intent of this Blog, and everyone agrees that it has its share of positives.
Otherwise, it wouldn't have reached the popularity it has attained today. But,
the fact that the applications aren't built specifically to run on certain
devices makes it a less efficient and seamless system. For instance, IOS is
created to run solely on iPhones. The same thing cannot be said about Android
or its devices. This results in the various devices not interlocking with the
OS, causing a truckload of unsolvable and grave issues.
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