nothing is aligned
Ugh, this complaint makes my blood boil, and is literally why we can't have nice things (because OEM's react to market trends based on stupid opinions like this). This is the argument of form vs function taken to it's extreme conclusion.
The people who make these complaints have no idea what goes into good hardware design. They don't take things apart, they have no idea what hardware looks like on the inside - where it actually matters. All they care about is how something looks - which is what we call shallow. It is a terribly shortsided an ignorant way to judge a product or really anything for that matter.
Apple prioritizes design over virtually anything else, we all know this, and that is why their devices frequently have serious hardware issues. This exact design methodology is why their devices are often very fragile. It's why they're frequently extremely difficult to repair. It's why they often overheat, why issues that were popularized as "bendgate", "scuffgate", "scratchgate" and "antennagate" happened on iPhones, and so on. It's why their iPhone 6+ has the same size screen as the LG G3 but is considerably larger than it with huge bezels. These serious hardware faults are the direct result of putting the wrong things as priority during design.
Meanwhile, open up a Samsung phone. You will see excellence in internal design and engineering that is simply not present in comparable Apple devices. I know this, because I take apart just about every consumer device at some point, and I read teardowns for virtually all new products. Why are things "misaligned" on that S6? Because they represented the optimal position electrically and mechanically. I would much rather my phone be smaller, lighter, more durable, and easier to repair, and have a port or button be "0.2mm off of ideal aesthetic position".
Subjective, but no phone is as beautiful as the iPhone 6
Subjective is right because this is most certainly not even close to true. For instance, the best looking iPhone of all time is the iPhone 4. That was the peak of their design. No iPhone has looked that good before or since. So even just talking about iPhones, that isn't true.
The LG G3 is WAY better looking than the iPhone 6: http://www.ordoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/iPhone-6-Plus-vs-Galaxy-Note-4-vs-LG-G3.jpg
Look at how HUGE the bezels are on the 6+ despite having the same size screen. The G3's front is virtually just it's screen. It feels like you're holding a piece of active glass.
The G4 is even better looking than the G3 was. And that's just LG phones.
The HTC One M9 is better looking still, if we're talking pure Aesthetics. Front Facing Speakers drive it home.
The App ecosystem is by far iOS's greatest strength.
I would actually argue it's one of it's greatest weaknesses. Apps are generally more expensive on iOS, less of the money goes to the developers, and it's like pulling your own teeth trying to gets apps AND updates published there.
Hotfixes on Android only take 2 hours to show up.
The quality of apps is still night and day between the two platforms
If you compare two apps, side by side, generally speaking, they're as good on Android or better. Sure, there are exceptions - where developers prefer their iOS apps and really phone it in on Android, but since Android devices have better hardware - apps that are optomized for things like higher DPI and resolution, look and work better on Android.
Are there shitty, junky apps on Android? Sure. That's the price of freedom. No one saying you need to use them though.
Part of this is because Apple offers better developer tools than Google
Wat. Are you a developer? Because it's way, way nicer developing for Android.
Updates/fragmentation.
Fragmentation is virtually nonexistent now thanks to Play Services. Core apps aren't locked to the OS anymore.
Unless you get a Nexus phone, updates will be delayed and the UI will in most cases be half Google's and half the manufacturer's. I don't want two different teams separately developing the look and feel of my mobile OS
On the flip side, OEM's can improve Android and offer unique features that aren't present on a Nexus. Many of these changes are so well received, they end up in Android itself. In fact, I'd say a 1/3 of all core Android features were first done by an OEM or aftermarket ROM.
Choice is good. Choice drives innovation.
Google still hasn't nailed inertial scrolling
