[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".