I own an iphone and couldn't be happier. It's fast about 85% of the time, and the other 15%, i'm usually in places where less coverage would be expected. The android is still fairly new, which means it will probably have glitches in the system.
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=82C...EC68BC72CFC4D6
You can find a comparison there.
As for verizon getting the iphone, it's pure speculation. At&t's exclusive iphone contract ends early to mid next year. Then whoever wants to add the iphone to their items can probably pick that up.
Hope this helped.
Zeke