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I would like to hear from someone that has owned both an IPhone and a “similar” Android phone.

I spoke with a girl at a phone store and she said she has both. She said the IPhone and Android operating systems are about the same.

Why are Iphone people so high on Iphones?

Actually there are several phone manufacturers that make phones that run the Android operating system so Android users have a much larger choice of cell phones to choose from.

You are likely to get a much more consistent experience with an iPhone. I have an Android device that was fantastic when it was new. At this point it’s not really a supported device and the newer versions of Android do not run well on it. The flawless operating system I once used is gone and in its place is an operating system that sometimes struggles, thanks to Verizon and Motorola. It is much more challenging to work with multiple device manufacturers and literally hundreds of combinations of hardware whereas Apple has only three devices to work with.

Why are Iphone people so high on Iphones?

Because it is a fashion accessory for some...versus how utilitarian it is.

I have owned an iPhone before but the last few iterations have always been Android based, I prefer the flexibility of Android phones with respect to apps and changing things around if I so choose to.

That said I have also been through each generation of iPad and continue to use the latest iteration 'New iPad' as they call it (or iPad 2.5), and love it due to the quicker response and overall slickness versus Android based tablets.

The thing being I use both devices for different purposes, the phone mostly for, well calls, text and e-mails, with occasional web or YouTube watching. The tablet more for reading eBooks or other documents, more web surfing and videos as well as connecting to servers and such via Citrix if I need to work on something remotely.

So I think either OS is suitable for everyday use and it just comes down to what you do with it and preference, but on the phone front as you noted there are better phones that come with Android OSes.

I have had iphone, many androids and currently have a windows phone 7. I jailbroke the iphone I had and rooted and hacked every android I had (5 of them). For purposes of full disclosure I currently switch between an HTC Sensation, a Nokia Pureview 808 with the 41 megapixel camera running symbian, and a Dell Venue Pro with Windows Phone 7.

The iPhone offers a seamless user experience that incorporates their media. It is the ecosystem and apps across devices that most people that use if find so great. The iphone tends to stay updated consistently because there are really only a few devices to keep updated. Apps almost always come to iphone first. The user experience is generally very good and the devices are supported well. If I was going back to iphone I would wait for the iphone 5 to come out, it is going to have a bigger screen and I always found the 3.5 a bit small for my fingers.

Android has pluses and minuses. The phone is much more customizable, even if you do not root it. The ecosystem is much more fragmented. Most of the devices do not ever get updated past their present version of Android, although to be fair that is not usually a problem since they will run most apps without problems. You can get an android in almost any size, screen size and price point, although if you go android go with the manufacturer’s flagship as it is the most likely to be stable and get updated. Most androids are skinned by the manufacturer with Sense (HTC), Blur (Motorola) or TouchWiz (Samsung) and that can be good or bad depending on your point of view. It can make the phone easier to use, or bloat it up, make it slow and make updates take a lot longer. The hard core android users generally buy the Google experience phones — The Nexus Devices. Androids integrate with all your google services (gmail, G+, maps, etc)

Windows phone 7 is my current toy and personally I am finding I really like it. It is ultra stable, integrates well with my windows box. It also integrates with my live account, gives me 20gb skydrive and integrates with office and my calendar.

I don’t know if any of that is of any use, but feel free to contact me if you want any other info.

I spoke with a girl at a phone store and she said she has both. She said the IPhone and Android operating systems are about the same.

Not for one second.

The QA on Apple apps is 100 times better than for Android apps. The same app will work on an IPhone where it will not for an Android. I have a recent model Android and I'm not impressed with it beyond it's speed at browsing. The IPhone is an older model but rock solid reliable.

Really, the Androids a small PC with all the quirks. The IPhone is a polished machines where the apps are limited by what Apple deems is qualified to appear on their product.