10 ways the iPhone 6 could give Android a run for its money

The iPhone 6 was revealed on September 9, 2014. Find out what features should have Android developers scrambling to pick up the slack. 

Whether you're an enthusiast of Apple or not, its item proclamations are a tremendous arrangement - kind of a square gathering and rock show with new contraptions and ideas as the visitors of honor - which reverberate all through varying backgrounds, from hard-bubbled technologists to easy clients, from organizations to individual buyers. An Apple occasion is showcased with a lot of commotion and tireless social networking scope; I've even heard it alluded to as the American rendition of the Royal Baby. 

Valid to structure (once Apple settled the humiliating issues with its live nourish), yesterday's divulging of the new iphone 6 and iphone 6 Plus created a wave of buzz over the size, structure, and related peculiarities that will be incorporated. There's no lack of data on what's new on the Apple front, so my objective here is concentrate on how the new iphones will stack up against existing Android models and programming. How about we sparkle the focus on where the Android stage may need to play get up to speed. 

The nuts and bolts of the new plans 

Before I discuss what's special about the new iphones (or in any event, what may frighten Android), we should take a gander at a percentage of the nuts and bolts. 

The iphone 6 will be 4.7 inches in length and the iphone 6 Plus 5.5 inches (its consistently alluded to as a "phablet"- - a combination of a telephone and tablet), both of which are changes on the littler 4" or less shows that have constrained the abilities of existing iphones. 

Apple has enhanced the cam to 8 megapixels. 

The gadgets can take general feature at 30 or 60 casings every second and catch moderate movement feature at 120 or 240 edges every second. 

The new iphone outlines are metal and glass bodies without immediate edges, which are more slender than former models. 

Apple is putting forth upgrades like a retinal presentation (Retina HD); an enhanced 64-bit A8 chip, which gives 25% speedier CPU/half quicker representation execution; 802.11c Wi-Fi; a gauge to quantify gaseous tension (which appears to be a piece of a pattern of wellness related applications); a versatile wallet administration (NFC for Apple Pay); and tie-into the promising new Apple Watch (to be discharged in right on time 2015), a wearable gadget which supports the abilities of your cell phone by giving access to helpful peculiarities. 

The iphone 6 will have a screen determination of 1334 X 750 pixels and 326ppi - more than one million pixels - while the iphone 6 Plus will don a screen determination of 920 X 1080 and 401ppi - two million pixels. 

The new augmentations to the iphone family come away sizes of 16, 64, and 128 Gb. 

The telephones go on special on September 19 and will cost $199/ $299/ $399 for the iphone 6 in 16gb/ 64gb/ 128gb, and $299/ $399/ $499 for the same renditions of the iphone 6 Plus (two-year contract needed). 

Mac's most up to date portable working framework, ios 8, will be discharged complimentary on September 17 and will be accessible for the iphone 4s and later models, ipad 2 and ipad small and later models, and the fifth-era ipod touch. 

Here's some of what's NOT distinctive 

The greater screen land is even more a leveling move against Android; nothing especially new here as far as general cell phone size. 

The 8 megapixel cam is additionally unremarkable. This standard has been attained on Android cell phones for quite a while. 

The screen determination on the new telephones isn't anything Android hasn't attained as of now. 

The iphone stockpiling specs additionally aren't anything the Android models can't match, and the costs are amazing however no lower than you would sensibly hope to pay with a Samsung or Motorola; presumably the opposite indeed. 

The Watch tie-in is pleasant, yet Android has the Android Wear smartwatch. Making telephone brings over Wi-Fi will likewise be an alternative (at any rate, in case you're a T-Mobile client, however different bearers are prone to join in). Be that as it may its conceivable to utilize applications like Skype on Android to do likewise thing paying little mind to bearer. 

The promising new ios 8 product for iphones (and ipads) will give a committed application to perusing through your icloud documents, yet this is as of now conceivable with Google Drive. 

The iphone 6 and 6 Plus accompany 802.11ac systems administration for quicker Wi-Fi speeds, yet the Samsung Galaxy S5, case in point, as of now brags this ability. 

