I think that choices of phones/platforms are all a matter of personal taste and need. I liked my BlackBerry devices when I had them, but I was mainly using them for communication (emails, texts). Syncing my calendar, contacts, tasks, etc. was a royal pain as we did not have a BES server. If we had one of those, it would have been near perfect at the time. But my needs changed. I use my device not only for communication (and really, less so these days), but I want to watch movies, listen to music that I purchased through iTunes, browse the web, etc. At the time I switched, BB wasn't really good at those. It may be better now; I don't know. But I'm pretty well invested in the Apple ecosystem, so the iPhone makes sense for me. For those people who are invested in Google services (gmail, Google Docs, etc.), an Android might make more sense. BB remains an excellent device for communication. The physical keyboards are second to none. My needs changed, and so my device choice changed. Everyone is different, and everyone will have their own choice as to what they think works best for them.