I am not entirely sure if Android is the best mobile platform out there. Apple continues to innovate at an incredible pace on its hardware and software. It is untouchable as far as HCI is concerned, they just seem to get most of the UX right. Its amazing to see them make computers that work and behave like a charm.

Pricing is unreasonable, TBH. And that's where Android eco-system has held an upper edge for too long now. Android as a platform, superior enough technology-wise, is terrible 'fragmentation' wise. Apple's laser sharp focus on UX around their entire line-up is commendable. To an extent, they think about their end-users at a level unparalleled at other tech companies-- not supporting flash, pushing aggressively ahead with ad-blocker support, adding a voice-enabled assistant, iCloud etc Apple's radical re-think of a smart-phone is a miracle. Almost everyone before them got it wrong. They are operating on some other level altogether.

Google, I think except for Google Now and their notifications scheme on Android have mostly been playing a catch-up with iOS.

I think Google faces the same issue with their Cloud offerings too. All the talk of the most advance platform/tech in the world and they still languish behind AWS and Azure.