The problem with Android is that there are a range of different phones with completely different specs. The OS is garbage. I have a feeling the only reason people like their android devices is because they are used to BS PC issues.
The software is buggy and there seems to be little in the way of a concurrent theme within the included OS apps and apps in the market place. Somethings seem way more work then they should be. For instance. On the iPhone to sync your phone to the computer it is as simple as plugging it in. iTunes took care of the rest. On my Droid I would have to go into contacts, export them to the SD card, then go into the calendar, export that to the SD card, same thing with photos and what not. Then I have to plug the phone into usb, pull down the drop down menu and select to mount the SD card. The phone is now a $500 media reader. Now I can take the contacts, etc off the SD card and import them into their respective programs. Way to much work for what should such a simple task.
The apps, well with no internal review of the apps by google the vast majority of them are crap. Many of them fail to even load on many of the phones. The apps fail in comparison to any iPhone app, even by the same people.
The hardware is also questionable. I have the misfortune of owning a Droid. This phone requires a reboot 2-5 times a day. The call quality is something you would expect in 1988. It is a rather cheap phone considering the price. Other android phones that I have checked out or that friends have are just as bad if not worse.
I had a hard time dealing with AT&T, their horrible customer service, their double billing. I just could not deal with them anymore. I made a mistake of getting an android based phone, would have been much happier with a simple flip phone and an iPad or something.
The 160,000 android phones comes from not only the fact that their are what, 20 or so phones out there that run the OS, but also because so many are replaced as the quality is just lame.
IDK, some people swear by their android, I want nothing more then to throw this POS at the jerk that sold it to me (And didn't let me exchange it within my 30 day exchange period). Yeah, I'm salty.
