Worth the Money?

September 16, 2012 6:22pm CST
To buy a new cell phone today (mid-contract) can be outrageously expensive. I have recently been having a lot of trouble with my BlackBerry, which I have had since November. This morning, my BlackBerry ran out of space and automatically deleted 3/4 of my new emails, my texts, apps and I do not know what else. I am really considering changing over to an iPhone, but since I only work part-time, saving the $500+ for a new iPhone is kind of a big deal. Is the iPhone really worth it? I am the type of person who has to be available by phone 24/7 and I obsessively check my emails. Communication is very important to me, and thus I must have a reliable phone. Sometimes my current phone forwards calls straight to voicemail without ringing. This is unacceptable. But is it better for me to get a more reasonably-priced phone now and wait the year left on my contract to get an iphone or do you think I would be better off getting saving and one as soon as possible?
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11 responses
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
16 Sep 12
If you think that you are missing a lot of important calls, emails and messages with your existing phone that it gets to a point of being disruptive with your business communication, then I think you can replace your phone now and be worry-free.
16 Sep 12
I completely understand your point. But do you think an iPhone or even an Android would be any more reliable?
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
17 Sep 12
Yes, I think so. iPhone and Android phones has advanced features that is very useful to business people. So, it must be the perfect phone for you.
17 Sep 12
God bless every one!. I really understand such issue. I have wasted a lot of time trying to get a better comunications, to keep contact to friend, family, bussiness and so. I just can suggest, you switch to android phones, go get some infos, see them, whatch some youtube videos, while you collect the money you will need, try to get familiar with the soft, and some models of phones. I thinks you will like them, and so will them. God bless all of us, as much a we can wish.
@qsccsq (32)
• China
22 Sep 12
phone is very important on nowadays, and i think if the phone satisfy your demand, that is no necessary to chang a new one, otherwise, changing a new one
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
18 Sep 12
Based on experience, I have used iPhone 3GS and now using iPhone 4s, it's very very efficient for me (contrary to the marketing schemes that claims it's nothing but a name). Like you, I need to be contacted 24/7, send emails on-the-go and need to save files etc. I think it's really efficient because I don't need to worry about my files because they have great apps (if you know how to find those) that are free that manages files without deleting them without your consent. I have never ran out of space and I wouldn't exchange my phone for anything else. I don't know about the new iPhone 5 though, I have no experience with it yet, and I'm not planning to buy one because my phone still works like a charm. But if you'd like you could go asking people bout their experiences with other brands but I find Apple's devices smoother on the learning curves (I don't need to know a lot in order for it to work for me). So just try, for me I think a good phone is worth the money if you're using it to accumulate money in the first place. But if it's just for cute's sake, any phone is not worth buying. Have a great mylot experience ahead!
@GemmaR (8517)
18 Sep 12
If you are having trouble with your phone, then your network provider should be able to fix it for you providing that you are under contract with them. As the phone is still technically their property, they have the responsibility of actually making sure that everything is in good working order for you. I wouldn't want to buy a new phone at this point in the contract and, even if I did want to buy the iPhone, there is no way that I would be getting the newest model when you can get the model one step back for free on contract.
@Strovek (868)
• Malaysia
17 Sep 12
One option is to get the older iPhone instead of the latest. Some of the mobile providers are offering iPhone 3s for free when you sign up for subscription. Alternatively, you can go for some of the low end Android phones or switch to another model of BlackBerry. However, sounds like the problem with running out of space has to be addressed no matter what phone you have. Have you tried reducing the number of days worth of mails to put on your phone? I do not know the volume of your email daily, I am sure there are many options to reduce the number of mail or size of the mails you get on your phone.
• Philippines
18 Sep 12
I am not really quite familiar about the phone application of the phones you're talking about. All I knew is black berry and iphone are good. To buy something it's really important to know the price and the quality. If you really need to buy a new gadgets this time then go for it, but if your phone this time is still useful then you may wait for the contract to finish and go for iphone. Honestly, since technology is upgrading, it's reliability is upgrading as well and sometimes sad to say that we can't really rely with this one for technology even how good it is; still has it's limitation.
@rog0322 (2829)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
17 Sep 12
Hi, Times like that, its time to trade that old Blackberry for the latest craze, the iPhone. Being new, it do comes with a prohibitive cost but the sale of that old unit may offset it by at least 25% the price of the new one.
• India
17 Sep 12
I say its definitely time that you change your phone. But i would rather suggest you go with Android.. That way you get a wide number of handsets to choose from and you would also save a lot as many of the Androids come around pretty cheap.. And then again Android is indeed reliable and you can get a great phone paying comparatively much less.!
• United States
17 Sep 12
If you think there is a solution of your problem through buying an iPhone then I think it would be the best option for you. Nevertheless I would like you to spend some time for given source; http://cellphones.about.com/od/buyersguides/qt/best_cell_phone.htm This will bring you to your desired cell phone by simply following the questions asked by. Hope this will help you.
• China
17 Sep 12
well, i have a cellphone and it is cheap,but the function of my phone is pretty good, i can surf the internet quickly ,sending or recieving emails and upload pictures so and ao on,i love andriod ,so, there is no need to buy an iphone it is too expensive, but i have to admit that, iphone has the most advanced technology. as for me , an ordinary cellphone is enough.
17 Sep 12
If you don't have that much money, I don't think it is worth it. Have a look around for other types of phone, there are cheaper ones that do most of the same things - even an older make of Blackberry.