Smartphone wars - iphone4 vs Blackberry, etc

Not sure if this has already been thoroughly discussed on here, but let's have some insight from users.

I'm sure some of you followed the media drama weeks ago, when Consumer Reports announced it wouldn't recommend
the iphone4, owing to its phone reception problems. And how the hype behind it continued for days, and forced
Steve Jobs to make a public statement that Friday, offering free cases to all iphone4 users.

On the morning of the Consumer Reports' announcement, the cable news channels were all abuzz about it, some even editorializing, "If you're gonna spend that much money on a phone, and then having to make it work by using duct tape or plastic, that's pretty sad."

My techie friends are die-hard Apple lovers, and they felt this was really a media circus, fueled by the anti-Apple brigade,
and that nothing beats the iphone4. I just feel in the marketplace of options, there ARE comparable alternatives to the iphone4.

What do you all think?

I'm a Blackberry user too, and I don't want to upgrade it just yet. Even if I do, I really don't feel like jumping on the iphone4 bandwagon.

i recently switch to sprint i have a blackberry 8530 and i love it when i had tmobile i had the pearl storm 1 2 and bold 9700 and i love all of them but tmobile is trash so i switch.


i really dont know whats a big deal with the iphone to me its just an ipod that can call people.

i love my blackberry for its battery life bbm email system and reliability.

@Lovelyscorp = 😉 Glad you're also a blackberry fan, it's so text-msg friendly. They don't call it the 'crackberry' for nothin 🙂

Still, some of the iphone4's apps and functions are simply mindblowing. But who needs all that stuff? Not me.