Here are the conceivable amusement changers 

So where are the conceivable torment focuses for Android in the midst of this divulging? 

1: Form component 

The new iphone outlines are exquisite without a doubt, which is a standard we've started to anticipate from Apple, an organization that even verifies even the container the iphone comes in is great. Cruder and clunkier Android cell phones can't contend in the looks and fabulousness office, in any event not yet. This may not trouble some individuals (I'm thinking about the no-nonsense techies who are more keen on Android Roms than what the body looks like). Yet for the individuals who abide inside the Apple environment - or need to - this may be a considerable draw. 

When I was a young person, my father worked in deals, and he let me know numerous individuals in his field felt the need to drive flashy autos as a materialistic trifle since the autos pulled in investment and talk. (Whether they truly had the wage for these extravagance models was an alternate story.) It's acceptable that the iphone product offering conveys the same kind of allure to the individuals who live by style. Android makers would do well to consolidate some more glimmer into their models. 

2: Display specs 

Splendid daylight is a colossal issue with my Samsung Galaxy S3; the showcase is essentially ambiguous unless I shade the gadget and squint hard. The Retina show for the iphone 6 models will incorporate another polarizer in the glass to give better lucidness in splendid daylight. Apple said that the presentation utilizes higher difference: "...we created a progressed procedure of photograph arrangement. This includes utilizing UV light to definitely position the show's fluid gems so they lay precisely where they ought to. Better-adjusted gems convey a prevalent review experience, with deeper blacks and more keen content." Wider-point survey is an alternate touted gimmick intended for clients who offer phot

3: Communication 

The iphone 6 models will offer quicker and more assorted systems administration than antecedents as LTE (long haul advancement, a remote systems administration standard). Velocities may achieve 150 Mpbs, contrasted with 100 Mbps in former models. While that doesn't fundamentally defeat Android gadgets, the executioner part here is that 20 LTE groups can be open to the iphone 6 line, which means preferred meandering capacities over some other current cell phone while voyaging. Street warriors, line up! 

4: Mobile wallet 

Apple is entering the portable wallet stadium with its Apple Pay item, which its joining forces with Visa, Mastercard, and American Express (alongside a few banks) to make accessible for utilization with in excess of 220,000 U.s traders. 

The portable wallet thought is straightforward: You can purchase stuff with your cell phone rather than money or a charge card, which in this situation includes a NFC contribute the telephone that sends the exchange remotely. The iphones incorporate with Touch ID and Passbook, and clients can include a charge card from itunes or by checking their card with the cam. Android has a comparative peculiarity as Google Wallet, case in point, yet it has had some huge issues picking up footing. 

Tim Cook said this with respect to Apple's outlines in the portable wallet space, "We're gonna begin by concentrating on installments. Installments is a gigantic business. Consistently in the middle of credit and charge we use 12 billion dollars. That is in excess of 4 trillion dollars a year, and that is just in the United States... 200 million exchanges a day. That is 200 million times we scramble for our charge cards and experience what is a genuinely out of date methodology." 

Whether Apple can pull it off is an alternate inquiry, yet given the capacity to evaluate what's happened in the versatile installments space and to definitively arrange out creative arrangements, it might be ready to turn into the leader in that section. 

5: Wearable potential outcomes 

Like Google Wallet, wearables have had a few battles, being seen as a corner (read: wellness) item by a lot of people. I've frequently heard remarks, for example, "My cell phone wiped out the need to bear a wristwatch - now the cell phone producers need me to include one back?" Both Apple and Android have a smartwatch applicant now, however it will be fascinating to perceive how valuable every one is in its individual ecospace. The Apple Watch will work with the iphone 6 applicants and will be regressive good with iphone 5, 5c, and 5s, increasing the potential outcomes that this is truly the one wearable to beat - or in any event it will soak what piece of the overall industry there is to immerse for this sort of item. 

