@Joonbug: It is, but this is all rampant speculation anyway.

@PotteryBarnClearanceSale: Exactly. Most people don't get that and just want to debate things like hardware specs on paper. The discussion just isn't that simple.

Having not read the comments on the original post, I was really surprised to see it had gotten heated enough to require a response such as this (and now have to go rubberneck at the wreck). Like it or not, I thought it was obvious that the iPhone was a success, and anyone who was as vocal as those competitors were…

@Bawb - The One, The Only, The Builder: There's a happy medium between bowing down and kissing feet and outright dismissing your competitor. When you speak as negatively as these guys did, you risk putting your foot in your mouth.

@PotteryBarnClearanceSale: "until Apple did it, it wasn't a standard on all phones like it is now."