[hinting]

How does this stuff get to the top of list? It's 700+ words that ignores basically anything shown today by Apple and instead says only "AT&T sucks!"

More generally, flamebait articles that paint this as the great Android vs Apple war are maddening. They are pieces of software, not wrestlers. One does not have to fail for the other to succeed.

[tomerico]

People may have strong feelings on the subject (iPhone vs Android). This may lead to upvoting based on title instead of content.

When this happens, I usually flag the article.

[louismg]

This happens on practically all social networks. Had I been told in advance that it would be submitted for a Hacker News crowd, I would have made some changes. :)

[louismg]

No idea how it got to the top of the list.

As I said elsewhere, I've talked a lot about Android and iPhone lately already, so I didn't think I needed to recap that here. Sorry if it seemed shallow.

Quick summary echoed elsewhere: What I saw today was iPhone achieving parity with some of Android's features. What I also see is Android having more handsets, more manufacturers and carriers, and eventually more users.

[hinting]

What I saw today was iPhone achieving parity with some of Android's features.

Assuming you're the author of the article, you're clearly not paying attention. Show me the android phone that has a 326 dpi screen, a 9mm case, an outrageously good battery life, or the attention to detail that a design-driven company like Apple puts into its products. If you're not willing to admit these things, you're not having an honest discussion.

(And this doesn't even get to the annoying Android v Apple deathmatch fallacy)

[louismg]

I am the author and paying attention. I don't intend to quibble over the specs. The ones you mention are 100% correct. This is an honest discussion.

Trying to pick a winner on specs in a battle that is not zero-sum is a fool's errand, so I won't waste your time or mine with that. I am simply glad we can talk about Android or iPhone instead of Microsoft or Symbian. :)

[pyre]

> the attention to detail that a design-driven company like Apple puts into its products

Please don't add in something that is so subjective into the discussion. You list off some solid items, and then dive into the kind of statement that causes flamewars.

By that statement, I feel like you are projecting the idea that you feel that no product that doesn't come off of an Apple assembly line will ever be a product worth spending time on.

[dagw]

Where are you getting "outrageously good battery life" from. The number I've seen from Apple is 40% improvement. 40% better than barely usable is hardly "outrageously good".