Casey's Tumblelog

My wife and I are currently Verizon Wireless users. We’re due to get a $100 credit on new phones at the end of January, thanks to Verizon’s “New Every Two” program.

Unfortunately, things haven’t changed much in that Verizon has (in my opinion) far and away the best network. However, they also have awful phones.

In the now-starting era of ubiquitous mobile computing, I have serious gadget lust/envy over the iPhone. I think it’d be nice, and extremely convenient, to have the ability to look up anything, map out any address, and send e-mail without having to have a computer nearby. While Google SMS sort of suffices for now, I’d like to do better.

So, I’m standing at a crossroads. Most of my friends, and my in-laws, use Verizon. Thus, it’s free to talk to them. My family, and a handful of friends, use AT&T. I genuinely like Verizon, but if I’m going to get a new phone, I’m going to want one like the iPhone. Either that, or just replace my current Razr with one that I’ve never accidentally placed under water. And while there is at least one decent iPhone-ish option, it’s still nowhere near as nice as an iPhone.

What’s the right answer? Drag the missus over to AT&T, which is admittedly an inferior network, just so the self-proclaimed king (me) can have his useless iPhone? Is it really worth all that for a toy?

Further, am I really lusting over just a toy, or is the iPhone really more than that?

Breaking up is so hard to do…