6: Battery life 

The iphone 6 batteries will be more vitality proficient. The iphone 6 will give 50 hours of sound, 11 hours of feature, 11 hours of Wi-Fi perusing/LTE searching, 10 hours of 3g skimming, 14 hours of voice, and 10 days on standby. The iphone 6 or more will give 80 hours of sound, 14 hours of feature, 12 hours of Wi-Fi searching/LTE/3g scanning, 24 hours of voice, and 16 days on standby. 

Presently, numerous Android models with beefier batteries can give longer battery life. Anyhow it ought to be called attention to that the above insights clear out the abilities of my Samsung when I first got it, since it dispatched with a powerless default battery that truly would not last me from 7 AM past 3 PM. The stake has been upped in the battery challenge, and hopefully to see future discharges more proficient and influential on both sides of the cell phone talk about. 

7: Reachability 

Apple's Reachability is a peculiarity that encourages one-gave operation on the iphone 6 models. Clients can twofold tap the home catch to move the client interface down to put components at the highest point of the screen inside thumb's range. Samsung has done likewise, however the results have been short of what fulfilling in my individual perspective. I consistently end up needing to passageway a menu or application I accidentally pressed; I discover the interface clumsier than it ought to be. Genuine one-gave operation is an absolute necessity for me, whether I'm convey something in my other hand, attempting to multi-undertaking, or simply rapidly get access to something indispensable on my telephone. I think if Apple can clean the screen affectability to a more responsive level, this will be a hot space to watch. 

8: Enterprise characteristics 

ios 8 will bring a number reasonability choices for endeavors to take better control of cell phones. For example, it will incorporate a Device Enrollment Program that can consequently set up cell phones with specific settings, applications, and substance, and apply coveted limitations for clients. It will bring better security to secure information and applications, every message encryption controls, and substance separating open doors for outsider engineers. 

Google offers some comparable choices for Android gadgets (along these lines do outsider suppliers), however a hefty portion of these are relevant to Google Apps clients or must be cobbled together. The default settings for Android gadgets snared to Exchange 2010 through Activesync, case in point, are to a degree constrained and fundamentally spin around ordering passwords and permitting applications to run. With the BYOD development going all out, organizations woefully need better organization, shields, and customization of representative cell phones. 

9: Integration 

On the off chance that there's single word that strikes a chord when you consider Apple, its most likely joining. Joining among the Mac OS, iphone, and ipad items is the best in the field, and Apple is clutching this pattern with peculiarities, for example, Handoff, which can give you a chance to switch utilizing applications or capacities between gadgets. Google benefits work connecting information by means of Google Drive and synchronizing applications like Gmail, Chrome, Google Calendar, and Google+ crosswise over gadgets - and the approach of Chromebooks can help it keep on expanding upon the move of capacity and information between cell phone, tablet, and desktop/portable computer working frameworks. Right now, Apple still leads the reconciliation charge on account of its endowment of exposure. In any case Android can change

10: User-friendliness

With each product launch, Apple seeks to capitalize further and further upon its reputation as a user-friendly industry. "It just works" is something I've heard applied to Apple products so many times that if I hear the phrase at parties, I know immediately what the speaker is referring to.

Android isn't necessarily out to be user-friendly, so it's a different type of platform -- one often geared more toward tinkerers and customizers who like to pick and choose elements they want to use or work with. The attraction to Apple is that it's a "one-stop shopping" environment for devices, applications, and data. This can be a distinct turnoff for other people, of course.

I'm not saying Android should try to be something it's not (this is not a teen comedy from the 1980s, after all). But I will admit that even as an IT guy, I've sometimes had to dig my way out of a few Android challenges that I genuinely don't know how a layperson might have solved. While there are plenty of resources are out there, in terms of help guides, support forums, and alternate apps, making sense of the mountain of options can be a challenge. For Android to retain its popularity (it does possess a significant market share among devices), a blend of customization and simplicity to attract and retain a wide set of users will remain a key priority.

Cleaning up the champagne bottles

Well, the long-awaited iPhone 6 launch has come and gone, and I'm sure the array of reactions will be as varied as the array of features shown by Apple. How Android responds in the upcoming months will be the next big question in the never-ending game of mobile device brinkmanship... which always keeps pontificators like me guessing!