I finally did it, I cracked and bought an iPhone. I was able to get a pretty good deal at Orange and that let me finally dump Cellcom. I went into Orange to buy the phone and, told the nice young lady what I was looking for and the deadpanned the question, "how will I get screwed this time?" and she promised me that I would not. Well I found out afterwards from a friend who works in Orange that I did manage to get screwed! They switched iPhones on me and gave me the 16gb instead of the 32gb which comes with the deal.
So here is the deal they gave me -
1000 minutes
1000 sms
Free GPS (which I use)
Free TV (which is pretty cool, I can watch CNN any where)
2 gb data (not so great, but I have 5gb on Blackberry that I can use as well making for a combined 7gb for a month of mobile data - more than enough)
All this for 250 Shek a month, a free phone, 3 years of payments on the phone - Not bad I think. Just make sure they give you the 32gb phone!
My impressions (complaints) after having the iPhone for a month
1. Battery life sucks - I am constantly turning off 3g, wifi, and Bluetooth to extend the battery life, I want a phone that just works and doesn't require me to fiddle with the settings all day long! Would love a 3g/wifi toggle on the home screen, but alas Mr. Jobs has thought it wasn't needed.
2. Touch screen typing sucks! I don't care what they say, I will never get proficient at it. I need the tactile feel of a real keypad.
3. Auto correct sucks and I can't seem to figure it out so I just shut it off, and once you shut off auto correct then by default spell check shuts off as well, so that's no good. Luckily I am a gud speler.
It is not a business machine, it is a toy, there is definitely things that I love about it and I like knowing that in 3 years it will not be obsolete like certain Android devices. I feel that the Blackberry and iPhone together make for the perfect combination, but I would still love to have it all in one perfect phone instead of having to carry around both like I do now.
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