Answer to the question: Which is the better choice? An Apple iPhone versus an Android smartphone?
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In this personal opinion piece I will try to answer the question: Which is the better choice? An Apple iPhone vs. an Android smartphone with similar (most often better) specifications? I've owned both Apple iPhones and Android smartphones and I firmly believe that a name-brand Android smartphone (even lower spec than an Apple iPhone) is ALWAYS the better choice. Popularity will lead you to believe that an Apple iPhone (especially the newest and most expensive generation of Apple iPhone such as the iPhone 5s or 5c) is the best choice, and for this reason, I have laid out the Pros and Cons of owning an Apple iPhone over an Android smartphone:
Pros to owning an Apple iPhone over an Android smartphone:
More prestige (most popular amongst celebrities or those who wish to be celebrities)
More apps in the iTunes app store (now perhaps only by a small margin. The most popular and useful apps almost always get ported over to Android, and quite frankly, how many 'fart' and 'burp' sound effect apps does one need access to anyway? : )
Apps are first and foremost released on the iTunes app store (as the iTunes app store is more lucrative than the Google Play Android Market)
Handles all sorts of apps easily (less slowdowns, crashes, hangs, freezes, apps booting on their own and communicating on their own, etc)
Cons to owning an Apple iPhone over an Android smartphone
On average, an Apple iPhone is much more expensive than a comparatively spec'ed Android smartphone
The popularity and price of an Apple iPhone makes it an easy target for thieves and a larger liability if lost or stolen
Harder to navigate (one physical navigation 'Home' button whereas an Android generally has at least three physical navigation buttons 'Home', 'Back', and 'Options/Settings'.
Limited amount of hardware options (with the 3.5 inch iPhone 4 being the lowest grade and the 4 inch iPhone 5 being the current highest grade. You do not have options for other screen sizes, resolutions, hardware advantages such as 3D screens, HDMI ports, physical sliding QWERTY keyboards, micro SD card ports and USB ports, etc.)
Almost EVERYTHING has to be done through iTunes (captured video and pictures can thankfully be copied TO a PC without iTunes, but transferring ANYTHING else requires iTunes, such as copying music TO the iPhone, copying images or video TO the iPhone, all music and video has to be converted through iTunes before playback can occur, you cannot backup contacts profiles or accounts through iTunes, etc. Personally, I feel that iTunes is PC resource-hogging bloatware that accomplishes nothing truly necessary aside from putting a choke-hold on the end-user's device and steers them to purchasing content: NO software such as iTunes is necessary in order to accomplish ANY of the aforementioned tasks on an Android - it can be done natively through connecting your Android device to a PC via USB cable.)
Apple ID does not transition well from app to app and from computer to computer (it also pesters you to bind a credit card...you absolutely need an Apple ID to download and install apps by the way. You also cannot delete an Apple ID and cannot delete your previously-binded credit card information without using an iOS device with your Apple ID binded to it.)
Battery and memory cannot be removed or replaced by the average user (you are stuck with the memory capacity that you get, and if your battery loses charge capacity, the average user has to have a technician remove and replace the integrated battery.)
Memory cannot be upgraded (you are stuck with the memory capacity that you get, whereas on Android most devices support additional micro SD cards up to 32GB in size)
Only one source of applications on iPhone (the iTunes App Store; on Android you have choices such as the Google Play Android Market, the Amazon App Store, and can even install homebrew applications (downloaded straight off of a web site).
No Adobe Flash support (your web browsing experience is severely limited without Adobe Flash)
Much more difficult to connect to a secured Wi-Fi (iOS devices can be very fickle connecting to a router with security, and quite frankly, who in their right mind would want to leave their router unsecured just in order to use their iOS device?)
You can connect a USB keyboard and/or a USB mouse to some Android devices, but NOT to iOS devices.
Additional information and comparison is available at the following URL:
http://techland.time.com/2013/04/16/ios-vs-android/