To counter what others are saying, switching to a samsung phone was a breeze and the camera is better. I don't have a gazillion iphone accessories so it helped. My take is: phones have peaked in their potential years ago, it's no longer 2012 and people can't keep rationalizing their purchases on technical superiority. Most people i meet who own iphones are heavily into the cult of the brand to the point where they 'll feel the need to comment about phones when they see you don't have one (for me phones are never a subject i'd bring up). My take is iphones are like LV bags: there is a lot of social signaling around phones and a lot of hyperbole over the superiority of apple to the point where it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. And unlike other signaling purhcases like cars, these are actually affordable. That's why , i think, phone sales are higher than their other products: cause you carry the phone everywhere. I like iphones; but i ve become accustomed to the freedom of androids now which i value more.