Being an IT person, I prefer Android, because you can more easily ‘hack’ it, and get ‘under the hood’.
Apple is totally locked down, and you can’t do much with it that they don’t want you to. I don’t like that, though we have many Apple devices in our home. They just bore me.
Of course, I’m probably among 5% of users, if that. lol
My phone (an iPhone 4s) is just that: a phone. I’m a “big iron” guy and prefer the soft hum of the Noctua fans in my gaming rig or the rhythmic cycles of the fans in my Cisco switches to the boring 4” screen on my phone.
I don’t understand the “mobile” movement.
You know, I like the ability to customize my systems to my needs.
That being said; my phone is first and foremost a phone, and a device with a lot of personal stuff on it. I don’t want it compromised. That fact makes me want to lock it down with a passcode and my touch. The fact that Apple has walled off the garden, helps a lot. I DONT want unknown, unvetted apps on my phone.
If I want, and I do, a totally open system, then I’ll run a Linux system. Which I do. But it ain’t my phone.