Apple iOS 9 vs Microsoft Windows 10 for Mobile: Features comparison

One company that is aggressively making the platform stand out of the crowd is Microsoft with its Windows 10 for Mobile operating system. Striking against the Apple iOS 9, the Windows 10 Mobile operating system has eye sparkling features alongside a better ecosystem for the future releases. Let's put both of the operating systems on the edge of the sword to see who gets cut first.

Apple iOS 9 vs. Microsoft Windows 10 for Mobile: Interface

The user interface in both the Apple iOS 9 and Microsoft Windows 10 mobile operating has been built with an excellent psychology. Where iOS 9 features a grid of all the apps on the springboard, the Windows 10 has them arranged in alphabetical order accessible with just a left swipe. Notifications are pushed in the Notification Center of the both operating systems. Also, the iOS 9 puts a number in the red circle where Windows 10 makes them available on tiles of the homepage.

Assistance

Since iPhone 4S, every iPhone has come with a virtual assistant Siri -allowing communication with the phone to do the tasks. The virtual assistant can do tasks for you, make calls, open apps and what not. However, the Cortana in Windows 10 is better than the Siri, as not only it does the usual tasks on the smartphone, but also holds advanced features allowing you to do something that is impossible with the Siri. Cortana can search a person on Facebook app and what not. The integrity among the apps is going to improve significantly over the time.

In the iOS 9, Apple has added features allowing the Siri to communicate with the apps.

Release Date

Apple iOS 9 is highly anticipated to launch with the release of iPhone 6S and 6S Plus on the September 18th this year. Apple, Inc. is going to announce the mobile operating system in a special event set to held on Sept. 9th, 2015.

Other than that, the Windows 10 Mobile operating system is expected to arrive sometime in the month of October with the release of rumored Lumia 950 and 950 XL smartphones.

Apple iOS 9 vs. Microsoft Windows 10 for Mobile: Beta software

Microsoft Windows 10 Mobile build number 10532 has already arrived for the Insiders and so far it looks good with some added features and stability improvements. Apple iOS 9, on the other hand, has pushed the iOS Beta 5 to the developers and except few glitches due to the third party applications, the operating system is a good to go.

New Features

We can talk about what's new in the Windows 10 mobile and iOS 9, however, let just focus on the features in the spotlight. Apple iOS 9 has added a new stack view for the app switching, a new News App, proactive assistant, multi-tasking and code that improves the battery.

On the other side of the coin, the Windows 10 has done improvements in the Cortana, a translucent custom background image, Edge browser and also Microsoft is going to add Powerpoint, Excel and Word on the mobile.

The Verdict

Keeping the number of apps available for the Windows Phone aside, the iOS 9 and Windows 10 Mobile gives each other an edge to edge competition in terms of features availability, but iOS 9 takes the lead in terms of security and user preferences.

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