Eh, in a lot of ways it is, but I don’t necessarily think there’s anything wrong with that.
1) I believe it’s growing and developing than iOS.
Every few months or so Google is pushing a large update to the Android OS with many new features and bug fixes. At the moment, I still think iOS has the edge over Android, but I think that in about 2 or 3 months when Google releases another Android update Android could top iOS. It’s already better at things like multitasking.
2) It’s got the second largest app marketplace.
If you want to buy the iPhone for the apps, I’d look at Android as well. The 3rd party apps on Android right now, although many are not as good as Apple’s offerings, they are certainly better than anything the Windows phone is going to have for years. Plus Google’s offerings like Goggles and Voice (not available on the iPhone) are pretty freaking cool, not to mention useful.
3) Choice of hardware.
There is no iPhone that comes with a hardware keyboard if that is your cup of tea. There are hundreds of Android phones on the market, plus on many different carriers.
4) Choice of carriers.
I love the iPhone, but I hate AT&T. Android is on Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, even AT&T, which means you can have a lot of stuff not available on AT&T such as unlimited data and decent cell coverage.
Hopefully that didn’t read too much like an advertisement, but having an Android phone on Verizon, there’s not much chance I’ll be going back to the AT&T iPhone, no matter how good the actual phone or OS gets.