> I just refuse to believe that the love affair is based on anything other than marketing. Sigh. Is it really so hard to believe some people prefer an iPhone b

> I just refuse to believe that the love affair is based on anything other than marketing. Sigh. Is it really so hard to believe some people prefer an iPhone because they genuinely prefer certain aspects of the device/platform? This isn't the 90's, were you could argue that the product sucked and many of the people using Macs were doing so out of some misguided emotional attachment to the company. The iPhone is a world wide phenomenon with far higher adoption than the Mac ever, or likely will ever, have. Do you seriously believe the millions of people around the world who opt for an iPhone are doing so because of the magic pixie dust in Apple's marketing?