The fact is there are certain basics that you need - notifications, quick controls, task manager, some level of customization etc. Every one of these features is something Apple has denied and laughed at Android in the past, and guess what, they've added them all (in some cases blatantly copied). Because they just make sense.
Apple aren't UI magicians who'll invent some radical new paradigm that suddenly makes everything better. In fact Apple has never been an innovator. What they're good at is taking existing technology/UI design and polishing and refining it, while removing things that might detract from the experience. They have very good UI designers but they never really come up with new features.
Apple aren't UI magicians who'll invent some radical new paradigm that suddenly makes everything better. In fact Apple has never been an innovator. What they're good at is taking existing technology/UI design and polishing and refining it, while removing things that might detract from the experience. They have very good UI designers but they never really come up with new features.