At first I had thought my iPhone was simply more elegant, with more of the right curves in all the right places. But since I am now working at a mobile software company, I really put both phones through the paces and switched back and forth between them to compare frequently.

Here are my top 10 reasons to leave my iPhone for the Droid.

AT&T – Topping the list is AT&T, because I always have issues with dropped calls. I live in the mecca of technology and rarely can finish a conversation without one party having to call the other party back. I’m sure the etiquette is, if I called you and we drop, I will call you back. But this never works in the real world. Usually both parties end up dialing each other again, and well, it’s all just too annoying. Worse case? If both parties on on iPhones. Horrible. It kills me that AT&T is whining about Verizon commercialsinstead of fixing their service, sad really. My Droid handles calls perfectly, have not dropped a call yet. Except when talking to my friends with iPhones, and their phones drop the conversation!

Zombie Mode – My iPhone has a nasty habit. I call it Zombie mode. This is when it appears you have full bars and everything seems to be working but you are not getting any calls. And, when you dial out it just sits there not connecting to anything for no apparent reason. This always requires a reboot, at which time I find I have text messages, voicemails, and can make and receive calls again. This alone makes me want to shoot the zombie in the head and be done with it.

Multitasking – I’m sure everyone is tired of talking about this one, but I’m not! This is just fantastic! I can finally run Pandora while cruising the Internet, checking email, playing with my apps, or whatever. Ok so my priorities are fun and business, so what? The fact that you still can’t do this on an iPhone is embarrassing.

Keyboard – Ok, another obvious choice, but you know it’s really nice? I have gotten used to it now and I can now type messages and respond to emails without having to send everything with the following message: "If this reply looks like I never learned how to spell or type, it came from my iPhone."

Fast, Fast, Fast – I do appreciate that the Droid keeps up with my keystrokes and my requests to open things, move things, etc. I have endless frustrations on the iPhone trying to type a text and getting 5-10 characters ahead and waiting for it to catch up. The Droid has enough horse power to keep up with me.

There’s an App for That – With over 10,000 apps in the Android app store, I have had no trouble finding cool tools and things to tweak my user experience to my liking. I gussied up my mobile desktop with a picture of the Hal 9000 from 2001 a Space Odyssey with my favorite Android apps bordering my cool pic: 3banana Notes, AK Notepad, Compass, Pandora, Facebook, Voice Search (sooo cool), and a bunch of others. I don’t really feel like I am missing anything here in the switch.

Droid Has a Better Eye – I have read some pieces saying that the camera isn’t so great on the Droid, or more that the software isn’t so great (yet) but the hardware is good. The reality is though, it is lightyears ahead of the iPhone! The iPhone’s camera blows. It only delivers a good picture with the solar system aligns with the center of the Milky Way (I saw the 2012 movie recently). :)

Mobile Desktop Widgets – I only recently discover this on Droid, and it is just way cool! I like that I can set them up off to the sides and slide over for a peek. Really cool functionality and I don’t appear to be taking a hit in performance for using them. Magic??

Droid Tough – I always felt like my iPhone needed a case, needed protection from everything. It somehow seemed naked without something to keep it from getting scuffed or broken. The Droid leaves me with no such feeling. A friend of mine bought me breakfast at Buck’s the other day so he could check out my Droid. After playing with it for a while, he said that you could also use it as a self-defense device and performed a mock overhand head clubbing maneuver for me to demonstrate. Not only funny to watch, but confirmed for me the same feeling I have playing with it. You get the feeling it is not as fragile as the iPhone.

Mouse Button – Not only to you get a keyboard, but the mouse button is a great to have as well. Hopping around on web pages clicking thing is really easy using the mouse and I find myself using it more and more.

Now certainly there are things that my iPhone does that I really like. The tap, pinch, and swipe functions of web browsing are phenomenal, and of course the easy connection to my iTunes library. But as in all things you tend to weigh the benefits of certain features against others and I find that on the whole the Droid is simply a better buddy than my iPhone. I feel like I am getting more for the money, and that the Android platform will continue to yield new fruit for me in the future.

I still love my iPhone, what we had was real. But love is love, and when you feel it, you have to move on.