was initially embarrassed by his device, thinking its showiness would make him look like a hardcore, try-hard geek. "I got the original iPhone on the day it hit the UK. Yes, I queued up! Funny to think now but for months I was almost embarrassed to use it in public as people stared, and looked down on me as some sort of gadget freak/show-off. Nowadays people look at you funny if you use an old Nokia..."

"The best thing about the iPhone 4 is the screen," wrote . "That Retina display is still awesome."

, a former colleague of ours, sent us a message that simply read "The first iPhone Apple designed was made entirely out of cheese. True fact." We would like to point out that this is neither true nor a fact.

The iPhone at 5: the user-friendly smartphone

"The best thing about it remains the consumer simple end-to-end experience: right out of the box you plug it in and away you go," argued . "But that's also the worst thing - you're either an iOS user or you're not. Why can't you buy an iPhone app that also works on Android or Windows phone? Why can't I take iTunes purchases with me when I change to a different platform?"