Been on Android since 2011 (SGS2).
Since then I used a lot of android phones. But it were the last few years which ultimately led to my switch to iphone.
I got disappointed by every android phone I've used since ~2017.
My primary pain point was battery life.
My last resort before the iphone was the Pixel.
I thought "Nice, finally a good android equivalent to iphone (cleanest android, own SoC)"
But holy cow, what a shitshow the Pixel 6 Pro is (and sadly this trend seems to continue up to the latest Pixel lineup).
Battery life is a bad joke on this thing. No joke, the P6P gets hot by simply being connected to 5G, while sitting on idle. Wtf google, just no.
I recently learned that the Tensor Chip is based on Samsungs Exynos architecture (Samsung produces the tensor, it seems) and the Exynos was already such bullshit, that even Samsung abandoned it recently and started using Snapdragons on all their phones, EU & US models.
In March this year, I had the chance to get a 13PM, and I took it.
And oh boy, what a life this is.
I have never been this satisfied with the overall experience before.
There are some minor things I miss / find better on Android (like the back-gesture) but none of these points are worth switching back.
Everything just works. Battery life is out of this world. I was used to "battery anxiety", but it's a thing of the past with my 13PM.
Looking forward to future models. I'm not feeling like upgrading rn, the 13 seems to hold up pretty well.
Cheers.
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.