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said by Selenia:

That is debatable. I always thought of the iphone crowd as more Apple fanbois than geeks. I think a geek would hate how much this phone is controlled and crippled by Apple/AT&T. I have even snuck around some of the crippling of one of my cheap J2ME phones(still there, but affects me less due to some external apps), even though it is somewhat expected in that case. Geeks like to be able to customize, optimize, and tinker. Apple fanbois, on the other hand, seem to like a pretty interface and full functioning computer out of the box. This is what the iphone seems marketed as, despite a failure to bring even some basic features. The reason it uses so much network resources are a combo of some "handy apps" and just the fact the iphone has some bad network practices for congested networks. The use is thought to be 4x a regular smartphone user. Not saying Apple fanbois are necessarily bad. I am just saying that the iphone is obviously marketed to their philosophy, not that of a true geek. I like my blackberry. I am thinking of something Android-based next. I do consider myself a true geek =)