‘Android will beat iPhone’

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has tipped Google’s smartphone operating system ,Android, to overtake that of the iPhone's OS in the near future. File Photo: AP

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has praised Google’s smartphone operating system Android and has predicted that it will soon surpass the iPhone operating system in both quantity and quality.

The comments by the man who invented the first Mac computer came as Android-powered phones are fast catching up with Apple’s iPhones in market share.

“The Apple phone has very few weaknesses,” Wozniak told Netherlands newspaper

De Telegraaf in an interview posted on Thursday.

“When it comes to quality, the iPhone is leading.” But he conceded that “Android phones have more features” and deliver more buying options for those who don’t want to be limited to a single device.

In addition, Mr. Wozniak told the publication that eventually the quality of Android will match Apple’s operating system and much like Windows in the desktop space, Google’s mobile platform will become the “dominant” option in the mobile market.