Apple isn't aiming for anything else than the high-end-market and they are doing very well there.
http://fortune.com/2015/02/09/canaccord-apple-took-home-93-of-mobile-profits-last-quarter/
Samsung had 9%. Microsoft lost money. The rest were lucky to break even.Doesn't sound like a healthy business for most of the Android-Hardware-Companys.
Apple implemented by far the better update-policys for smartphones. Just look at this.
http://www.fidlee.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AndroidHistoryOfSupport1.png
This has uncomfortable consequences like this.
I develop apps for a living and Android is really not my system of choice. I personally use iOS and OS X, but it's even more enjoyable to develop apps for Windows Phone and you have to use Windows 8 for this, which is a pain in the ass. I have to make my apps compatible with Android 2.3 for not cutting out 20% of the Android-Userbase. Android 2.3. This OS is from 2009.
So please brag about how foolish I am paying 700 Euro for a phone, but never say again "Android is so much better", because it is not.
