Apple fanboy? Please explain why iPad is the best and other competitors are worse. I assume you used an iPad and a Samsung tablet to make valid comparisons.
I've used both a Nexus 7 and an iPad. I was an Android guy for several years (the HTC Evo, original Note, and S4) but now use an iPhone. None is clearly "better," but things that annoyed me about the Android platform:
-significantly buggier with many, many more force closes per time period of use
-this is less true now, but many "niche" apps start out on iOS before moving to Android; Android is almost always behind iOS in development priority
-the inherently fragmented nature of Android makes it more difficult to develop for, leading to the above two issues
-Apple devices are "just easier" to use, especially if you get into the whole ecosystem; after I got a Macbook, I dove head first into the Apple devices and love it; this kind of compatibility simply doesn't exist on Android (half the time I could never get my S4 to be recognized by Samsung's own syncing software on my Windows machine)
-Apple devices are generally more intuitive and easier to use and, IMO, get more "style points" compared to Android (though this pretty meaningless), especially with the latest iterations to iOS which included much-needed features Android has offered far before Apple
-carrier/manufacturer imposed restrictions on Android software makes getting updates a pain and just pisses me off; yes, Apple does the same, but I don't want updates for my device to stop being supported within 2 years because it's no longer the "hottest thing"
I loved the customizability of Android, and the fact that widgets still aren't available on iOS bugs the hell out of me, but overall I've enjoyed using my Apple devices significantly more than my Android devices. That said, you pay a premium for Apple devices and they are certainly poor value in terms of raw hardware. But, frankly, I don't care about having a quad core when the significantly "underpowered" A8 chip makes the iPhone run just as well if not better; I don't care about having a 4K screen because I don't use my phone to watch movies, and I'm not going to be getting any 4K content anytime soon; and the customizability, though I do miss it at times, isn't such a big deal for me anymore.
The whole Apple vs. Android thing is just stupid. Having used both platforms, they both have their strengths and weaknesses. It all depends on what you want out of your devices. In the education realm, I don't think one is clearly more superior than the other, and if anything I would prefer iOS simply because your IT department is more likely to support iOS devices for things like EMR access over Android. At my institution, for example, iOS setup was fully documented and supported while I was pretty much left to my own devices to get everything set up on my Android devices. It's not that big of a deal, but it did require time troubleshooting and figuring out how to configure everything that I'd rather not have spent.
