[SECProto]

> And let’s not even compare the longevity of devices.

Why not? My android phones last multiple years - I've only switched when moving countries and the mobile bands are incompatible. My Nexus 4, from 2012 but running an up-to-date LineageOS, is my current backup phone, and works perfectly. I daresay it works significantly better than my parents similarly aged iPhone 5 (or 5s?), which also has an up-to-date OS, and runs slow as molasses.

But really, the main benefit of Android, for me and most other people I'd guess, is price. The combined purchase price of all 4 of my androids is about equivalent to a single current iPhone flagship (150+300+250+360 Canadian dollars).

I agree with you on general specs - iPhone are pretty much guaranteed to be at (or at least near) the top, for just about every category. Comparing the "average android device" to that will not be favourable. But the android ecosystem does give you a lot more choice - if you stuck to flagship Samsung or equivalent, I think you'd find it to be similarly at-or-near-the-top in most every category. And if, like me, you don't want the best of everything, but rather a decent-at-most-things but at a lower price, Android works better.

[apexalpha]

Agreed, I personally don't need the newest of the newest in my phone. Even though I used to upgrade every year in the early days of the smartphone I recently bought a mi a2 lite with stock android.

€200.

Yes, it is not the best, but honestly I don't need a ferrari to get to work.

[panda888888]

Agreed. I miss the old Nexus line :(

[SirYandi]

I'm rocking the very solid Nexus 6P. I had to swap out that battery which was a bit fiddly but easy enough and very cheap. I see no need to upgrade in the near-medium future.