I haven't heard of any other phone that comes close to the "Retina"-display yet. Also, I don't see why you would like to replace your battery? If Android phones come with (crappy) batteries that needs to be replaced after some time, I understand why you would want it, but iPhone batteries seems to last the whole lifetime of a phone. My 3G (which I got when it was it was a completely new model) is still going very strong, battery-wise. Other than that, I must admit that it's less fun having an iPhone now that it feels like half of the people you see is using one. I might get a phone with Android (or MeeGo, perhaps?) next time, since they, as you say, do have some advantages. Anyone making the claim that an iPhone would be a bad phone, though, wouldn't know what they're talking about.
1. The iPhone is a good phone. I agree anybody who says it sucks is just exaggerating. That said, I don't feel it is massively superior.
2. Replacing the battery is more just a preferential thing. Whether you are dealing with the iPhone battery or anything else, depending on its use the life does decrease, though minimally if you are a responsible user. In addition, with Android phones, batteries are upgradeable for popular models in which if you feel that your battery just isn't holding enough charge, you can get one that is higher capacity. Other than that though the battery thing is negligible.
3. The Retina screen wins hands down if you are just talking about resolution, but if you are talking about energy efficiency or colors, I'd argue the AMOLED and Super AMOLED win.
I do like the iPhone, but I have a few complaints:
1. Only on AT&T for now, though I do know that it is in the works for other carriers.
2. No physical keyboard. It can't be the only good phone, if there is no variant of it with the keyboard.
3. Mobile Hotspot technology is only available if you jailbreak.
4. Antenna Issues - we've all heard about this one though, and yes the free covers do help solve the problem.
5. Camera isn't quite as good as it could easily have been, and several android handsets outshine it in this category.
6. Multitasking still isn't good enough.
7. Ambient noise cancellation isn't as good as the competing Android Phones. Especially falls flat compared to Droid X
And the #1 thing I hate about the iPhone which isn't Apple's fault.
Too many people act like it is ridiculously better than everything else. Enough of the elitism. Does that logic mean that anyone else who buys a different phone for a similar price is just stupid? The phone has its pros, and it certainly has its cons.
