Okay, before you track down my IP address and gather up your lynch mob, let me say I am a die hard Android fan / user. I have had an Android as my phone since the My Touch 3G and currently use a Nexus 4. However, work issued me an iPhone that I used for about a year and there were a few things that I did like about it:
1. Centralized location for notifications. iOS has in the settings, one place to go to manage the notifications for all the apps. I liked this a lot. There have been many times when I install a new app like Calendar Snooze or a messaging app that I have to hunt down which app and where in the app to manage the notifications because I get duplicate alerts. Sometimes I avoid trying new apps because I know I’m going to have to hunt and search for the notification settings in the apps to get it how I want it. If Android added a Notification Center that allowed me to easily say I want this app to notify for this and turn off this app, I would love that functionality.
2. Transferring all the apps and settings from one iPhone to a new iPhone is easier. My girlfriend just upgraded to the new 5s and iOS has a procedure that brought over all her settings and apps from her old iPhone. I really wish Android had this functionality, especially when it comes to having to recreate my home screens after I get a new phone or the dreaded factory reset. I know this can be done with certain apps if you root, but I haven’t rooted my phone since my Nexus One. I would love for Android to add a much better backup and restore that would allow me to do factory resets or phone upgrades where it downloads all my apps and recreates all my home screens.
3. There is one way to do things. This isn’t a positive for me, but it is for many iPhone users. The big knock Android has over iOS is that they have to do things Apple’s way. While that makes me cringe and I hate it, this is a big plus for the tech unsavvy. My girlfriend will never take the time to learn the tricks in Android. She loves that this is how she does X task, and it will be the same when she upgrades to the next iPhone. The lack of innovation we see from Apple is in part to keep those who don’t want change because they just want to do what they are used to doing and don’t want to learn a whole new process. I have helped a few friends over the years that have jumped from iOS to Android and they hate it at first. Usually because the home screens confuse them. I show them how to add apps, widgets and shortcuts to the home screens. Some of them love it because they see all the possibilities of what they can do. However, some of them hate it because they don’t want to have to think about how to lay out the phone. They just want it to do it. I can somewhat understand it. If Android wants to seriously siphon off iPhone users, it should have some sort of Simple Mode or something to dumb down the functionality of Android. Kind of like training wheels for the people that are Apple challenged. Then, over time, they can start venturing out to other Android abilities.
4. iOS is iOS. I can also appreciate that the iPhone user can share tips and tricks with any other iPhone user. Everything is the same from one iPhone to another. With all the overlay software from the different manufacturers, many functions can be different and/or not available from one Android phone to another. Sitting around a few weeks ago, a friend of mine was trying to tell me how to do X function. We figured out that it was because it was part of Samsung’s TouchWiz and I didn’t have it as part of my stock Android on my Nexus. The differences from one Android phone to another is a good and bad thing. In one way it is good because one manufacturer might add something that is really popular and then added to the others. However, it also detracts from one Android user being able to share with another. Sure, I could have hunted down an app to do what his phone did, but it wasn’t that big of a function, so I never got around to it.
All that being said, I would never purchase an iPhone for myself. However, I don’t think iPhone users are all dumb as rocks. Some have been sucked into the Apple ecosystem and getting out would be a ton of work and/or expensive. Some are just people that don’t need all the cool things Android does and Apple is good enough. Some have learned how to do their 7 things on an iPhone and don’t want to learn how to do it all over again in Android. For me, and I’m assuming most of the people on this forum, appreciate what Android allows me to do and could never take a step back to iOS. However, it would be nice to add a few things to Android that would continue to make the experience better for all of us.
1. Centralized location for notifications. iOS has in the settings, one place to go to manage the notifications for all the apps. I liked this a lot. There have been many times when I install a new app like Calendar Snooze or a messaging app that I have to hunt down which app and where in the app to manage the notifications because I get duplicate alerts. Sometimes I avoid trying new apps because I know I’m going to have to hunt and search for the notification settings in the apps to get it how I want it. If Android added a Notification Center that allowed me to easily say I want this app to notify for this and turn off this app, I would love that functionality.
2. Transferring all the apps and settings from one iPhone to a new iPhone is easier. My girlfriend just upgraded to the new 5s and iOS has a procedure that brought over all her settings and apps from her old iPhone. I really wish Android had this functionality, especially when it comes to having to recreate my home screens after I get a new phone or the dreaded factory reset. I know this can be done with certain apps if you root, but I haven’t rooted my phone since my Nexus One. I would love for Android to add a much better backup and restore that would allow me to do factory resets or phone upgrades where it downloads all my apps and recreates all my home screens.
3. There is one way to do things. This isn’t a positive for me, but it is for many iPhone users. The big knock Android has over iOS is that they have to do things Apple’s way. While that makes me cringe and I hate it, this is a big plus for the tech unsavvy. My girlfriend will never take the time to learn the tricks in Android. She loves that this is how she does X task, and it will be the same when she upgrades to the next iPhone. The lack of innovation we see from Apple is in part to keep those who don’t want change because they just want to do what they are used to doing and don’t want to learn a whole new process. I have helped a few friends over the years that have jumped from iOS to Android and they hate it at first. Usually because the home screens confuse them. I show them how to add apps, widgets and shortcuts to the home screens. Some of them love it because they see all the possibilities of what they can do. However, some of them hate it because they don’t want to have to think about how to lay out the phone. They just want it to do it. I can somewhat understand it. If Android wants to seriously siphon off iPhone users, it should have some sort of Simple Mode or something to dumb down the functionality of Android. Kind of like training wheels for the people that are Apple challenged. Then, over time, they can start venturing out to other Android abilities.
4. iOS is iOS. I can also appreciate that the iPhone user can share tips and tricks with any other iPhone user. Everything is the same from one iPhone to another. With all the overlay software from the different manufacturers, many functions can be different and/or not available from one Android phone to another. Sitting around a few weeks ago, a friend of mine was trying to tell me how to do X function. We figured out that it was because it was part of Samsung’s TouchWiz and I didn’t have it as part of my stock Android on my Nexus. The differences from one Android phone to another is a good and bad thing. In one way it is good because one manufacturer might add something that is really popular and then added to the others. However, it also detracts from one Android user being able to share with another. Sure, I could have hunted down an app to do what his phone did, but it wasn’t that big of a function, so I never got around to it.
All that being said, I would never purchase an iPhone for myself. However, I don’t think iPhone users are all dumb as rocks. Some have been sucked into the Apple ecosystem and getting out would be a ton of work and/or expensive. Some are just people that don’t need all the cool things Android does and Apple is good enough. Some have learned how to do their 7 things on an iPhone and don’t want to learn how to do it all over again in Android. For me, and I’m assuming most of the people on this forum, appreciate what Android allows me to do and could never take a step back to iOS. However, it would be nice to add a few things to Android that would continue to make the experience better for all of us.
) I don't know if that can be a system feature. Perhaps there could be an app for that. 
