I’m fairly sure that most of our readers with an affinity for smartphones already know about last week’s Apple Worldwide Developer Conference. During the event, the company’s CEO, Tim Cook, stepped on stage and announced the upcoming iOS 7 operating system. Although the unveiling of a new iOS has been exciting in itself, what made it even more so is the fact that Apple nowadays faces a powerful competitor: Google. Android and iOS seem to be locked in an eternal battle for supremacy over the mobile market, and a healthy competition usually makes things much more interesting.

But more importantly, the Android OS has evolved markedly during the past couple of years, slowly becoming the platform of choice for millions of smartphone users out there; and for good reasons. Meanwhile, iOS has retained its user-friendly ways, but it has also become somewhat stale and rigid for today’s standards. The good news is that at 2013s WWDC Apple unveiled its strategy to bridge the gap. During the presentation, the word “revolutionary” was used several times, but the question remains: will iOS truly revolutionize the mobile market, or was this just PR talk? Let’s find out by comparing some of the most notable iOS 7 features with what Android has to offer.

iOS 7 vs Android Lock Screen

While this is not necessarily the most important aspect of a smartphone, the lock screen is there to greet the user every time he or she takes the smartphone out of sleep mode. The good news is that iOS 7 will feature a new lock screen, but the bad news is that there’s nothing “revolutionary” about it. More so, it’s a carbon copy of Android’s lock screen, featuring floating bubbles in the background, fonts similar to Roboto and a minimalistic clock .

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