Yes some do throw it away I am sure of it. I upgrade every year to a new phone and I know what happens to those phones after a couple years.  They end up in a drawer or in the garbage.  Sure not everyone does it the same way but it happens.   

I would say the install base is probably closer to 140-150M

I paid $125 for it so I can't complain. However I still have ~ 1 1/2 years left on my contract but I made sure I did my research first before buying. The phone is very high in the graphics department (One of the best overall) and the homebrew scene just seriously kicks ass. The custom ROMs the community pushes out far surpasses the buggy garbage Samsung gives me along with its bullshit AT&T bloatware.

It is a wonderful thing since the bloatware only slows your device down.

Think of PCs if you couldn't do a fresh Windows install without all the garbage that comes with the PC from the retailer.

And to think that people say bad things about the homebrew scene.

Let me say that you're right on there: I phrased it wrong, saying what's a real gaming experience and what's not is subjective, for me playing with only you finger already means not having a real experience, but I can understand that some could find it entertaining.

Well, I never said everything on Nintendo platforms is a real gaming experience, neither all Nintendo's titles (Wii Play is something indie-like). I can't replay back since your point of view differs from mine, all I can say is that out of 350k apps I don't think there are 5k good ones. And this makes me saying that the, as I called it, "real gaming" (AAA titles I could say to express what I meant) is and will remain on consoles.

No, I don't own a smartphone, but if we only could speak of what we have or know perfectly wouldn't it be a sad world?

187 million units all with "apple pricing". No wonder they are posting billions in profit when they are selling iphones 100 more than HTC desire which has an bigger screen and better camera and widgets.