There were phones before the iPhone that had better feature lists and superior technical specs. They weren't better phones -- they were utter crap, in fact --

There were phones before the iPhone that had better feature lists and superior technical specs. They weren't better phones -- they were utter crap, in fact -- so don't expect that kind of comparison to be persuasive. Listing every technical spec and looking in every nook and cranny is just a distraction that shows that the reviewer doesn't understand what makes a phone good or bad. For instance, to expand on my example of the web browser, consider the amount of space he gives to the calculator and alarm clock (combined 9 lines of text and 5 screenshots) vs. the web browser (15 lines of text and 6 screenshots.) That's just poor allocation of time and attention.