As much as some chafe against the "Jobsian" world of Apple products, Steve makes many choices for you and most of those choices are right for most people most o

As much as some chafe against the "Jobsian" world of Apple products, Steve makes many choices for you and most of those choices are right for most people most of the time. That's about the best you can do. Couldn't disagree more. I like keyboards on my smartphones, and GPUs fall low on the scale of needs: I use it mostly for productive or professional use. For a lot of smartphone buyers, Rage graphics just don't matter. I would go so far as to say as people buying an iPhone are buying an iPhone; people buying an Android phone are buying a phone (or, in some cases, they're not buying an iPhone). People buying an Android are buying a Smartphone. No they aren't buying a brand or some sort of ridiculous personal identity. As a smartphone the Android devices are a bang up option. My personal belief is that Android handset manufacturers are participating in seppuku. You mean the makers who have seen the platform's sales increase 1200%+ since January? I would say the metrics would say that you are completely off the mark.