1. iOS 6 form Apple
2. Android 4.2 Jelly Bean from Google
3. Windows 8 mobile from Microsoft
| # | Features | iOS 6 | Android 4.2 Jelly Bean | Windows Phone 8 |
1
| Supported devices | Last 3-4 iterations of iPhone, iPod touch, iPad & iPad Mini | Vast variety of devices | Considerable variety of devices |
2
| Multitasking | Yes | Yes (true multitasking) | Yes |
3
| Widgets | Notification Center Widgets, native only | Native (home screen, lock screen, notification drawer) & third-party | No (has Live Apps) |
4
| Messaging | Seamless instant messaging through iMessage | Message threads with profile pictures and contact cards, IM through GTalk | Rooms (group messaging) in People hub, Facebook chat integration in the Messaging hub |
5
| Call Management | Do Not Disturb, Remind Me Later, quick reply with text | Quick reply with text | None |
6
| VoIP | No, third-party solutions | Through Google Talk & Google Voice, third-party integration in dialer | Seamless Skype and third-party VoIP integration |
7
| Video Calling | FaceTime over WiFi/3G | Google Talk over WiFi/3G | Skype over WiFi/3G |
8
| Contacts | Facebook & Twitter integration | Integration with third-party social media apps | Combined feed of all linked social networks for each contact |
9
| Voice Control | Siri | Google Now | Tellme |
10
| Dictation | Yes | Yes, offline & real-time | Yes |
11
| Text Input | Split keyboard in iPad | Predictive keyboard with gesture input | Predictive Word Flow keyboard |
12
| Lock Screen features | Notifications, Camera shortcut, slideshow on iPad | Shortcuts for Camera & Google Now, widgets, pattern unlock, Face Unlock | Notifications, Live Apps info and updates, slideshow |
13
| Search | Spotlight (unified, web and system-wide search) | Google Now (unified, web and system-wide search) | Bing integration with hardware button (web only) |
14
| Social Network Integration | Facebook, Twitter | No native integration (universal integration for all installed social media apps) | Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn |
15
| Management Suite | iTunes with WiFi sync | Client-less access to storage, third-party and OEM applications | Windows 8 client for WP8, iTunes (with Connector app), WiFi sync |
16
| Photography | Panorama mode, image stabilization | Photo Spheres, Panorama mode | Lenses, image stabilization in the Lumia series |
17
| Photo Editing | Auto-enhance, red-eye removal, crop and rotation | FX, filters, crop, auto-enhance, red-eye removal | Auto-enhance, crop & rotate |
18
| Browser | Mobile Safari | Default ‘Browser’ on phones, Chrome on Nexus 7 | Internet Explorer 10 |
19
| Notes | Notes app | None, OEM apps | MS Office, OneNote |
20
| Maps & Navigation | Apple Maps (3D, cached/offline, turn-by-turn voice guided navigation) | Google Maps (offline, indoor maps, 3D buildings, Street View, turn-by-turn voice guided navigation) | Nokia Maps (3D, offline, augmented reality view, turn-by-turn voice-guided navigation) |
21
| NFC Support | No | Wallet, NFC Beam (Content Sharing) | Wallet & content sharing |
22.
| Mobile Payment or Ticketing System | Passbook | Google Wallet | Wallet |
23
| Bluetooth File Transfer | No, third-party solutions | Yes | Yes |
24
| Cloud Sync & Backup | iCloud | Google Sync | SkyDrive |
25
| OTA updates | Yes | Yes | Yes |
26
| Social Hub For Gaming | Game Center | None, OEM apps | Xbox Live |
27
| Notifications | Pull-down (Notification Center), lock screen notifications, banners and alerts | Pull-down (Notification Drawer), status bar alerts, expandable & interactive notifications | Toast & lock screen notifications |
28
| Notification Management | App-by-app & Do Not Disturb | App-by-app | From within apps only |
29
| Music Service | iTunes (direct streaming through iTunes Match) | Google Music (with direct streaming) | Xbox Music (with direct streaming) |
30
| Home & Lock Screen Replacement Apps | No | Yes | No |
31
| Accessibility | Host of basic and advanced options to help with visual, auditory and motor impairments | TalkBack (narration), text size control, activity logging | Text size control, High Contrast mode & Screen Magnifier |
32
| Anti-theft solution | Yes | No, third-party solutions | Yes |
33
| Native Screenshot Support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
34
| Folders | Yes | Yes | No |
35
| Live wallpapers | No | Yes, interactive | No |
36
| Developer Options | No | Yes | No |
37
| Integration with desktop platforms | With Mac OS X | None | With Windows 8 and Xbox |
