No, the iPhone isn't boring
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No NFC (and some crap about Square letting you use wifi): NFC is for far more than just mobile payments. The ability to instantly swap and share content between devices is spectacular. The fact that NFC isn't "popular enough" and therefore the #2 mobile OS won't support it should be a sign the device is "boring". And personally, if I could use NFC to touch my phone to a Square terminal like I can with Google Wallet, I'd be a happy camper.
There are bigger screens: Quoting some guy who hasn't figured out how to hold a phone with a larger screen comfortably (which everyone with a bigger screen has) is just protecting your ego. My thumb can reach my entire screen, one handed, on my Galaxy SIII. We all were told that the 3.5" screen was the "perfect size for the human hand", and now that Apple has a bigger screen, it's also the perfect size? No, it's because iOS developers can't handle variable display sizes, so Apple has to do these things in baby steps.
iOS is stale: Yes, it really is stale. It looks like a juiced-up palm pilot. You can pretend all you want that "it's the most usable interface out there" - well, maybe because you've been trained to use it. There's nothing that could be better? Multi-tasking is as awesome as it could be? The Notification Center was perfect when they lifted it from Android, and couldn't be improved? Managing notification settings, app settings, having random apps that can't be removed or put into a folder - these things are ideal? (I have a much longer list of annoyances, but I'll spare you those). No, you're just trained. Best for you. Not best. There's a difference.
It’s just longer: It's also lighter and thinner. So was the iPhone 4S too heavy and fat, or would you have preferred they filled that space with a bit more battery, so "you can make it through the day" isn't a selling point? They quote the same battery life as the previous generation phone, despite new chips and radios. So I can only assume at some point they went "Being the fourth-thinnest smartphone currently for sale...that's way more critical than 8 extra hours of web browsing and apps. Good work team." Is that the choice you would have made? Most users?
Congratulations, the iPhone is boring and you are happy with that. You've decided you'd rather have predictable than amazing. Don't tell the rest of us we're wrong for wanting more.