I got in an iPhone in August, I like it. I really like the idea of Android, but do not like:
- Unless you have a Nexus One, you are using an OS provided by your carrier/manufacturer, not Google. You have to wait for the carrier/manufacturer to push out updates for it. Which does not always happen speedily.
- The carrier/manufacturer can put software on it that you cannot remove in many cases.
- Performance can be wonky in Android. Really not much of an issue in the high end Android handsets nowadays though. The proprietary Apple solution really outdoes Android here though.
The control the carriers/manufacturers exert over Android handsets really turned me off from getting one. That and I spend most of my time at work developing for the iPhone platform. I think I will eventually get an Android Wi-Fi only tablet if the price is competitive with iPad, just to be able to play around with the platform.
That Apple products are made for "a certain set of people" is true to an extent. The fact that you have to root your Android device to do a lot of customization though makes this a ridiculous argument to me. I could jailbreak my iPhone and do most of what Android offers. The complexity/customization in Apple products is there for the most part, you just have to go beyond the outermost layer of the platform. Which most people who use Apple products really don't care to do.
PD
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