iOS - Disadvantages

1) Choice of hardware is limited & cost is high iOS isn't licensed out by Apple, so you're limited to four models: the iPhone 5c, 5s, 6 and 6 Plus. The 5c is the cheapest and available free on contract from £22.50 per month or £319 SIM-free. 2) No multitasking or widgets The iOS operating system doesn't offer multitasking or live widgets at this time, so if you're a fan of them, bear this in mind. There have been rumours that Apple plans to introduce these features, but so far nothing has been confirmed. 3) No way to expand physical storage Probably the most annoying thing for end users is the inability to expand physical storage. Apple has also axed the 32GB model with the release of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. The entry-level 16GB model is not going to be enough for most users, so this means you'll have to fork out for either the 64GB or 128GB model. There are a number of devices on the market that connect via the Lightening port to provide extra storage but is not as elegant a solution as being able to insert a MicroSD card into a slot. 4) Battery life With the exception of iPhone 6 Plus users, anyone who's ever owned an iPhone has probably had to carry out a mid-afternoon charge ready for the commute home. We'd like to see bigger batteries and a manual power saving mode introduced to stop this. 5) Getting files on/off the device can be irritating Getting files on and off your device can be fiddly, especially when they haven't been acquired via iTunes or the App Store. iPhones don't mount as a regular hard drive. You can only copy pictures off them when they are connected to a Mac or PC. There are ways around this using third-party tools, such as iSkySoft Tunesover, but using these programs interferes with how the device syncs with iTunes. 6) Be careful of the yearly update Apple rolls out yearly iOS updates to everyone directly, so fragmentation is less of an issue on the platform (69 per cent are on iOS 8). However, as we've seen with iOS 8, it's best to wait until bugs are ironed out before installing the update, otherwise you can lose critical functionality.