Apple's iOS is better than Google's Android OS

Android OS (AOS) is a better operating system than Apple's iOS (iOS) because of the freedom and diversity that Android allows. Android is open source and is all about freedom and diversity. 1. Each manufacturer/service provider can tweak the basic android software as they see fit. Seeing that they are competing with iOS and amongst themselves for customers, they have an incentive to offer the newest and best software experience. This competitive environment speeds up development and provides newer features at a faster rate than iOS does. Examples of this is how Android has had multitasking, drop-down notifications, wireless syncing, customizable wallpapers, LED camera flash, HDMI out, and homescreen folders well before the iOS did. Even now, AOS can do over the air phone updates, has home lockscreens, full-voice control that is better than Siri. To quote Steve Wozniak, Apple Co-Founder, "“My primary phone is the iPhone,” Woz says. “I love the beauty of it. But I wish it did all the things my Android does, I really do.” 2. My opponent mentions ease of use, but fails to realize that Android is far more customizable by the end user. With Android, once the end-user sets his phone up to the way he/she wants it, it will be a far more personal/enjoyable experience than one they are forced to use. To again quote Steve Wozniak, "“if you’re willing to do the work to understand it a little bit, well I hate to say it, but there’s more available in some ways,” “I have a lower success rate with Siri than I do with the voice built into the Android, and that bothers me, I’ll be saying, over and over again in my car, ‘Call the Lark Creek Steak House,’ and I can’t get it done. Then I pick up my Android, say the same thing, and it’s done. Plus I get navigation. Android is way ahead on that.” 3. Battery life. Android phones have removable batteries (which allow you to swap out discharged batteries for fresh ones) and frequently allow for the use of extended batteries. iPhones are stuck with one battery and when it dies, you must wait for it to recharge. Granted, this is more a hardware feature than software one, but it is still important for length of use before dying. 4. Open Source. Many android phones are easily rooted and HTC is now allowing their phones to have the bootloader unlocked, allowing people to further adjust their phone software and put on custom ROMs like Cyanogen Mod. REFUTATION OF OPPONENT'S ARGUMENTS My opponent says that onscreen folders are one reason iOS is better than Android, saying that AOS's application drawer uses extra steps and is inefficient. Unfortunately for my opponent, this just shows his ignorance of AOS because it had homescreen folders BEFORE iOS! My opponent points to the fewer controls located on iPhones compared to Android. I would like to point out that fewer controls is not necessarily a simpler experience. For example, texting on an old clamshell phone is a far harder user-experience than using a slide-out keyboard, even though the slide-out keyboard introduces 26+ more buttons. Furthermore, many AOSs allow for redefining the buttons on your phone, allowing for a more customizable experience. http://www.thedailybeast.com...