Which is better 4Gb or 8Gb iPhone?

I bought the 4Gb iPhone and I am having second thoughts about it. I am thinking about exchanging it for the 8Gb. Any suggestions?
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If you can afford it buy the larger one. However, this really depends on what you want to carry on the phone. Certainly if you have more space, you can carry more things with you.
With iPods etc, I have always bought the lower capacity ones because my music collection exceeds even the largest capacity iPod. However, in the case of the iPhone, I'm carry more movies and pictures, and music. As a result of more integrated stuff, I'm using more space - only 200mb free.

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