1. well i dont know why you would mix a list of comparisions and statements. thats poor english, especially from somebody accusing somebody of not reading. it is difficult to understand a wall of text with little puncution or spacing 2. I have had iPhones for years and so have a lot of my friends, and had no problems. Apart from broken screens, but that is always from somebody dropping the phone. 3. The reason you pay for most if apples developer platform is much more locked down, to ensure a quality of applications. has the downside of making some apps cost 50p. its a cost im willing to pay to have an appstore that is heavily vetted to ensure quality and stability of my apps. 4. So really you made the post with no conviction or facts at all? apart from your own dislike for apple products. I work in IT, as do other memebers on here (socks etc) and I know I and him have iPhones and other apple products. Apples technology is priced that way from the money they put into UI and the fact that stuff just works. Especially for me working in IT, its nice to have logical stuff that just works and in that respect Apple is great for the home market.