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Both have their pros and cons. iPhones tend to last much longer, get a LOT more updates for many years compared to a measly 2 year support cycle from the company with the best track record for updates in the Android world (Google, since they use stock roms on their phones).

On the other hand, Android phones are more customizable and open. You can install launchers/kernels/themes/icon packs, which help make the phone "yours". There's also modding communities that do amazing work, like the one that got Androird 7.1.2 (a 2017 release) to work on the damn Galaxy S2 from 2011! On the other hand, my experience is that Android phones tend to get antiqued quite faster, especially considering most companies barely release updates for a year.

I'm currently a Nexus 6 owner who's had an iPhone 4S before. I still maintain that the best phone experience ever is a jailbroken iPhone, but since the jailbreaking scene is pretty much dead now, I think I'll stick with Android and get a Pixel 2 XL whenever it comes out here.