Why You Should Forget the iPhone and Buy an ATT or Cingular 8525 Smartphone

Apple's iPhone is released and actually manages to push Paris Hilton's overrated beauty off the screens of televisions across the country. (For a few hours, anyway.) Everybody is hyped for the iPhone and wants it and I suppose it does look a little cool, what with all the moving stuff around on the screen. Of course, I can't help but wonder what effect all those oils and other substances that routinely make it onto the average person's digital epidermis will have on the efficacy of that touchscreen. I know the touch pad on my laptop has already suffered due to the fact that I don't wash my hands every time before I sit down to compose. I can only imagine what the effect will be on that iPhone screen. Not to mention the fact that all those fingerprints are sure to leave their mark vis a vis a cloudy film building up on the screen.

As for me, I just bought a Cingular 8525 and, because I am a Cingular customer, I did consider going for the Apple iPhone. I'm glad I made the decision I did. For several reasons. One, I was lucky enough to come across what turned out to be a one-time deal to purchase the 8525 for just one-hundred bucks; to buy that iPhone I would have to write at least somewhere in the neighborhood of 75 to 85 articles for Associated Content. Still, I'm not above paying a premium price for a quality piece of equipment, so it really came down more to what I got for what I paid than simply what I paid. So how does my Cingular 8525 stack up to the Apple iPhone in regard to what I need from a cell phone?