Name calling... yeah, this is when I leave the conversation.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Your second sentence is not a sentence. Who said anything about online classes?

Yes, because New Zealand is in the USA...

Ha, and you need to stop acting like you have no idea your comment was a passive aggressive insult. "You guys" are such trolls.

You've talked about width but have completely disregarded height for some reason. Have you forgotten about the notification shade?

Have you ever used an iPhone browser before? It in fact demands LESS zooming and panning than my gigantic Galaxy Nexus, even in landscape mode. iPhone Safari automatically detects the body text of a webpage (and very accurately, too) and enlarges the font so it is easily readable without zooming in and distorting the…

The thumb thing was only ridiculed because a) it criticized Android and b) it was posted by Jesus Diaz. Neither of which are valid reasons. But who needs reasons when you have Android, right?

Are you aware that virtually every Android smartphone now has a 4.3" or larger display? That's quite a big difference from 3.7". The argument about one-handed use has always been about >4.3" displays, so way to introduce an irrelevant anecdote.

While Steve Jobs may have liked a 3.5" display, you seem to be ignoring history. In 2007, what phone had a larger display than the iPhone? In fact, I seem to recall early Apple haters criticizing the iPhone (and its display) for being too big.

Wow, there's a LOT of hateful passion in the comments below. FYI, it makes you look as stupid as the people quoted in the article.

The iPhone is not difficult to type on even in portrait mode. It's not as easy as my Galaxy Nexus for obvious reasons, but it's surprisingly close.

Ads were extremely racist 60+ years ago. But hey, it was effective (or perceived as effective) for their white market!

I'm not sure I see that she feels superior for owning Apple products. It seems more like you feel superior for NOT owning Apple products. (Which is a very common attitude among tech commenters, so you're not alone, at least. You have the company of Engadget readers.)

No, my point is that this type of advertising is only effective as long as our culture and society allows it to be. When people widely defend it as being effective, they are validating and perpetuating its effectiveness. It has nothing to do with the fact that (most) men are attracted to women. By that logic, we…

I never said you we're condescending toward me. You were, however, being extremely condescending to your friend's girlfriend for failing to understand basic tech concepts. You seem to have deep contempt for anyone who isn't knowledgeable about tech.

Lots of people in the comments are defending this by saying that "sex sells" and that booth babes are effective. Um, you guys do realize that that's the problem, right?

Perhaps you just shouldn't be a condescending douchebag to your friend's girlfriend for inadvertently insulting your beloved Android?

Yeah, my mentality with Android vs. iPhone is that Android is a hobby while iPhone is a utility. I've enjoyed playing around endlessly with various ROMs on every Android phone I've owned (HTC Magic, Galaxy Nexus) but used my iPhone "stock."

Having extensively used both iOS and Android (currently on a Galaxy Nexus after using an iPhone 4 for over a year), it seems to me that while Android has a lot of cool features and potential, at the end of the day, the iPhone is simply straightforward and reliable, and for people who rely on their phones for important…

You have such a naively narrow worldview.