What is IOS Full Form? Other Important And Similar Abbreviations Of IOS

IOS Full Form: iPhone Operating System

The full form of IOS is the iPhone Operating System. The mobile operating system is created and developed by Apple Inc. IOS is exclusively developed for iPhone devices such as the iPhone and iPod Touch. After android, IOS is the second most popular operating system in the whole world. IOS is the foundation of Apple’s other three operating systems named iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS.

The IOS was first introduced on the 29th of June 2007 for the first-generation iPhone. After that Apple releases the latest versions of the operating system every year. The latest version of IOS was released on the 20th of September 2021. It was the 15th generation of the IOS named iOS 15.

iOS Benefits:

• Excellent UI and fluid responsive
• Developers can design apps because of fewer models.
• Metal and shiny coating are ultimate for Apple devices.
• Difficult for customization.
• Generates less heat when compared to Android.
• Excellent for media entertainment.
• Suits for business and gaming.
• iOS Is More Intuitive.

IOS Disadvantages: 

• If developers want to publish an app they need to send it to Apple for review which takes around 7 days and it takes even more in some cases.
• Applications are very large when compared to other mobile platforms.
• Using an iOS App is very costly and It has no widget support.
• Battery performance is very poor on 3G.
• Repair costs are very expensive.
• It is not flexible and only supports iOS devices.

Similar Abbreviations & Terms To IOS:

• DOS: Disk Operating System
• BIOS: Basic Input/Output System
• OS: Operating System
• IMS: Information Management System
• IOU: Intersection Over Union

Top 5 Mobile Phone OS and Their Market Share

The following are the most popular Operating systems in the world of mobile phones.

• Android (75.85%)
• Apple iOS (22.87%)
• KaiOS Mobile Phone iOS(0.5%)
• Bada / Tizen from Samsung (0.18%)
• Windows Mobile OS (0.15%)

All Full Forms of IOS: