My first Android Phone was a Samsung Moment and in between then and now I've purchased numerous Android devices with my last being a Nexus 6. However my first IOS device was an iPad 2 and a iPod Touch that was released in 2011. I spent more years on the Android platform than the Windows Phone, Blackberry and iOS combined. I guess I got tired of the platform, it's issues, open sourced nature and decided to changed platforms again. I do remember that black in 2010 before i went to Android from Blackberry, some in the crack berry laughed and said you'll be back when I said I was jumping ship to Android. Didn't happen and I think that year was when The blackberry platform started slipping as Android started gaining shares.
I will openly admit that I was kind of skeptical about the latest iOS release when I purchased my iPhone 6s Plus, but so far I like it more than The Android platform and there are a number of reasons why I like and and a few why I hate it.
1. Version updates - when Apple announces and gives a date for the new version it is released on time and pushed out immediately. There are two versions (OTA and iTunes) of the update just like Android, however you don't have to jump through to get the second version. I like the iTunes versions more, though. Depending on the OEM you had to wait for the latest version of Android, search to find out if your phone will be added to the list of phones getting the latest version of Android, or root and manually update to the latest OS via CyanogenMod, AOKP, PAC-Man, or Paranoid Android.
2. Bloat ware - There is none. You can download the carrier apps from the iTunes Store. With Android, you have to deal with useless OEM, and carrier apps that you may never use as is the nature of open source software. That **** adds unnecessary storage and memory usage and cannot be removed without rooting the phone in most cases.
3. Performance - I have 66 apps on my phone, I use more than half of them on a daily basis. At any given time there are 10-16 apps in the background running and there is zero lag on page scrolling, app scrolling or app opening. The only Android phone that could compete with that performance was the Nexus 6.
The only thing I see as a drawback is carrier billing. I loved it, I miss it, and wish Apple as well as the carriers would come to some kind of deal the would enable it in the Americas.
However, the biggestpiece of bull**** thing I've seen is the accessories (OEM and third party). The OEM stuff is expensive and feels cheap. For instance the included headset is $30 but feel like they should be no more than $20. I've had headsets that cost less and performed better. The lightning cable is too short. But that's with all Manufacturers, to be honest. A 2-3 foot long cable is not and never will be enough cable. I use my stuff while I charge it and some times the plug may be behind a sofa or near a corner that is far away from where I am sitting. The third party accessory makers are ****ty manufacturers. They make wired or Bluetooth headphones, headsets and create this big *** logo on the front, side or back of the Box stating that it is compatible with any iOS device, but this tiny assed note showing that is compatible with other platforms as well.