The study also indicates that Android and Apple users share some common traits. More than 70 percent of them downloaded applications in the past 30 days; more than 40 percent tune in radios with their phones at least once in a month, while 30 percent once watched online broadcastings in the past month.

Although Apple system users use these "smart functions" slightly more frequently, Android supporters use them more thoroughly, since their data usage is higher. On average Android users consume 582 MB data every month, while Apple users use 492 MB.