after a week with android

i'll be honest, i've never had any other phone that feels as solid as the iphone. By far the original iphone, the 3gs and iphone 4 are th best built phones i've ever had. i've pretty much owned every phone since the motorola star-tac, SERIOUSLY ask anyone that knows me that long. couple of things i didn't like on android: 1. battery life is pretty bad. i did some research and i guess all android phones have terrible battery life. this inevitably leads the user to be extremely frugal with their battey use. i found myself actively engaged in power management. meaning, i had to turn on and off gps, wifi, and cellular radios according to my needs. iphone's battery was a little bit better but i never had to power manage so much, i never once turned off the gps radio. considering the fact that i'm sitting at a computer at least 8 hours a day, battery is not much of an issue yet.
2. android os can be very confusing, just ask my wife. iOS is very intuitive. i don't really mind learning new menus and ways of getting around, i actually like that. but for a regular joe this might be too much. Another reason why it's sooooo confusing is because there's no standard. HTC, samsung, motorola, etc have their own user interface which differs from the other. although it's the same OS, i feel it should at least have one standard phone/contacts/messaging interface. what i DO like is the choices. iphone OS is soooo restricted and limited to what you can and can't do. i'd say if you couldn't jaillbreak your iphone it would be the worst 400$ paperweight. i also highly disliked the fact that the apple updates broke the jailbreak so you had to nervously wait to see when and if there would be a jailbreak. Android lets you install whatever keyboard you want to use, t9, swype, the regular dumb full kwerty on the screen, etc. i don't have to be rooting (jailbreaking) the phone to get those extra features. So far it's been a fun experience, rooting, flashing roms and kernels, customizing home screens with different launchers. so i'd say if you're a techie you will prob like the android phones. if youre somewhat new to the smartphone arena i would advice you to be cautious, and prepare for some crazy learning curves on your phone.