It's been what 2 weeks now since the release of the iPhone 3GS and I'm proud to say I'm still holding strong. An upgrade from the 1st gen would be nice but it's definitely not a necessity. It's been tough, I'm a very impulsive, must-have-it-now guy. Just look at my golf bag: I have a 10*5 TM Burner Draw driver, a 13.5* Nike Sumo2 driver and another 9.5* Nike Sumo2 driver. And I suck at golf. It makes it even harder when my coworker keeps asking me, "did you get the new iPhone yet? Just get it..." every time we grab lunch. But I'm on a mission to get out of debt, and that means no iPhone. June has been my best month so far,
almost doubled my May savings. A new iPhone wouldn't set me back that much. $199 for the phone and an extra $15-20/month, which is basically 3 visits to Starbucks. So that's what, about $300/year over the two year contract.
Not that much, $300/year, but I'm reminded of this watch commercial--you might have seen it too. The commercial starts out with this guy putting on his new, shiny watch. Then the narrator spouts out all these stats about the watch--Swiss made, accurate to 1/1000th of a second, 300 meter water resistant, etc. Think his hot Argentinian mistress then fades into the scene. Pretty good watch commercial. But it's not a watch commercial; it's actually a spot for some investment company. A big $20,000 appears on screen--that's how much the guy could have earned if he had invested his money in the market instead of the watch. Of course this was before AIG, but that's beside the point. So, no new iPhone for now, especially since it doesn't come with an Argentinian mistress. I feel like such a grown up, thinking about my long term finances.
