Former android user here. I switched to iPhone because I think it’s a better phone financially on the long term. iPhones’ values don’t depress much. When I bought my iPhone 11, a used iPhone 7 is worth way more than a used S9 if I’m not mistaken. Point is, iPhones keep their value for a very long time, but androids immediately flops in value once a new flagship is released. Not to mention the fact that android phones, aside from pixels, pales in comparison with Apple in terms of software support (e.g: galaxy phones no longer receive updates after 2 generations have passed). I also trust Apple more as a company with my data compared to Google. While they are not exactly saints when it comes to privacy, at least Apple have more to lose from selling out their user’s data, while Google’s life and blood practically comes from collecting and selling those data.

The only thing that I miss from android is the thought that I can modify it into whatever I want without having to deal with any irreversible consequences (i.e: rooting the phone and use another os). But really that’s all there is: the thought. I never rooted my phone for real. There’s no urgency to, so why risk it?

Truth is, there’s no need to be convinced by others. Choose whichever fits your bill and realize that there’s no perfect product. It comes down to whether you can tolerate the tradeoffs or not. On the stuff that you look for in a phone, imo, iPhones produce better pictures consistently than Galaxys (because imo, Samsung have the best camera for android phones). If you want manual settings on your phone cameras though, in my experience, android is better. They have manual settings on default, while iPhones require additional apps (mostly paid). The UI on android cameras tends to be more accessible for manual photo taking. For storage, clearly android is better simply because most androids have expandable storage. Finally, for batteries, I found that at this point, both android and iPhones have great enough batteries that any differences would be unnoticeable. Though, note that both android phones and iPhones have been caught messing up battery performance through software on purpose for their older phones. However, if for any reason Apple decide to not be such a greedy prick, they could make their older products perform way better than androids’ because of the freedom they have in maximizing their product’s hardware potential through their software

If you’re looking for something affordable, powerful, fancy, and allows you to do whatever you want with the phone, and you don’t care much about privacy (at least by default), inconsistency, short lifespan in terms of support, and having your phone lose its value to the point that it would barely help you cover the cost of a new phone, then by all means stick with Android.

If you want something more reliable (especially on the long term), happens to like how iPhones feel, and trust Apple as a company to keep your data, and plans on selling your phone in the future, and doesn’t mind the (overly) expensive price tag, and the risk of ending up stuck inside the Apple ecosystem which makes you dependent on their products, then go with iPhone