I noticed that there really hasn't been any major threads dedicated to the discussion of the two major cellphone OSs and I thought it might be interesting to have a debate about them. I don't want this thread to de-evolve into arguing among ourselves, so lets keep the discussion civil.

I've owned both an iPhone and Android phone (HTC EVO 4G) and to be honest I think iOS is the better OS. While I admit Android does do a lot of stuff that the iPhone and iOS doesn't (Flash, 4G and widgets are the main ones IMO). I feel battery life suffers greatly because of a number of these features. MY HTC EVO's battery barely last a few hours with heavy data use. Apple also seem to be quit dedicated to making sure things run pretty smoothly with their hardware as well. Since the last software update my HTC EVO's WiFi has hasn't worked properly. Dropping out for absolutely no reason at all. I suspect it is due to removing the Carrier IQ software and how it was integrated with the phone. Seeing as how this update was released just a few months ago, and HTC doesn't seem to have any kind of plans to fix the problem because Sprint has discontinued the phone, it's actually getting pretty annoying.

I also find that Android isn't as well integrating or stream lined as iOS. Aside from Android not being able to integrate with iTunes, Android also does not have a unified email app. There is a separate GMail app for checking Gmail accounts from other email accounts. The phones storage is also very deceiving with Android. My EVO only came with 512 mb of internal storage and most newer Android phones only come with around 1 GB of internal storage. The rest is accounted for from an SD card. Which IMO is almost useless because Android Widgets can't be ran while the app is stored on the SD card. Which from an aesthetic standpoint is Android's main drawing point to iOS.

Because you also have various manufacturers making Android handsets, the build quality isn't unified as well. I'm currently on my 3rd HTC EVO 4G handset in the past year and a half. It just seems to break for absolutely no reason at all and cracks along the seem of the housing even when i have it in a protective case.

The main knock I originally had against the iPhone and IOS was when i had the iPhone 3G, there was a lack of carrier choice. I absolutely hated AT&T's service and opted out of my contract a few months early to switch back to Sprint and give Android a try. I just couldn't take AT&T's service anymore. That doesn't seem to be an issue anymore though.

So that's my take on both OSs, so feel free to post your opinions on them as well.