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True at least they are slowly bringing back the SD slot on flagship phone's that was a bad mistake. And yeah updates depending on phone can be a bit laggy but I love it. It's all about preference really like windows and Linux.

Exactly, these days the hardware on both is essentially equal so it comes down to personal preference. The only big difference nowadays is price, granted there are 1k android flagships but for the most part they're cheaper.

It's not all preference, but yes price is a big factor. Apple has gone completely off the deep end the last 2 years. It all started when they started sacrificing performance for thinness on their laptops, and consequently I refuse to buy one made after 2011.
I stick with the iPhone for two reasons though. Performance (iPhones are able to beat real computers in their benchmarks), and security. iOS is hands down the most secure operating system on the planet (out of the box), and you can make it even more secure with a little code.

Computer wise, Apple has been making hardware choices that are iffy for a long time. Which sucks especially since their build quality is SO NICE.

In terms of phones though, you're entirely correct, iOS is unparalleled in security. A big part of that is because of the tight grip that Apple keeps on it's phones and os. The fact that manufacturers can load their own software on top of stock android just increases the amount of fuck-ups that could (and do) happen. It all comes down to the freedom v. security debate.