yeah the iphones are a hefty investment but so far its lasted me way longer (2 years) than i got out of my samsung (about 6 months before i gave up) and my LG (about 3 months-pathetic). I've heard the Galaxy is a really good model. Only reason i went iphone is that I was doing tech support on it, so I havent had to struggle with the tech, and I really liked the camera specs. damned silly reason i know but :)