I know a lot of the "Apple" experience boils down to integration and user interface etc. Credit, where credit is due, they make a pretty polished experience and it IS more simple to use than Android. I've never questioned this, I've owned iPhones in the past and enjoyed them. However I bought into android several years ago, and i've never looked back.
YES, I am that guy who rooted my phone and installed cyanogenmod. This sounds intimidating but if anyone has ever tried the cyanogenmod install experience recently it's incredibly easy to do now.
I run an iPad at home and it's great for toilet surfing. I loved that I can stream music to my receiver with Airplay. I thought, hey, would be cool if my Android phone could do this... One quick google search and 5 minutes later I had Airplay running off my Android phone.
Email/Contacts syncing is easier with Gmail/Google than anything I've experienced on an iPhone. I use Google Play Music and love the service, it integrates flawlessly with my Sonos system at home (in fact, MUCH easier than Apple which requires you to plug in an Airport Express if I recall).
The other thing I like about Android is that each successive software release doesn't bring my phone to it's knees. Google is soon to release a new software version (Nexus 6 debut) and one of the big "features" is that it will increase performance by reducing it's overhead. When's the last time your iPhone 4 felt snappy?
At the end of the day though, it's just a phone, it's not an identity for me.
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