re: Report: iPhone 6 will come with NFC, wireless charging, and even better 4G

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I'd like to know, specifically, what Android allows you to do that iOS doesn't?

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Change your launcher and the associated functionality. Some launchers are light and fast and sparse on features, some have all the bells and whistles and neat effects. Some are very similar to the stock Google Now Launcher, except with a few extra features or whatnot. Actually, just the simple fact that Android launchers separate your home screens from your app drawer is a huge advantage. On iOS, you basically have to hide little-used apps inside folders, right? It fits my brain better to have all my apps in the app drawer, and instead move my commonly-used apps onto a home screen. (Actually, my home screens have zero app icons, they are all widgets. I have a home row with folders where my often-used app icons live.)

"Intents": This is the name Android gives to what is basically its sharing functionality. I think Apple hard-coded Facebook, Twitter, email, etc. sharing into iOS. Like, if you're browsing your photos, you have a button to share a photo to Facebook, right? On Android, any app can hook into this Intents framework. So, if I am looking through pictures, I press the share button and any app that can handle pictures is in the list to share it to. Facebook, email, photo editors, photo sharing apps like imgur, etc. Another example, I can highlight a paragraph on a web page and share it to Evernote, or a text message, or a translation app, etc. It's just a really slick, smooth, and intuitive way to handle many common tasks. Maybe iOS can do this now, but it couldn't last I checked, and I think it would be big news if it could.