iphone v touch

[yimpster]

last night my home was burgled whilst we slept. they broke in through the downstairs window and stole the keys to both my cars, laptop and ipod touch 2g. bye bye lexus...bye bye beetle

now i loved my little touch and used it every day. except it had a cracked screen and the ios 4 made the battery last about 90 minutes.

my htc hero has seen better days and is currently in an unusable state due to the touchscreen going funny. i liked the droid platform but loved the spit and polish of the touch.

been grumbling about carrying around 2 devices for a while and this situation is forcing me to decide.

i would love an iphone 4 but the cost and contract's turn me off.

the touch would mean me carrying around 2 devices again when i eventually repair the hero.

any ideas?? quite tempted to just go down to the apple store buy an iphone off the shelf and cut down my current sim to fit - to hell with the cost.

my current contract has about 5 months left, i could then go on a £10 ppm sim only deal for 12 months.

there are some question marks around the iphone 4 around the signal and battery...what can i expect in a typical day?

i am happy to charge it every night and i get good t mobile signal between where i live and work.

cheers
Yimpy

 

[yimpster]

as long the battery lasts a day with music, phone and trip to the gym i'll be ok.

my daughter tends to have a blast on the games too for 30 minutes a day.

i appreciate the droid os is more versatile - but i'm almost 35 and happy for a simple life

currently using a Sony Ericsson W810i and loving the fact it works instantly, battery life is awesome and it never freezes also could play footy with it all day and it would still work

 

[yimpster]

went to the apple store today in brent x. they had no stock and no way of reserving them don't fancy waiting for 3 weeks for an online order.

any alternatives ??

incidentally my 5 year old daughter got her hands on an ipad and i nearly ended up buying one on impulse. they look so much fun bit pricey for a 5th b'day pressie though...lol

is there any iphone 4 issues i should be aware of other than the aerial/signal shannanigan??

the apple guy told me to wait for a white one. Any reason why i would want a white one? seems like a nightmate colour and guaranteed to get you mugged if you use it on the street.

 

[yimpster]

not going to claim on the insurance. hardly worth it with a £250 excess and i'm in the IT business so can get my hands on an old laptop.

will end up paying an increased premium over the years - just not worth it for such a small claim.

trying to get through to the brent x store on the phone - been on hold for almost an hour. don't fancy doing that every day to check for stock