What you save on money with Android, you gain in headaches. You get a throwaway device that the manufacturer drops serious support for a few months later. Instead of your phone being the core of the company's business line, it's something to be released to fanfare and then forgotten after the initial burst of sales. Meanwhile bugs and issues with Apple products are treated seriously for years after the initial launch of the hardware.

This disposable attitude trickles all the way down to the customer support teams. With my Note II there was an issue with the stylus which I eventually gave up trying to get fixed because Samsung was giving me the run-around for weeks. In comparison, when the volume control broke on my first iPhone after a year, Apple replaced the entire phone at no cost. After getting tired of Samsung's deflection, I ditched my Note II and bought a new iPhone.

You get what you pay for.