[Open Discussion] iPhone vs Android: Which do you use and why?

I'll preface this with "I have an iPad", which I guess shied my immediate attempt to be neutral but also gives away my huge bias.

I have an iPad, I use it for work. I'm a programmer that needs to test products on many different platforms. The iPad is amazing, it's an old one but she is still going strong. Got her second hand from eBay and honestly it's better than anything I could have imagined. The software is a little odd to an android user, there's a lot of comfort features that are missing, or things that are done slightly differently in either an interesting or annoying way.

That being said, I'll get in to my main reason why I stick to the Android echosystem for my main device(s). The ecosystem isn't locked down. To use an apple product to its full, you must really buy in to the apple ecosystem which gets expensive very quickly. I would love to have a Mac just to harness some of the additional features like xcode signing, things that apple prevents from being on other platforms. But the cost I cannot begin to imagine paying.

The Android ecosystem being based on open and free software really provides a better overall cost and experience. Everything works seamlessly across brands, devices, and price ranges.

I'll also say that android allows you to do stuff the way you wish to do it, apple has its own way of doing things and if you don't like it, then you best learn to like it or leave. The freedom that Android allows to really make a device your own and to own your device is something I really value.

I no use both my personal devices are all Apple, however my work use android I can see advantages to both. My preferred device is Apple it is more of a stable operating system they very rarely crash and I think are much more user friendly. 

Android is defo the way to go if you have a limited budget you could buy a circa $100 phone that's gonna do every thing the latest I phone can do so why waste all that money and spend $1000 on the latest I phone when you can get an android phone that can do all the stuff an I phone can do and I think android is far superior in terms of software and choice so defo android all the way. 

I've always used Android (or Nokia previously) but this has predominantly been down to cost. Step daughter has mostly had iPhones as her dad swears by them. I get the longevity argument of iPhones, but step daughter has had more iPhones in the same time as my last two phones - but this could be down to her desire to continually upgrade and my happiness with what I have.
I've now got a Samsung A70 which is just over 3.5 years old - it feels like new. I got it for a very good price after a cashback offer and a trade-in offer (About £210). I do suspect that as Android phones can often be quite cheap - decent phones for just under £100 and upwards, comparing budget Android phones to iPhones isn't a fair comparison.

I’ve been using apple since when iPhone 3 was out. I’m just so much use to it and cannot understand the android features

Android all the way! I tried both and just don't like the iPhone system or how little choice they give you. Or the expense of the devices.

I’ve been using iPhones since around 2008 and although I’ve tried many android devices I’ve found they don’t last as long and can be clunkier to use. 

For me its Android phone all day long great phones I have had IPhone not in prest with them 

Definitely Android,Linux flavours and Pi (might add a Mac into the mix soon)

Was always iPhone until around 5 years ago and then changed to android and its the best thing I've done so much more freedom and allow you to install external applications.