Besides what you said, smoother animations on iOS, face id (compared to fingerprint) and camera I like better, but that’s subjective.

Other than that, android is a far superior operating system. Besides things it simply does better like notifications and device input (keyboard, cursor management, copy&paste) android simply has more features available.

If you will notice people who say iOS is better, other than what I mentioned they can’t have concrete examples, they say passwords, “it just feels better”, “it just works”, “its more polished”. But it’s easy to give concrete examples of the advantages of android:

Just a few examples of features android has and iOS doesn’t: true caller id support, notification history, separate alarm and call volume, control over messaging app which gives abilities such as automatic spam filtering, notification history view, infinite call history log, can sort camera images automatically into a dedicated folder/album (this one is a mess in iOS), controlling different types of notifications per app, consistent back gesture, and the list goes on…

Also most things you want to do can simply be done with less steps and friction on android. There are many examples but one example is if you get a notification from an app, you can get from this notification straight into the notification configuration of this app.

ios is more classy and looks high quality . and in a lot of countries outside us and Europe it determines your worth

I guess even the longer support isn’t exactly the deciding factor considering that Samsung has been offering 4 full so updates and google just announced 7.

iOS vs Android is a fool’s debate imo, it’s about more about preferences than about absolute features, even when the features are same, their implementation and convenience can make a difference. Someone may prefer the same thing is done on android and the someone else will prefer the way it’s done on iOS.

Why must people need to feel superior based on their phone and its OS? Everybody uses what they like best depending on their budget and to start comparing them is useless.

It’s up to owners convenient.

I really don’t like the iPhone, but I got tired of my Android sending telemetry to a hostile country. I also can’t choose what photos an app can access. If I need to grant access to a photo, I’m forced to grant access to all photos, whereas in iOS I can restrict it to specific photos only.

Sure, Apple also sends telemetry, but they’re pretty upfront about it, and I can turn it off.

The way iOS performs is just more consistent and predictable.

iOS may support longer but older versions of iOS stop supporting a lot of apps while many apps on android work for like android 7 and above or something like that. And to use the ecosystem you need to fill Apple’s pockets with cash and buy more of their products. They have premium hardware but honestly most people use a case so that doesn’t offer many advantages. And yeah no advantage over android is the answer. You can say iMessage but RCS exists on android and also most people just use WhatsApp or telegram or some other messaging platform.

And for the love of god green bubbles exist on iPhones not androids. Tried talking to my friend after buying my first iPhone on iMessage. It had green bubbles. He told me to activate iMessage from settings. Then the bubbles became blue. Made me realise apple is just brainwashing people into thinking that android has limitations lmao.

Apple loses as soon as they step out of their own turf while android can work with basically anything.

It’s about the reliability that matters to me tbh

Like I absolutely love android I only recently switched to an iPhone 14 and I have no complaints except for customisation obviously and the crappy IOS keyboard

It’s just that the camera on the iPhone is so reliable that I don’t have to take multiple photos and pick a good one I can just take one or two and know it’s gonna be good… video is top tier on iPhones too

Also the battery life is amazing … easy 9 hours of SOT per day

I guess photos matter to me a lot because I do travel a lot and take a lot of pictures so that’s what stood out to me the most in IOS…

The simplicity and smooth operation in IOS combined with robust hardware is the main difference. It may be trying an used iPhone for a short while to experience it.

At this point it’s basically only personal preference.

There were times when iPhones were objectively better than most androids. That was rather in the earlier days.

IMO since 2017/2018 Androids which are in the same price range as iPhones offer the same or more features while also being of good build quality and software quality.

Regarding features; Androids tend to offer more features, but in 99% these are rather experimental and are often not even transferred to the successor.

The only consistent feature I can think of is personalization, and googles AI progress with their current Pixels.

One could argue that Androids are a tad more interesting, since you can do so much stuff through 3rd party apps or by default, or you have crazy camera setups and SPens and whatnot, but in the end it’s not an advantage if you won’t use those features or if they are messy.

So yeah, if you want an S-Pen or a crazy 200mp 10x space zoom Setup you obviously won’t go for iPhone.

I personally prefer the simplicity and mature design language of iPhones.

But If a future Android offers a feature I deperately want I’d switch again. And also switch back. I don’t lock myself to a brand.

I do infosec for a living and I’ll say security.

iOS is far from perfect but it’s a clear difference between the operating systems.

App Store is more tightly controlled which helps.

Hardware and Secure Enclave in Apple are just designed more security first.

Once again not saying it is foolproof or even awesome but there is a clear leader in the space.

Some of that has to do with the one vs many relationship of Apple vs android producers too.

iOS just works for me, and most of my colleagues are also iOS users so sharing docs is easier.

I do have an android tho, I used to like customizing but nowadays I just slap on the Niagara launcher and call it a day.

OP, are you asking about under the hood stuff or things like @apprehensive_view614 mentioned?

This is not a scientific result, but when I’ve seen friends / family with modern-looking android devices, the UI seems laggy or unresponsive compared to my experience on iOS. They often have to try 2 or 3 times to get the swipe / tap they were after. I find iOS pretty much always does what I’m expecting, and even when it doesn’t, I can put it down to me missing the edge of the screen / icon.

I’m curious what ‘features’ I’m missing by sticking with iOS though?