Features

 iOS 6

 Android 4.2 Jelly Bean

 Windows Phone 8

Supported devices

Last 3-4 iterations of iPhone, iPod touch, iPad & iPad Mini

Vast variety of devices

Considerable variety of devices

Multitasking

Yes

Yes (true multitasking)

Yes

Widgets

Notification Center Widgets, native only

Native (home screen, notification drawer) & third-party

No (has Live Apps)

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

Call Management

Do Not Disturb, Remind Me Later, quick reply with text

Quick reply with text

None

VoIP

No

Third-party integration in dialer, through Google Talk & Google Voice

Seamless Skype and third-party VoIP integration

Video Calling

FaceTime over WiFi/3G

Google Talk over WiFi/3G

Skype over WiFi/3G

Contacts

Facebook & Twitter integration

Integration with third-party social media apps

Combined feed of all linked social networks for each contact

Voice Control

Siri

Google Now

Tellme

Dictation

Yes

Yes, offline & real-time

Yes

Text Input

Split keyboard in iPad

Predictive keyboard with gesture input

Predictive Word Flow keyboard

Lock Screen features

Notifications, Camera shortcut, slideshow on iPad

Shortcuts for Camera & Google Now, Face Unlock, Pattern Unlock

Notifications, Live Apps info and updates, slideshow

Search

Spotlight (unified, web and system-wide search)

Google Now (unified, web and system-wide search)

Bing integration with hardware button (web only)

Social Network Integration

Facebook, Twitter

No native integration (universal integration for all installed social media apps)

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

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

Photography

Panorama mode

Photo Spheres, Panorama mode

Lenses, image stabilization in the Lumia series

Photo Editing

Auto-enhance, red-eye removal, crop and rotation

FX, filters, crop, auto-enhance, red-eye removal

Auto-enhance, crop & rotate

Browser

Mobile Safari

Default ‘Browser’ on phones, Chrome on Nexus 7

Internet Explorer 10

Notes

Notes app

None, OEM apps

MS Office, OneNote

Maps & Navigation

Apple Maps (3D vector maps, turn-by-turn voice guided navigation)

Google Maps (offline, indoor maps, 3D buildings, Street View, turn-by-turn voice guided navigation)

Nokia Maps (offline, Nokia Drive)

NFC Support

No

Wallet, NFC Beam (Content Sharing)

Wallet & content sharing

Mobile Payment or Ticketing System

Passbook

Google Wallet

Wallet

Bluetooth File Transfer

No

Yes

Yes

Cloud Sync & Backup

iCloud

Google Sync

SkyDrive

OTA updates

Yes

Yes

Yes

Social Hub For Gaming

Game Center

None, OEM apps

Xbox Live

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

Notification Management

App-by-app & Do Not Disturb

App-by-app

From within apps only

Music Service

iTunes

Google Music (with direct streaming)

Xbox Music (with direct streaming)

Home & Lock Screen Replacement Apps

No

Yes

No

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

Anti-theft solution

Yes

No

Yes

Native Screenshot Support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Folders

Yes

Yes

No

Live wallpapers

No

Yes, interactive

No

Developer Options

No

Yes

No

Integration with desktop platforms

With Mac OS X

None

With Windows 8 and Xbox