I honestly love the idea of smartphones and I love my smartphone (Samsung Galaxy SII), but I'm not one of those people constantly staring at either. I was in the same situation as you though, only I had a choice on which smartphone I got. My mom wanted to change her service plan, but it was so expensive that she might as well have a smartphone on the plan to make it worthwhile (3 regular phones = $95/month; 2 regular phones + 1 smartphone = $105/month), and so she took me along and told me to pick one out. Of course I completely avoided the iPhone, and I played with the others and liked the SII the best and forced mom to let me help pay for it (the phone with contract was ~$200).