It seems apple hatred is trendier than apple fanboyism now. And more irrational.
Why would you choose a patently inferior product, with 20 or so apps designed for it (vs 70,000), for similar -some cases more- money… Just because you don’t like the company’s CEO?
The iPhone certainly has some decent competition – the iPad does not.
And as for consumption only, the next gorillaz album has been CREATED entirely on the iPad.