A few words of encouragement

Question

Ever since I heard about the iPhone back at the beginning of the year, I wanted one. When it was finally released on June 29, I didn't rush out to get one. I logged on here and started reading about everyone's experience (both good and bad).
For several weeks, I read about people's problems and issues. My main concern were reception at my house. I was already on AT&T and get a solid one bar inside my house, with the occasional dropped call. I was starting to get disillusioned hearing about activation problems, reception, it does this but won't do that, email, Safari, battery, audio problems. The list went on and on. I finally went to an AT&T store and played with one. Not bad, I thought. (The "experts" at the AT&T store are not quite the experts at the Apple store.)
Well, to make an already long story longer, I pulled the trigger and bought an iPhone (at an Apple store). I've had it 3 weeks now. And here is my recommendation: if you are hesitant to get one, don’t be. I have had none of the issues I read about on here (not that I won't tomorrow, knock on wood). Activation took all of 2 minutes (although I did lose my corporate discount on AT&T service...$9/month) Reception is at least equal to or better than what I had before (Nokia 6102). Solid one (and occasional two) bars. BUT...the iPhone seems to hold what little signal there is better. I have had no dropped calls at my house. Updates went smoothly with no issues. Battery life seems to have improved over time. No sound level problems, no dead pixels, no freezes or need to restore/reset; actually, no problems at all. It's worked exactly as advertised.
Is the iPhone perfect? No. But I honestly think Apple will improve the software over time. But if you've been reading these forums and are a little hesitant to get one, don't be. Just research all the features ahead of time to make sure it does what YOU need it to. For me, it does what I need: mostly phone, checking email and web sites a couple of times a day and occasional iPod use.
These forums are for airing problems and asking for help. We seldom hear about the hundreds of thousands of users who have had NO problems. (BTW, does anyone know how many of these things have been sold/activated?)
For me? Two thumbs up!
But as Dennis Miller used to say, "But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong."

Answer 1

I foolishly traded my absolutely-perfect iPhone for a Nokia N95 recently, because I thought I needed more features...and only a week later, I have another iPhone coming in the mail that I am trading my N95 for. I realized within a couple of days that I had made a mistake. I am not at all a "techie", and the feature-packed N95 intimidated me with complexity...where the iPhone excited me with it's effective simplicity.
The iPhone does what I need it to do. In fact, it does it better than most any mobile phone I have ever used...and I have had MANY high-end phones. Is it perfect...far from it. But, I believe that Apple will come along with updates very soon to cure some of the shortcomings like low earpiece volume, nonexistant speakerphone volume...and other niggling issues that plague most of us. And...I would be very suprised if they didn't come along soon and add some of the smartphone features some others have been clammoring for as well.
I am along for the ride. Meanwhile...I can't wait for my new iPhone to get here!!!