Clearly, this is an Android OS-oriented message board, so let's for a moment put aside the obvious anti-iOS bias that exists (and the anti-Apple bias that also exists) and just look at this situation objectively.
Apple has poured literally hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of man-hours into iOS. It is extremely well-tested and, in many ways, is well-designed. There have been a lot of "little things" that Apple has put into iOS just the same as they have into Mac OS X, or Classic Mac OS, etc. and so forth. And, in many ways, these are good things that other technology developers classically have never bothered with. Fit-and-finish, ease of use, and intuitiveness have always been the watch-words of Apple, going back to the Macintosh 128, and despite what I or anyone else here may think of Apple, especially at present, this focus on design cannot be honestly denied.
In my view lo these past 27 years I've been in the world of technology, it is my impression that Apple has proven the importance of good design and has served as an inspiration for other companies which write software or sell hardware. Most of the tech industry is and has always been staffed and run by people who are tech heads and coders and engineers first and foremost, and often lack the more artistic bent or even the human social skills and other soft skills required to make a product friendly. This sort of attitude is borne out by the long-time attitude about Linux, that it is "by geeks, for geeks".
The reason I say all of this is to give a bit of background here. I think -- and indeed I have always thought -- that Android OS has been more geek-oriented than iOS, and that has shown, either positively or negatively, since the beginning. And if you are going to judge the suitability of either iOS or Android based on various aspects of its interface and refinements, then you will naturally find your opinions shaped by that; and I'd like to be the first (perhaps the only?) AndroidCentral member to say your views are not necessarily invalidated by that.
Android 4.1/4.2 has brought with it a lot of refinements; however, it does not have exactly what you are asking for. That doesn't mean there aren't other things which will make access to those features easy and quick, but they aren't the same as what you're used to. Only time will tell if you'll find it equally decent. Another possibility is third-party software to accomplish some of this for you, which of course (whether such software, widgets, etc. actually exists or not) is a strength, not so much of Android itself, but of the Android ecosystem. Because, unlike Apple, Google doesn't mind letting people do whatever they want with their own devices.
And that's also a downside to iOS, to be fair. Apple tries to pick what they think is the cleanest, most Zen-minimalist approach to the interface, but the trade-off is that Apple takes the our-way-or-the-highway attitude when it comes to the interface. This sort of straightjacketing of users has driven many people away from them as a company as well as their products. It's a philosophical objection, of course, but that doesn't invalidate it, either.