I'd absolutely compare the two. You can buy a 32" tv for $199.99. An unlocked 64GB iPhone 4s is $849.00. My cable bill is $100/month, and my cell bill is $80/month. I'm a bit confused with your math.

I'm on T-Mo and it's an unlimited plan $60. I never get billed hideously extra.

Your monthly cost is you bill to access voice calling/texting/internet/tethering/etc. The Smartphone is the hardware you buy upfront to access it. You telling me you don't understand "high-end" and "budget" smartphones is like someone telling me they don't understand "high-end" and "budget" television sets if they…

anyone who sends a picture, video, audio message, or if they type more that 215 characters. A LOT of people.

I think I must be missing something. ICS created a three button interface that disappears when using video or some full screen apps. Awesome. Why is every phone I've seen, besides the Galaxy Nexus, NOT taking advantage of this? Why on the One series is it still a black bar that never goes away?

Perhaps you should have read the second half of that sentence before attacking the author. Snarky correction fail.

Right on, I get what you're saying. I don't see the SSD coming down to a reasonable price for a few years, but like you I'm really excited for it. For those of us working with video/audio/graphics/animation the ability to read/write that fast will be awesome.

I'd love to have your optimism on the hard drive front, but there's only so much that mass ordering can do to lower the price. Right now the cheapest 15" Macbook comes with a 500GB hard drive. If you want the solid state drive it's $1,200 extra. $1,200 extra. Non Apple 512 GB SSD's range from $700-$900 while 500GB…

I heard that too, and I really hope it's not true. Here's to hoping that rumors stay rumors.

Jesus, Diaz say it ain't so. Apple really needs to think about what "Pro" really means. I'm a recording engineer and producer, and they are f*&$%*#g with my world.

The fact that you made this article makes me feel you see it as a worthy topic because you and other contributors to gizmodo have commenters you really dislike. The comments that I'm reading seem to overwhelmingly say that the vast majority have not been annoyed by any one person so much that they want them banned. …

"making Han shot last" should have been "shoot last"

Apparently you neither read the comment I was replying to nor the entirety of my comment. While "improved" in my last sentence is definitely a typo it would be good for you to address it. Also, being that not everyone uses or enjoys the experience of Apple products using the word "right" is assumptive and…

You mean I'm not on Engadget?

I think it's more than possible, but the idea seems to be to create a robot that can make use of what we don't need. And what we definitely don't need is some damn robot stealing our delicious fruits, vegetables and meats and then telling us to bite its shiny metal ass.

What did Apple do first? They didn't do the smartphone first, they didn't do the touch screen first, they didn't do voice commands first, they didn't do the portable mp3 player first, they didn't do the pmp first, they didn't do the all-in-one computer first, they didn't do the tablet first, they haven't done anything…

I thought it was a Google+ screenshot too. It's a straight ripoff.

That's dirty laundry.

This is not a revolution. They have done the equivalent of egging a house and then putting some dirty laundry on the front yard. Reading this article is no different to me that Giz reporting a house was TP'd.

Let's play "Guess the Author!"