Thats complete nonsense

Your comment is flawed in so many ways, and you only listed 2.

The battery life OBLITERATES my EVO 4G battery life - by almost 50%. (The iPad battery life is astounding too.)

And overpriced? only if you're buying "off contract." And if you're buying off contract, you're probably not thinking it through all the way... think about this...

If you have Verizon they pro-rate your early cancellation fee (at least they used to... I don't know if it's changed in the last 2 years). If you don't want to spend 500 on an iPhone, and you plan on staying with Verizon for another 2 years - just cancel your current plan and sign up for a new plan with Verizon (unless you are grandfathered into a sweet package like my parents are - in which case, $500 is worth it to keep unlimited, no barrier data). The money you spend to terminate your contract will likely be less than the extra you'd spend over $200 to get the phone mid-contract.

Sorry - rambled a bit there.

It's not about whether or not WE think that it's cool - it's those lamers who try and convince you that they have the coolest phone in the world, and they never shut up about it, or they're always looking for an app that would solve the current problem (as opposed to say... having a conversation about it)...