Poor Apple ...
All they managed to do is anger the American consumer. We won't and can't be told what we can or can't purchase. If anything they spiked interest and create demand for a possibly "BANNED" device.
I've been ready for an upgrade for a while and for a moment I considered waiting for the tenative iPhone 5 as the net has it rumored to have a 4" or larger screen and a LTE antenna but this has truly pushed me to take a hard look at the HTC EVO 4G LTE....
I like your style my friend
Good for you man. I traded my iPhone for a Galaxy nexus. Never looked back. Even when the iPhone 5 comes out along with the bigger screen LTE and various other typical gimmicky Apple features its still going to plauged by iOS.
The real fact is that the vast majority of consumers have no idea Apple has anything to do with it. All they know is that Sprint isn't shipping the phone they've ordered and possibly that it's due to US Customs.