And the "all androids are cheap and useless" trope is so trite at this point.
Lost time because typically Android phones require more maintenance and produce more hassles for novice users, and a budget Android phone is going to have more problems (and probably stop getting updates).
FTR, I haven't owned an iPhone since the original one came out. All Android since. I'm speaking from the perspective of someone who's owned multiple different Android handsets and given them as gifts to family (I've since learned my lesson about that one).
I also really disagree with iPhones somehow having fewer issues than Android phones. You're never just "holding it wrong"? Or being unable to even Copy and Paste? Or having to lug around dongles? Of course, Android has it's own share of stupidities, but to argue that iPhone is vastly superior is being less than accurate.
Edit: to add, the bottomline I'm suggesting is that the differences are minor enough that, if an iphone from a couple generations ago is costing you the same as an Android from the same time, it's not clear that an iphone is better. I have an ipad that has aged just as horribly as older androids.
>the API is more restrictive
> there are things you can do on Android that are impossible on an iPhone
>such poor UI design
Do you honestly think these are the things an average consumer thinks about when deciding what phone to get?
Some things Android does way better, some it does way worse. As far as ergonomics go, Apple went way too far recently with hiding functionality under gestures or pressure sensitivity, making them not discoverable and sometimes finicky to activate. I'm talking basics, like app switching.
On the other hand, for some apps, the limitations mean they have to hold to OS GUI guides more closely.
One learning experience that sticks out to me was googling how to turn off my iPhone the first time I went to a movie with it.
If I'm young and have owned more than one smartphone, I more or less know how they work. To suggest that the poor are somehow too dumb and stupid to appreciate the mysterious, multi-layered nuances of a fucking _App store_ is to crap all over them from your ivory tower.
Now make the exciting mental leap... what if you haven't owned a smartphone before?
It wasn't hard to learn, just miserably slow.