Dude, get an iPhone! NO, get an Android! It's not that simple.

First, here's a background on my smartphone life.

Smartphones rock.  Yes, I remember back when there were "dumb phones" in my house.  I'll never forget the Sprint Katana phone (that one was awesome).  Then Christmas of 2007 came around, and my father got the very first iPhone.  Soon after, my mother upgraded to the smartphone world.  Flash forward to 2010.  My father and mother got the iPhone 4, while I finally got a hand-me-down iPhone 3G.  Eventually, I got a Samsung Galaxy S3, making me the first (and so far only) person in my family to go to an Android.  Currently, there is an iPhone 5 and an iPhone 5S in the family, so I still know my iPhone stuff.

Now here's the relevant part of this post.

Android and iOS owners are always at each other's throat over which is better.  Let's set what is straight.  iOS is smooth and easy to use.  That is very true.  The phones from LG and Samsung are not as smooth as advertised, thanks to the bloated UIs.  Android tends to get cutting-edge features.  iOS now is usually playing catch-up (except for the fingerprint sensor). And to those of you Nexus owners who say that your phone is smooth, face it. iOS is simply more reliable. 

The manufacturers are (sort of) doing it wrong to pit their phones against each other. Apple and Google have one thing in common: they're both trying to compete for world domination. But in my opinion, I would only get an iPhone if I want little to no headache, and also for my social media. But I will say that I love my Android more. I still get all my social media (even though the Facebook app is awful and a great NSA spy tool). I get many features first (that iOS notification shade is something that dinosaur Androids have). And I also get some cool exclusive features like USB On the Go, highly compatible smartwatches, and NFC. For me, that is worth trading absolute reliability.

It's all a matter of preference.