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The statement I made was the truth, just because YOU only want to pay $100 for an item doesn't mean that is what the item is worth. It means you are a CHEAPSKATE!!!

No, you dimwit! It means I'm smart, and I don't see any value in having to pay many times as much for a device which doesn't offer anything more than my "cheap" device.

With an iPhone I can sync all my contacts, music, emails, pictures, notes, movies, and maps, with my iPod, iPad, and my Mac. Do you even know that, those features are very recent for Apple devices? Fact is that, Apple had been selling their devices at very high prices before they improved on their OS platform. The devices being sold are still, basically, not that much better than the competition's, so, my comments about how stupid it is to pay premium prices for iPhones, are still very true.

Furthermore, the syncing part of the various devices for Apple, is something that Microsoft had been working on before Apple even got into the game. Syncing devices isn't something for which people should have to pay 2 ro 3 or 5 times as much for a device; eventually, all OSes will have that feature, but, people like you will still be paying a lot more for basically the same.

BTW, I don't use Samsung phones, and it's my wife who has an LG G2 with Android. My preference is WP, which is a superior platform to iOS or Android.

And, who in their right minds would watch a movie on a tiny screen device? Eye doctors appreciate the business from people who do that kind of thing. If anything, movies should be watched on tablets or PCs, and preferably, on the bigger screens of TVs. If a person has to depend on wi-fi for movie watching, then, very likely, there is a big screen TV nearby, like in a home. ;)

Microsoft did lose money on the Xbox for the first few years, and that's a well-known fact. However, they persisted and they now have a fantastic gaming system, second to none. The idea was to continue selling as many as they could, building up a user base, and a loyal base, and a system which people who identify as their primary gaming system. But, XBox is not "just" a gaming system, and it can serve as a media center, and many other function, including even being used as a PC.

Your analogy using the Cadillac vs a Chevy is very flawed. Cars are, indeed, products that people might want luxury inside and out, asides from better specification. But, with smartphones, the technology inside is basically the same, no matter the make. The slight tweaks that Apple makes to the processors in order to claim differentiation, are not big enough or important enough to insist on premium prices. It's like GM loading up a Chevy engine with 10 cylinders and then installing it into a Cadillac. Completely unnecessary, and overkill for the functions of a Cadillac. Same with iPhones, where the tiny improvements in the iPhones are completely unnecessary and unwarranted for what people will do with them. Fact is that, most of the capabilities of iPhones go unused, but, people are being charged for them.

Samsung, the company that also makes washers and dryers, is also the company with the biggest market share in smartphones, and that share is much bigger than Apple's share. However, another thing you don't realize is that, Apple was and still is, using technology developed by Samsung, and is still using components from Samsung in their devices. So, my question to you is, if the iPHones contain the basic components of most other smartphones, why do you feel you get any kind of different quality from them? Perception is big, but, perception can also be a big liar.

Do you even know that, those features are very recent for Apple devices? Fact is that, Apple had been selling their devices at very high prices before they improved on their OS platform. The devices being sold are still, basically, not that much better than the competition's, so, my comments about how stupid it is to pay premium prices for iPhones, are still very true.

There writes a person who simply does not know tech history. . . or makes it up as he goes along to bolster his arguments.

As for cost? You are apparently unaware you can get an Apple iPhone 6 for the same cost or lower as a top of the line Samsung, LG G3, or any top tier Android smartphone from the carriers. You can get an iPhone 5C for $99, or another model iPhone for FREE with a contract, just as you can your Android junk phones. It just depends on the model iphone you are willing to accept. An iPhone 6 is $199, as is the top tier Samsung Android Galaxy (it was actually selling on release for $249!), although right now at several retailers, you can get the iPhone 6 for under $130 with contract. An iPhone 5C is $99 with contract, and a 4s is $0 with contract, so your price argument is bogus. . . and all of those tie into the features that the Apple users are praising which you denigrate.

And you're wrong about which company has the largest share of smartphones. . . Apple consistently has the three top spots in the top five best selling smartphones. Samsung sells a lot of phones, but the vast majority, over two-thirds are dumb or feature phones, the cheap, bottom of the barrel, low price model phones, where Apple does not compete at all. In only one month in the last year did Samsung's full featured smartphones outsell Apple's. Android as a platform outsells Apple, but no single manufacturer of smartphones does.