i could care less about quad core. all i want is a nice consumer friendly phone for me to browse the internet, FaceTime, iMessage, and have fun with. apple does the best job with customer appreciation imo.
You obviously haven't tried ICS or jellybean. You obviously won't get Apple apps on android phones, you just get better, quicker, more advanced technology and the best developers in the world making useful apps for people who actually want a smartphone for productivity and speed, not just gimmicky shit that's 10 times better in android anyway. If you still like apple over android, you simply haven't tried anything after android 2.3 and figured its still the same. Go play with a nexus for a few hours and you won't care about Imessage
My phone is STILL more advanced than the iPhone 5 and I've had it for a year. Its at least 2 times faster than every iphone I've compared it to, still glitches less and still has more features. Apple is slackin because they focus on making their phones simple enough for the average monkey to use.
Oh, and when you drop an iPhone, it cracks every time... when you drop an android phone usually the battery just pops out.
Plus, Apple is a grimey ass company who hates competition and tries to slow everyone elses progression so shit like this looks revolutionary when it isn't.
Edit: the I touches are really cool though, no ones been paying attention to the mp4 market so apple may as well just take it.