They are, but the Apple products just work, they give you zero headaches. That is why I bought a 'simple' iPhone 4 of 16GB when the iPhone 5 was already around... All I do in my phone is listen to music, text, take ocasional phoos, surf the web now and then and play the Angry Birds and Infinity Blades of life. And because of that, iPhone seemed the best option for me. All that I do doesnt require much, I pretty much use 30% of what it has to offer, so I am very pleased with it. My father and some of my friends all have Galaxy phones and, Geeez, the S4 is a fucking beast. I would love to have a phone like that, but I just know I wont take advantadge of what it has to offer and things will only get more complicated to organize and get to know my wat around Android. So it is not worth to spend crazy amounts of money in something that wont improve my life. Now, the iPad is a whole other issue. It trully is a maical device, I am completely in love. I thought I would never need a tablet, but my iPad is utterly useful and I use it everyday (especially at USP). It makes everything more personal and easy and I dont have to carry my 15 inch bulky laptop up and down the campus...