I think people give Apple too much credit for design and architecture of their hardware, particularly the components, which are very much shared or based off of existing products in other phones. From a hardware standpoint, the iPhone is not superior in any way. I don't believe they have a time machine, so they're dependent on the very same technology that everyone else has access to.

Sure, there are some underlying technologies that are proprietary to the A4/A5 chips, but I think people started buying into this lie when Apple stated that its A5X processor is 4x faster than the fastest chip on the market, which is a ridiculous claim considering Apple doesn't even manufacturer its own chips. It goes right back to Apple's superiority complex. Like Apple was the FIRST company to come up with the rectangular phone, or the ONLY company that was onto this whole smartphone thing. They're not the pioneers they think they are, they're just really popular among consumers. People have forgotten that there were smartphones before the iPhone, people have forgotten that there were MP3 players before the iPod. Apple can say they invented the automobile and people would believe them.