I'm not even sure that other manufacturers can effectively compete on hardware. I used Android for years (mostly Nexus devices), but eventually gave up because

I'm not even sure that other manufacturers can effectively compete on hardware. I used Android for years (mostly Nexus devices), but eventually gave up because Apple's phones had higher build quality along with fewer bugs. Their security posture and snappier response time (when I switched at least) were just bonuses. When they finally had text forwarding and iMessage after Google let Voice languish for years in favor of an ever increasing amount of not very good chat applications there was no longer anything I missed. At best the other devices are at par, mostly they're just cheaper with trade-offs in quality.