Android > iOS overall

I will avoid rebutting my opponent for now, and focus on why anybody would prefer an Android phone to iOS. When we look at the competitors in this framework, it's quite clear to see that Android phones tend to be superior in literally every aspect. I do not mean to put down iOS utterly, I think they are a relevant force for advancement in the smartphone industry-to an extent, but the heavy lifting as far as innovation tends to occur at Google. First let's deal with connectivity. As an example, I'll use the flagship Samsung Galaxy S4 phone, as an instance of an impressive array of options for connecting to other phones, devices etc. The Samsung Galaxy S4 features every single available means of connecting to another device that's available to the iPhone, plus NFC, infrared, USB On-the-go, USB Host. If there's anything worth connecting to, a Galaxy S4 holder can connect, whereas to connect to a Smart TV for example, an iPhone user would have to connect via WiFi. Next, the technology itself. Forget about benchmarks, forget about how quick we believe the iPhone with iOS to be, all android phones tend to have higher clock rates, more cores, more miliamp hours (battery), higher resolution, even just bigger, and in general more INVESTMENT in the quality of the phone's hardware. I know this is a debate about iOS and Android, not the phones running them or the company, but this is relevant because the most innovation is going on via phones that work outside of the realm of iOS and inside the realm of Android. Specifically, take the Galaxy S4 again. The phone has the Quad-core 1.6 GHz Snapdragon processor, compared to the iPhone's Dual-core 1.3GHz. 1080x1920 pixels vs. 640x1136 pixels. 2 Gb RAM vs. 1 Gb RAM. 13 Megapixel Camera vs. 8 Megapixels. Mathematically how is it that the iPhone is capable of shortchanging the customer in literally every aspect of the phone and charge more? Here we realize that the question of iPhone vs. Android phones is not really about specifications at all, but about what Apple iPhone users perceive to be improvements. Notice that the iPhone is compared to a myriad of Android phones which are all capable of basically everything the iPhone can and more. If you want a phone that is hardware-wise better than the iPhone, systematically, in every category, you don't have to look very hard. Moreover, the competition between these different companies working on the same platform means you have the Galaxy S5 with a monstrous battery, and the new HTC with Ultrapixel support, impressive audio features...There's a lot of improvement and innovation going on in the Android platform, but lack of competition in iOS has left the iPhone unwilling to try and beat it's previous products. As an anecdote, one of my friends loved iPhone himself, and switched to the 5s, but disliked iOS 7 and switched back to the iPhone 5, because Apple just didn't improve it by that much, besides the software. Now let's talk about software then. iOS is certainly a pleasant platform, and I presume we're talking about the user interface of the iOS 7 system, which is very nice to look at. Before iOS users get too ahead of themselves, I'd like to point out that iOS copied Android in creating iOS 7 (source 3, important in this case, because people may not believe me, but it's very true!) Now that we accept that iOS didn't even innovate there, let's also remember that the iOS homescreen can be copied and surrogated onto an Android phone using a custom launcher. That sounds hard and tedious, in fact all you do is download an app from the Google Play Store, and it basically switches you into iOS 7. Not only is Vanilla (stock) Android copied by iOS 7 with a lot of the features available, for example swiping for notifications, the lock screen notifications, camera app from the lock screen, Android users can HAVE iOS 7 on their phone. It will probably run extremely smooth too, we have the RAM to prove it. Thus Apple fails to innovate in hardware, software, or even match the competition in their hardware value for price. It's true, the Apple iPhone costs less to MAKE, for all of those lacking aspects of its hardware, yet costs MORE to buy. If you love the iOS user interface, Android will one up you there, giving you that customizability, while also allowing you to use your normal android interface if you prefer it. Finally, if Apple's iOS is so much worse than Android, according to me, why do people buy it so much? Well, frankly, it's because they haven't done their research, a good proportion of the time. My last source will tell you in depth, how years of dedication to the iPhone has produced iSheep (not my idea, but lol). In fact, there is an almost 0 percent of iPhone users who have moved to iPhone in the recent future from an actual competitor. Put more simply, people move to the iPhone after stupid companies like Blackberry screw them over. It also means that once people try out Android phones, they tend to stick with those Android phones. In fact, 59% of iPhone users admit to BLIND LOYALTY to the iPhone, without even researching other phones! iOS is not better than Android by any standard, and in my final rebuttal I plan to further discuss why one should prefer Android as a platform, besides the quite stark degree of difference in innovation and effort put into the mobile. http://www.gsmarena.com... http://www.gsmarena.com... http://m.infoworld.com...