Survey of Operating Systems
Survey of Operating Systems
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781260493863
Author: Holcombe, Jane
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 11, Problem 3EQ

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Student’s opinion about mobile device operating system:

  • Nowadays mobile phones become more essential among all kinds of people right from the age of 12 years.
  • Students especially use mobile phones for sending messages, browsing the internet, playing games, accessing social networking sites, listening to music, taking photos, video calling, sending e-mails and playing radio.
  • Students use their mobile phones to feel connected with each other so in that case they like to use good feature quality mobile with reasonable cost.
  • Among the entire students Android mobile is the best choice when comparing to iOS devices. Because iOS devices are more cost effective.
  • All the students nowadays prefer to use dual SIM phones and it is not supported by iOS devices.
  • Also, the majority of Android phones offer expandable memory for storing more data.
  • Student’s use Android device for certain major requirements such as:
    • Hardware choice
    • Budget
    • Offers more apps

Result of Students Poll:

The result of students’ poll has been follows:

Total no. of students

No of Android users

No of iOS users

No of other users

Android users %

iOS users %

Other users %

40

25

6

9

62%

15%

22%

Therefore, the result of students’ poll shows that the “Android” users’ percentage is higher than “iOS” users’ percentage...

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