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Originally Posted by mothergoose729

Really well. The iphone 4's display is really excellent, and hardware wise it is pretty much the same as any droid or nexus phone.
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The display is the only real bonus that the iPhone 4 has, and it's wasted on a 3.5" display (in my opinion, anyway). Nothing else it has isn't surpassed by other phones except for perhaps battery life. So, no, it's not the same.
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Apple is in an interesting position with their phones where they are a hardware vendor, that makes almost no money of the hardware. A testimate to the app store really. And lucrative contracts with AT&T and (soon) verizon.
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Wow, are you ever missing the big picture. How much does an iPhone 4 cost without a contract?
$599. Last time I checked, that was a bit higher than $199. In other words, AT&T and Apple are basically swindling the customer under the guise that they are getting a bargain on the iPhone 4 by getting a contract, when in actuality Apple is still making money on the sale of the phone. This is why I wanted a cost analysis of other phones to see if they are being overpriced similarly. If they are, then Apple isn't the lone evil doer.
Edit: For the record, I'd be very surprised if Motorola isn't benefiting from a similar pricing arrangement on the Droid or Droid X, for example. We can chastise Apple for this, but not without also making sure other phone makers aren't doing the same (or we chastise them all).