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My hubby surprised daughter (13) and I with I Phone's last April, so we have the oldest version. We love it. As another poster said...you must take good care of it because they won't insure it...therefore if you damage it....it is on your $$$
I was more concerned with daughter (13) since she has lost or damaged 3 pnones so far. She has done really well with the Iphone. She has a gel type case on it. I do not have a case on mine. It slips in my pocket easily as well as a front pocket on my purse.
Pros........Love internet access. I no longer take my laptop if I head out of town because I have this. MUCH easier.
I love the ease of use, screen, rarely dropped call, just everthing about it
During daughter's halloween party, her Ipod froze on the Bose speaker which was the music of the night. The Iphone is compatible with the Bose and she just docked her Iphone on it and it worked great.
It takes good pictures. There is some link similar to yahoo where you can point your location on your phone and people on your friend list can see where you are,,,,as in meet me at coffee shop, etc.
Cons.....it does not have the video feature we had with our razor phones and we kindof miss that.
Cons....you can't send/recieve pictures in text messages. The only way to send/receive pictures is via email.
You do have to "get the hang" of it because in the beginning I accidently called people by touching something. That is easy to adjust and you learn fast.
STEP FORWARD........hubby got the newest one out a couple of months ago. He LOVES it. His is faster, has more apps accessible via the phone, gps, and maybe a couple more features. Again...he loves it and would not trade it in.
As for daughter and me, we are on the same shared Attplan. There is extra costs involved with the Iphone of $20/month EACH. Add that with the regular service we have which also has $30 unlimited text, etc and my bill is around $175/month.
I believe the monthly chanrge for hubby's phone is more than $20 for internet access, etc. Those charges are required for the IPhones. His plan has a lot higher minute limit, texting and his bill is around $150/month (of course he is reimbursed due to his business)
OVERALL......we are all 3 very happy with our Iphones. If I were to change anything, I would get the newer one out now that is faster. LOVE IT