One heated debate at RTE’s MoJoCon addressed the fierce rivalry between iOS and Android users over which operating system is best for producing content.
iPhone users cited the quality of camera footage as the product’s biggest appeal, while Android devices were seen to include a greater range of brands and prices, making them more accessible.
Kevin Buonagurio, of FiLMiC Pro, a camera app used for making films, highlighted the advantages of both devices: ‘’They both have their strengths, and weaknesses, and there are some challenges each has to overcome but they are both very viable apps looking into the future.’’
‘’Fragmentation (how files are stored on device) is Android’s biggest constraint right now, especially professional app developers who really do have problems with dealing with the constraints of all its various devices and platforms. We’re a company of moderate size, and theres no way we can have two thousand devices to test on all of them. Its things like that that will always affect things on the Android side.’’
#mojocon asks the tough question: iOS or Android? pic.twitter.com/aDRPxeJM2Q
— RTÉ Mojocon 360 (@MojoConIRL) May 4, 2017
Startup Italian news agency Alanews equips their mobile journalists with Android devices, citing their lower cost as the deciding factor. "With mobile journalism for startups, it is really important for us to balance the people and the cost," said Andrea Eusebio of Alanews.
Adnen Chaouachi, a Tunisian journalist and TV Producer, said that he trains journalists on Android despite using iOS himself. ‘’I train them on Android because many of them (students) do not have the means to afford the iOS system," he said. "Android is trying to adopt new ways of working new programmes. One can use both, but iOS is more stable and efficient.’’
Android users vs iOS.... we're living in a bubble.🙈 #MojoCon pic.twitter.com/FUdbAYr7FG
— Lisa McCabe (@LisaMcCupcake) May 4, 2017
Rick Hunink, a mobile journalism trainer for Videoniewsbericht in the Netherlands, said that iOS is dominant among his clients. They have often been asked to train filming using iPhones. "We use iPhone for better quality," he said.
Data from Kantar Wordpael ComTech in January 2017 reveals Android led the market with 74.3% in Europe. Meanwhile, iOS just held a 22.7% share in the region with the biggest markets including Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. In Asia and the US, Android stole the market share with 83.2% and 56.4% respectively. However, iOS’s greatest market is in the US with 42%.
The last word (for now) goes to Caroline Scott of Journalism.co.uk, who suggests that people can produce quality content for audiences regardless of the operating system they are using: ‘’Creativity matters more!"
Walk of shame of the Android users at #MoJoCon, heading to a separate workshop area to the iOS guys pic.twitter.com/ZI7hKuhLct
— Ben Sweeney (@BenSweeneyF1) April 30, 2016
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