If your internet illiterate mother calls you and needs you to look something up on the web pronto - you have to tell her, "hang up and call you back" because Verizon''s Iphone 5 won''t let you do those two things that "inferior" Android phones allow you to do because the latter have two separate antennas to do allow data and voice to work at the same time.  So much for Iphone being the luxury ne plus ultra classiest of all smartphones.  Just as Apple won''t give us removable memory or batteries, they didn''t give us two separate antennas for the Iphone 5.  I''m not sure if the older iphones have two antennas.FYI if this is a deal breaker for you.  How much is retina display really worth then?On the plus side, this phone at one year old is holding its own in new reviews of the Samsung Galaxy S4 with one article asking if you prefer Brains (Iphone) or Brawn (Samsung).The best thing about the Iphones is that despite the walled garden layout, its IOS updates are guaranteed regardless of your phone model so you will never be shut out because you own a two year old phone.  I have read numerous announcements about older model Android phones that won''t get the latest update because the manufacturer can''t be bothered to write the necessary modifications for a no longer topselling model.  Sucks right?the best thing about this phone compared to the androids is the apps, the feeling that you are in the loop when you read something in the media about smartphones as opposed to if you owned an Android or a Blackberry and you have to wonder gee I wonder if they make a version for my phone.  With an Iphone, you know the answer is of course.Memory cannot be expanded nor removed so if your phone dies, you lose the extra memory you may have paid for.If the only thing wrong with your phone is that you''ve blown out the battery.  You are SOL.  A dead battery means you don''t even get to keep the phone as an ipod for your car music.Things to bear in mind about whether to go with this year old phone:1080p resolution is going to be the minimum in the future (comparable to retina display) as  will a quad-core processor and everyone else is offering more powerful battery life.I really think that Apple should have dropped the price of this phone to $99 then the IOs and Apps advantage would have taken away the temptation to spend for the latest and greatest.Wireless charging is also going to be available on future models.