Is it just me or is this comparison like saying MacBook versus Windows. Huh? One is a hardware product and the an operating system.

@englishman: There are several of last year's Android phones that are on two for one sale. Or you could also get an iPhone on eBay for $200 or so.

@Jnbruton: But if you start to include things that you have to pay for extra that does not come with the phone, then don't you have to include applications that allow iPhone to tether and so on? For example, if you only get a 4GB SD Card on your Android phone, but you get a 32GB iPhone does that mean Android can't do…

@fury161: My 8 year old daughter borrows my Nexus One all the time. I have not done much to teach her any of it and she's figured out how to navigate around, download, and play games from the Market Place. This is like saying Mac is easier than Windows, but that does not mean a newbie cannot figure out how to use…

@kratos76: No prob. Oh and I forgot to mention that during All Things Digital 2010, Jobs squarely pointed the finger at the AT&T network for call quality problems.

I voted Android. I vote for openness. I think it will win from a market share standpoint in the long run. I don't think Android will ever get there in the level of polish, but it does not matter. It just has to be good enough.

AT&T needs to lock-in customers now because: