Android, iOS, or Windows Phone? If you haven't made up your mind on an operating system yet or just need a little validation, then this quiz will point you in the right direction. Will the highly customizable, rough-around-the-edges Android be your mobile OS spirit animal? Or is the refined, flat, and minimal iOS more your style? Or are you conservative-but-creative like Windows Phone 8? Answer these questions to find out!
Pet of choice?
Cat
Golden Retriever
French Bulldog
Pug
Corgi
Baby
What are you listening to?
Coldplay
The Beatles
Sara Bareilles
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
Red Hot Chili Peppers
A celebrity you wouldn't mind spending lunch with?
What are you watching?
Portlandia
The Big Bang Theory
Girls
Scandal
The Voice
How I Met Your Mother
Which one of these drinks gives you power?
Your dream car?
Ford Focus
BMW Z4
Tesla Model S
Volkswagon Jetta
Subaru Outback
Volvo XC90
What's in your closet?
Gap
Madewell
H&M;
Vince
Zara
Tory Burch
What's Your Mobile Spirit Animal: Android, iOS, or Windows Phone?
Android
You like choice. You like freedom. You like Google products. You're a tinkerer. You are Android.
Fragmentation, schmagmention . . . you don't mind that each Android device works a little differently — in fact, you embrace its uniqueness by customizing the widgets on your home screen, downloading intelligent homescreen apps, and other things iOS can't do.
Being able to access your phone's entire file system is pretty sweet too. Android is a mobile OS that requires some practice and some learning, but that makes for a more satisfying end result when your Samsung, Nexus, or HTC phone is finally optimized for your workflow. You don't mind a challenge, unlike those iPhone and iPad "works-right-out-of-the-box" n00bs.
Switching from iPhone? Here's a guide to getting all your data to Android-landia and some fantastic photo apps to get you started.
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iOS
Oh là là, you're iOS. Like the French, you enjoy the finer things in life and hold everything to high standards — your morning pour-over coffee, your Tesla Model S, your playlist. Everything you own, everything you touch is polished to perfection. Your lifestyle? Minimalist. Just check your well-curated, visually homogeneous Instagram.
Nothing says, "oh, you fancy huh?" like toting around an iPhone or an iPad that runs on the very flat, very minimalist, very transparent iOS 7. Apple's British design genius Jony Ive has worked extremely hard to "bring order to complexity" with this latest operating system, so you best appreciate.
You don't have much choice when it comes to smartphones (iPhone or nothing), but that's OK, because it's beautiful and gold, and you wouldn't want it any other way. Now that you know it's meant to be, make the most out of your iOS devices with the best tips and tricks for iOS 7.
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Windows Phone
Helloooo, Windows Phone. You're a creature of habit. You know what you need and nothing more. You want a device that feels less like insider-y tech and more like a rectangle with large and customizable buttons. You like bright colors; large, friendly serif fonts; feel-good movies (and emoticons); and aren't looking for anything too complicated in terms of apps. Because, news flash, there just aren't that many for Windows Phone. Sad face.
All you need is something that can text, connect to the Internet, and take photos (like really good, high-resolution ones). The standard social media apps (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) are a plus, too.
In a way, you're the most pragmatic of the bunch. Windows Phone has the homescreen customization of Android, and a big, bold, easy-to-use UI like iOS. Get going with the best apps for Windows Phone 8, and then read about how Microsoft's new CEO, Satya Nadella, is making Windows Phone his priority.
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