Study shows iOS crashes TWICE as often as Android

[bbpandy]

Who's the Smartphone OS Crash Champion? | PCWorld

Seems the idea that iOS is the most stable OS is just lies & Marketing (BB wasn't mentioned in this Study)

The author of the article noted that he expected iFans to be up in arms about this study & looking at the replies to his article, I would say he was right.

My iPad and iPhone literally run for weeks and months without a reboot. My Android phone gets really wonky if I don't reboot it on average once a day. It's a given that a device that is rebooted more often is going to be less prone to crashing. So, I don't dispute these numbers, but it really doesn't put to bed the question of Android's stability vs that of iOS. Fact is, iOS wins hands down. I'd rather have an OS that crashes but can run for months than one that forces me to reboot (sometimes twice a day) to keep it happy.

I would be very suprised if this was normalized based on time spent on the phone. Iphone users use their phone more often and use more unique programs. Hard to crash a phone if you only make calls on it.

This sounds like someone is comparing a jailbroken iDevice vs an untouched Android device to come up with Android is more stable.

Yawn. No one cares but geeks with Android phones. No one is going to trade an iPhone in for an Android device to use the second best operating system. Doesn't matter at all.

These remarks & Many More, just shows that even when presented with factual data, people don't want to believe what is shown unless it is in their favor.

Its like a parent in denial, even when presented with facts showing their child is a criminal.

[Palmless]

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[alnamvet68]

Originally Posted by bbpandy

Who's the Smartphone OS Crash Champion? | PCWorld

Seems the idea that iOS is the most stable OS is just lies & Marketing (BB wasn't mentioned in this Study)

The author of the article noted that he expected iFans to be up in arms about this study & looking at the replies to his article, I would say he was right.









These remarks & Many More, just shows that even when presented with factual data, people don't want to believe what is shown unless it is in their favor.

Its like a parent in denial, even when presented with facts showing their child is a criminal.

The operative word to describe these deniers is delusional.

[brucep1]

Hmm..I feel bad for those people whose iPhone's crashed. I really can't remember the last time I've had to reboot my phone because of something crashing, but I know it's been months.

[xandermac]

Cool story. I'm selling today. If an app that runs on development devices reports twice the iOS crashes it must be true. Oh, it's reporting app crashes.... On development devices.... Still must be true.... I know my iOS crashes at least, well, never!

Apps on the other hand, they do crash quite often. Maybe a more accurate title.

[Palmless]

Founder is on Twitter and very responsive, hit him up if you have questions.

Questioned about Google's investment in Crittercism, and the fact that Android apps have less opportunity to crash due to frequent OS reboots, his responses were interesting and in the public timeline no less!

[howarmat]

I find the study to be opposite of real life experience with me and my friends. I cant say i have crashes often at all with android even modded and overclocked but it still happens 1-2 a month probably. I would venture to say most of my friends with iphones have never had them crash or need a reboot. Maybe like 3-5 times a year or something

[albee 1]

Gf's 4s get constipated on occassion also. Funny how all this is never mentioned. But she does find siri entertaining. As long as she is happy. Even though she was really miffed when I downloaded Advance Os LED and showed her the multi colored notifications and customization features. Haha! But she does love my PB.

[xandermac]

Originally Posted by howarmat

I find the study to be opposite of real life experience with me and my friends. I cant say i have crashes often at all with android even modded and overclocked but it still happens 1-2 a month probably. I would venture to say most of my friends with iphones have never had them crash or need a reboot. Maybe like 3-5 times a year or something

I'm going to assume it depends on the device also. My iPad 1, with it's limited memory experiences application crashes a lot with certain memory intensive apps. But the operating system itself is never crashed on me.


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[pkcable]

Moved to News & Rumors

[dbw1000]

My experience is worse with my Android than my iPhone. I had about 1 to 2 crashes per month on my Droid. I have had 1 in 4 months on my iPhone. My BB crashed about as 3x much as my Android on OS5.

[Shlooky]

between my Storm and the iPhone 3Gs, I'd say the Storm crashed daily and the iPhone would have to be restarted once a month.

3Gs usage = 90%
Storm usage=10%

[Snipperdo17]

My 4s needed a reboot probably 3-4 times a month. Every Android phone I've had was probably double that. I'm sure it varies with everyone since everyone uses their phones differently.

[tmelon]

App crashes and device crashes are two different things. My iPhone has crashed and had to restart one time (last week actually) since I purchased it on it's release date. As for app crashes, maybe one or two per week from old apps that haven't been updated in years. If you talk to people who use an iPhone as a main device you'll get a much more accurate idea than a random study.

[rolextwelve]

I believe it. My VZW iPhone 4 crashed almost weekly.