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Seriously I just don't get it. I'm sure Verizon as an example has devices that are inline with the iPhone.

I don't think that statement holds much water. That is like saying that HP offers a laptop that is inline with a Macbook Pro. The specs may be the same, or even better, but the experience is not the same. Verizon does not have the iPhone. Android is not like iOS. If it were, people would not care which phone they had...but they do care.
 
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