I agree with this, and it's usually some young person at the phone store who pushes the newest Samsung, talking about the superior computer power etc. I'm sure they're right at some level, but most people just want simplicity.
That said, I would like to know what others have experienced regarding the quality of the iPhone as a phone. My experience is that very, very frequently when I'm speaking with someone who is on an iPhone, the quality of the voice is horrible, and totally dependent upon whether or not they are speaking exactly into the microphone. There seems to be a ‘sweet spot’ for the internal microphone, and if you aren't in the that sweet spot the voices are actually garbled.
Miz Kris has an Iphone6 or some such. It's a great phone that does pretty much everything she wants and she's used to it's operation. She has no issues with it outside of me pickin on her about "The Mothership". d;^)
Bottom line:
They're good products and usually one or the other will fit you.
No one is superior, or inferior, for buying a phone.
That's just Apple's successful marketing ploy to an insecure audience. Kinda like guys being attacked by lusty models if they drive this truck or drink that beer. Ya know?
But some fanboys just can't quite grasp that concept.
'Could be a sign of "other issues". d;^)