I WAN'T AN I-PHONE!!!!!

The title of this blog says it all. I've just come to the end of my 2 yr contract with Verizon. This will be the fourth year I'm with this cell phone provider and there's a lot I can say bad about them. I honestly think about everybody, on any network, can say the same kinds of things about their wireless carriers. This will always be the case when the average Joe has to sign some form of contract with big business. I'm getting off track here, back to the I-Phone. With a price of around two hundred and fifteen dollars the I-Phone's aren't cheap. I currently have the option of receiving a hundred dollars off on the next purchase of a phone with Verizon. Hear in lies the dilemma. Do I buy the I-Phone and sign up with AT&T or do I take the hundred dollars and rebates and get a high end phone like the LG Prada (not in the US yet), the supposed I-Phone killer (not likely) for close to half the price of the I-Phone. Another factor that plays into my decision making is that the I-Phone is a US product where as the Prada is Koren made. I have really tried to make a conscious effort in the last year or so to try and buy American when ever possible. I think in there lies the most basic key to stopping the current decline in the US economy on the international level. An example of a country reinvesting in itself is South Korea. South Korea in the last 10 years or so has made huge strides to becoming a major player in economic power. I lived there for a year when I was in the Army and they definitely have a system in place that promotes economic growth from within. The system is part government regulation and part national pride. The people in South Korea strictly by products made in their own country. The auto industry, a thriving part of South Korea's economy has no real international competition within Korea. The government puts a hug tax on all imports making it almost impossible to afford a car from another country. On the other hand, Hyundai is selling like crazy internationally and is starting to become a much higher priced car then when first released in the US. Now I'm way of track, my point is buy American when ever possible. As far as the phone goes I think I'm going to wait until the I-Phone comes down a bit in price then change my plan and pick one up through AT&T.