A Switch to Android Phone
No, it's not me. There are some features of Android that seem attractive and some things I would love to do with an iPhone jailbreak, but I'm not considering either option.
The switcher is Andy Ihnatko, and he's laid out the reasons for the switch in great detail in a Macworld article. There are many reasons, but the two overriding reasons appear to be the availability of large screen devices and the customizability of the OS. Both are valid reasons for switching and inherently don't say much, good or bad, about the quality of the iOS experience on the current iPhone.
I continue to believe Apple's priority in new iPhone development should be squarely aimed at the unsubsidized phone market, where Apple iPhones simply aren't affordable to a large swath of the world. After that market is addressed, I can certainly see a day when Apple makes a larger screen iPhone.
Andy's second complaint, the customizability of the OS, is a tougher nut. It seems to me very unlikely Apple will ever allow the kind of customizability Andy wants. It therefore seems likely that Andy has owned his last iPhone. How long before his iPad and Macs are replaced in favor of other devices that can be similarly customized. I think not very long.
I'm moving in the entirely opposite direction. I don't want to manage my devices beyond the level at which I'm currently doing so. My life is getting busier by the day, and I want my technology devices to satisfy the 90% needs I have, with a minimum amount of work.