One word, freedom, diversity, options...
1. Although that claim is still up for debate, some apps were originally coded for iOS and had to be ported to android, naturally they would handle better the os they were made for.
2. Freedom; apple has a much more rigorous approval process for apps, and that might be a good thing, or bad, depends how you look at it.
3. An iOS developer doesn't need to configure his app for so many different screens sizes and hardware configurations, he has his 3-4 most recent iphones, 2-3 ipads, and whalla, all devices are covered. Whereas on android they would have to configure hundreds of devices, since it's an open OS.
Name one app that works and looks better on Android. Next, find me a quality app on Android that isn't available on iOS. Also, the fact that iOS has only 2 sizes while Android has 100's, iOS has one OS, while Android has dozens (based on the many manufacturers running different Android versions) makes a major difference to the quality. I find that many apps don't work well on Androids, sometimes not at all. Facts are facts, iOS wins in the apps category, and I don't care why.
Keep your iTunes, and I'll keep my open access to my files, where I can actually go to my file and move it over from my computer to my phone/tab and vise versa, over wifi, usb, bluetooth, and I can use any one of dozens of apps that do that for me automatically.My sons toy phone does that too.
You can enjoy your amazing ability to transfer files in any which way, but the fact remains that the average iOS device has vastly more media, especially music, and in an organized fashion, and only because of iTunes. Forgot why Apple won the mp3 wars? Hint: It's not because iPods were the most open device.
And although this claim gets thrown around a lot, in my experience with middle aged people, there's plenty of learning curve by an iPhone as well.
Even if iOS has a learning curve, it is far easier to learn it than a standard android. Plus once someone learns how to use it, they know how to use every iOS device for a long time. Android, even after the difficult learning experience, one would have to learn a completely new device when they switch from device to device. My 1 year old niece can use an iPad to watch movies and play games by herself. I'm sure a baby can't do that on an android or toy phone.
How so?
The iOS home screen has all the apps organized nicely in folders on 2 or 3 screens. Androids usually have widgets all over the place, with some apps on the home screen, the rest of them by hitting a menu button. In that menu, the apps usually take up four screens, and cannot be organized by folder.
Guess what, on android you can get rid of them if you want, ever tried deleting apple maps or facetime?
1. No, you cannot get rid of them on an Android, did you ever own one?
2. You misunderstood me. The apps that you can't delete on iOS are actually quality apps, not even half as bad as the undeletable, annoying, never-get-out-of-your-face apps that
all Android devices have besides for the Nexus. And even the Nexus has undeletable apps just like iOS, but again not half as bad as the standard android.
