Well they aren't, that was the point of the article. Some people, such as yourself, are willing to pay the exact same monthly price but not the $100 difference

Well they aren't, that was the point of the article. Some people, such as yourself, are willing to pay the exact same monthly price but not the $100 difference for the iPhone 5. Now instead of buying a $99 Android or some other phone you are opting for a $99 iPhone 4S, which just happens to have been released ~18 months ago. Unless your point was that if there were no 4S you would have bought a 5, I can't see how this is disagreeing.