8GB iPod Touch or 8GB iPhone - Both £150

[Psycho]

I'm not sure what to do! :thinking:

I'm going to the US in July and was thinking of getting a 8GB iPod Touch, which would work out at about £150. But now with the £100 off the 8GB iPhone I'm not sure what to do.

My current o2 contract for £18.99 per month finished but is still running and I've been thinking of ringing up to try and get a free new phone (I've got a Sony Ericsson K750i that just about works).

So is it worth me getting the iPhone and making it work with my £18.99 SIM? Or should I just get the iPod Touch and try to get a more basic free phone from o2?

A friend of mine, who hates Apple, was saying that I shouldn't get the iPhone and to just stick with the iPod Touch. I don’t' really understand why. He said that the iPhone doesn't do a lot of things - you can't forward texts or emails, you can't copy and past, the camera is rubbish, it hasn't got 3G (what ever that is?).

The thing is that I can't really do any of that with my current phone!

So what should I do?

Psycho :nuts:

[mjb1975]

I've got a Touch (16gb) and, tbh, if the 16gb iPhone came down in price as well, it's a bit of a no-brainer for me - it'd be the phone all the way as it'll give me everything the Touch gives me, plus combining my mobile in there too.

I'm not personally bothered about some of the advanced features of the phone. As long as it can call people and SMS, that's all I need it to do.

However, I'm happy to wait for the rumoured 3G version (which makes web surfing faster/easier/cheaper) over the current GPRS/EDGE systems on the current iPhone.

[Psycho]

I've got a Touch (16gb) and, tbh, if the 16gb iPhone came down in price as well, it's a bit of a no-brainer for me - it'd be the phone all the way as it'll give me everything the Touch gives me, plus combining my mobile in there too.

I'm not personally bothered about some of the advanced features of the phone. As long as it can call people and SMS, that's all I need it to do.

However, I'm happy to wait for the rumoured 3G version (which makes web surfing faster/easier/cheaper) over the current GPRS/EDGE systems on the current iPhone.

I'm think it's a bit of a no-brainer as well but it was just after hearing my friends comments that I thought I'd ask. He also works for a mobile games company.

I currently just use my phone for texts and some calls... mainly texts though. So I'm not to bothered about internet access and I'm looking at buying a new Casio camera, so I'll use that for photos.

I'm a bit worrid about the internet access on the iPhone though. Is it always connected or can you turn it off? My current contract doesn't include free internet minutes. So it will cost me a lot if it is always on.

Psycho :nuts:

[raymondlin]

£20 more and you get a phone? get the iphone !

I have a 16G itouch and 8G iphone now and the iphone is a better device, granted i haven't jailbreak the itouch so my iphone can a hell lot more than my itouch but for some reason the screen on the iphone is better to "touch" and it just feel that bit more worthwhile with it being a phone and an ipod.

[Art Vanderlay]

I'm a bit worrid about the internet access on the iPhone though. Is it always connected or can you turn it off? My current contract doesn't include free internet minutes. So it will cost me a lot if it is always on.

You can turn the GPRS/Edge access off (or just change the connection password to something wrong)

I would say it is a no brainer if they are roughly the same price. The only thing against the iPhone is it slightly thicker, otherwise it has all the same functionality as the Touch plus the phone stuff too. Even if you decide not to use the phone functions and keep your old phone, it is only the extra thickness that would worry you (and an error message for 'no sim' every time you turn it on)

Well chuffed with mine I picked up for £169 this week :)

[Matholwch]

I'd just add - its a little bit larger than phones are today, so if you (as I do) take your mobile out on the lash with you, then would you be happy carrying something as large with you?

I've got the iTouch 16gb, and I've been very tempted to get the iPhone, but didn't like the idea that it would replace my smaller phone, and how much damage I might do to it if I had it out with me on a night out on the town...

[Psycho]

I'd just add - its a little bit larger than phones are today, so if you (as I do) take your mobile out on the lash with you, then would you be happy carrying something as large with you?

I've got the iTouch 16gb, and I've been very tempted to get the iPhone, but didn't like the idea that it would replace my smaller phone, and how much damage I might do to it if I had it out with me on a night out on the town...

Thanks for the replies guys! :thumbs:

Good point. I could always swap back to my Sony for heavy nights out and then back to the iPhone for week days.

I'll have a think about it. I've got until the end of May - but I think I'm going to go with the iPhone! :thumbs:

Psycho :nuts: