The fundamental differences between iPhones and phones running the Android operation system are:
iPhones are less customizable and Android phones are more customizable in terms of the way they are laid out and function.
Some iPhones use proprietary connectors for charging or data transfer to a computer, while most Android phones use standard connectors.
Applications you can get for iPhones are certified by Apple. Applications you can get for Android phones are not. This means there are allot more application available for Android phones, but iPhone applications are more likely to work correctly with fewer bugs.
Android phones support "widgets". Widgets are applications which operate continuously and sit on the screen of the phone working. Clocks, weather, stock trackers, news trackers ares typical examples of these applications. A typical Android phone user might have a weather, news, and clock widget running on a single phone screen, so they can at a glance see the time, weather, and keep up with the news. While an iPhone can do these same things, to do them, you must have the specific application which does these things open, which implicitly means you don't see anything but what the application provides. So on an iPhone if you want time, weather and news together, you need to find an application to do this, or you need to open different applications to get the same information.
iPhones have better a better voice recognition application which means it is easier and more consistent at doing things like voice dialing, voice texting, voice scheduling.
Android phones have more options for entering text. In particular Android supports something called Swype. To type using Swype you just drag your finger over the letter which form the work you want to type and the phone types. Lift your finger and start dragging it again and Swype inserts a space and starts typing the next work. Really good application for people who don't know how to type on a Qwerty keyboard.
Android phones are better integrated with Google services , such as Gmail, and Google calendar. iPhones are better integrated with iTunes and offer a better suite for editing photos and videos than what comes standard on Android phones.
Android phones are driven forward by competition between various phone makers who use the Android operating system in their phones. iPhones are driven forward by Apple trying to compete for smartphone market share. At present, Android phones have the dominant smartphone market share. This is to a large degree because there are many Android phones on the market which cost significantly less than the least expensive iPhone.
Which phone is better for you depends on what you want to do with your phone and how you want to use it. If you're coming off a flip phone and are satisfied with what you can do with it, I would consider buying an Android phone with a physical keyboard. The physical keyboard will help you get used to what you can do with a smartphone with an easy to understand interface and allow you to play with using things like Swype and voice to text and control. I would expect texting to be the first thing you find useful in a smartphone, since a significant segment of population texts instead of speaking on the phone. I think you are going to have a bit of a challenge adapting to anything which doesn't have physical keys, forgetting about adapting to all the other stuff you can do with a smartphone. Apple does not make an iPhone with a physical keyboard.
Best of luck.
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