To buy or not to buy the iphone 4

hey guys, i kno im new here but thought id share my thoughts.
ive neva had an phone before, used to have a nokia n96 and decided to buy the iphone 3gs back in feb this yr from the apple store which cost me £450. i gotta say its an awesome phone ( have the ipod touch 3rd gen as well ) and when hearing bout the iphone 4 i thought i had waisted my money on the 3gs, so i waited until iphone 4 launch and then all the complaints startd pouring in. i gotta say i really do like the deign sum wat and the screen is amazing but with all these problems with the phone i think im gonna wait for iphone 5, plus o2 wanna charge me £260 to upgrade early which is a rip off if u ever saw one. so i feel bad for all of u that have paid for a unusable phone and those of u that also sold ur previous phones. if iphone 5 is no better than the iphone 4 then its back to a nokia again. but my iphone 3gs is still the best phone ive ever had the pleasure of using ever.

IF you can wait I would honestly say wait till they fix the problems...other wise the iphone 4 is a hit or miss. Some people have problems and some don't.

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