Fine, fine, the iPhone is decent and all that, but here’s a funny clip from “The Soup” that puts the lie to that whole “It’s so much cheaper!” hype. And if you’re not an iPhone owner and need even more reason to feel good about that, check out Wisebread’s rant against people who stand in line for gadgets.

[Full disclosure: I bought the N95 the day it came out in the U.S., so I’m not pretending to be immune to gadget lust. On the plus side, there were only, like, six customers in the Nokia store at the time.]

“Are some lives so empty that an iPhone 3G will fill the void?” [Wisebread] (Thanks to Chris!)

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