In addition to being a phone junkie I am also a Subaru enthusiast. This thread reminds me of the many Sti vs Evo threads on NASIOC.
It has over 100k members world wide so imagine how many pages those things run LOL ! It always comes down to personal needs and preferences. I rail against apple for it's tricky marketing and less bang for your buck every chance I get. I mean they painted an mp3 player white and gave it a name with the word "pod" in it and the world thought it was something new. It cannot be denied the iPhone is a well built device. The stainless steel with aluminum/silicate glass and lithium polymer battery is pretty good stuff. The massive amount of after market docks, mounts, and so on cannot be ignored either. Anyone that is using LTE as the main disadvantage for the iPhone had better check the vz coverage map. LTE is really only for city folk for the time being.
Apple has taken advantage of the fact that the average person does not want to fiddle with drivers to connect to their pc, forced closes and freezes nor deal with just about any type of learning curve. My wife's fascinate is a total pita to mount to a pc. This makes pic loading and syncing with rhapsody something I have to do for her. So, if you can't use LTE and want the device to be easy for a non technical person to use why not get them an Iphone ? See, even a devoted ipod hater like myself can see a benefit of getting my wife an iPhone...
I for one love my droid xdancedroid. I also like the fact that by this time next month I will not have to deal with. Honey.... my music won't play.