If Microsoft would have ever gotten its #$%@ together, windows phone could have easily stolen the show of everybody out there. My entire family is on iOS except for me. Every time I pick up one of their devices my frustration level goes through the roof. The OS needs a major refresh.
I have a Windows Phone, and the app gap is annoying and I will probably have to switch to Android soon, but the user experience is simply amazing otherwise.
If I like a topic in here...or find something on the net, I don't need to set a bookmark in the browser, I simply pin the page to my start screen, just like I would on my desktop.
Drag and drop of files (any type, not just photos and music). But....MS gave up on it

Sorry, but you don't have your facts straight. Apple has one patent on it, but Samsung holds one as well and actually for quite a bit longer already. That patent things is a joke anyhow. I recall when apple tried to sue Nokia a couple years back for copying their idea of a touch screen....lol, kind of backfired on apple. Since then apple has been paying millions of dollars each year to Nokia for using their technology in the iPhone. There is a couple hundred patents implemented in the iPhone that are held by Nokia. So believe me, apple won't be the only ones having a bendable screen/phone. Well, actually, let me correct that. Apple was, I recall the 6Plus bending....killed the phone, but it did bend quite a bit.
In the end there is no"The best phone". It's about what is best for you. And that may vary greatly.

Lol. Dude, you just don't know how to use it. It's a one swipe one click process. Called action menu. I am not saying one is better over the other, put ignorant people who bash either system just because they don't know how to use it, should not give advice.
The big downside on Windows Phone is that it has been abandoned by app developers. The system itself is amazing, and even my friends who are the biggest apple muts really love it.

Can we get back to pinball

I know. Was sarcastic, sorry, not clear enough on my behalf. Just thought it was funny how a topic like this gets more replies in a short time than any other. I guess once the apple vs the rest of the world bomb gets dropped it simply doesn't end.
OP had a pretty simple question and it turned into a hate fest. No matter where you are, always the same.

Better check your arguement twice there. Maybe you can sell your subsidized iPhone to buy a new subsidized iPhone. You can't sell an old iPhone to cover the cost of a new one out right. Unless you downscale from a plus to a regular or reduce storage.
Galaxy is very similar in that though. But who buys phones these days anyhow. Live cycle of max one year?
I am on T-mobile jump and simply switch my phone at least once a year, no extra cost. Yes, switch is extra, but over all I still pay less than I would on Verizon or ATT.

One million percent agreed.

True words spoken, that should conclude this discussion. This thread has gone where no man has gone before.....well, not quite, but I like the quote.

Agreed. My wife switched from 6s to 7plus and about 10% of her contacts just disappeared.
I am running an 18months old Lumia950xl and despite the app-gap, that thing is stable, fast, and just plain joy. I use my phone for work a lot, and the office integration is simply amazing. Now wait for apple uses to come and tell me that their MS office on their iPhone works great....exactly, most iPhone users I know who use their phone for business run Microsoft Office/Outlook on their iPhone.