It's not the phone it's the plans that scare people. people hate on the iPhone because it's lockdown. But who really cares if it makes the phone stable.
I know too well about this. For the last 3 years I was using a hacked iPhone on T-Mobile. I finally switched to AT&T the legit way because my job gives me a 25% discount off my bill.
My shit was jailbroken/unlocked but having to update every few months and fuck around with the jailbreak was a pain. And after a while I stopped giving a fuck about the plethora of apps that was available.
The buttons that I use on my phone in order everyday are: email, safari, ebay, text, weather, youtube
I have around 5 pages of apps I've used only like 2-3 times.