Thoughtful (as always) article from Marco Arment on the “iPhone versus Android fight”. In short, Marco’s muse is that it hasn’t been iPhone versus Android, but actually iPhone versus Verizon.
I know that in my circles all my friends — save one — with an Android phone have it because it was free or because they didn’t want to leave Verizon: “It’s not an iPhone,” they say, “but it’s still pretty cool. I mean, it’s got a touch screen and all.”