"This may be heresy to the believers, but I actually like buttons on a phone. Thanks, Apple, but no thanks." Martin James
"Not put off by £269"
"The Apple iPhone is truly a great device. Like other Apple products, it just works - really well. The interface is wonderful, the touchscreen amazing and it's crammed with useful features, whether you're using its phone, web, or music functions.
"But will I buy one? Hard to say at the moment. I don't think I'm put off by the £269 price tag. And the more I think about it, the price plans available for the Apple iPhone make sense. But the extra initial outlay is enough to make me think twice about actually buying one. That said, Christmas is just around the corner so prospective present buyers take note..." Anna Lagerkvist
"One less gadget to carry"
"Me? Absolutely. Although I'm really, really tempted to hang on for a 3G version, in reality I don't actually need it. Why? Because I already own a 3G phone and I never use it for web surfing or reading emails. I can do that at work or at home.
"I want an iPhone for music, movies and photos, to listen to podcasts and because it means I'll have one less gadget to carry in my over-stuffed pockets. It'll be dead easy to use too - I hardly ever listen to music on my Sony Ericsson Walkman phone because it's too much of a faff to get the music off my Mac.
"Even in version 1 guise, the iPhone works brilliantly, does all the things you need it to do and will cause an idiot grin to spread across your face every time you switch it on. How many devices can you say that about?" Rob Mead-Green
"The best of a bad bunch"
"Enough of the doom and gloom. Yes, I'll probably buy an iPhone. And it'll be against my better judgement. It's not because I'm against the idea of owning an iPod and have always steered away from buying one. It's because there's obviously a better iPhone coming next year.
"This will be the iPhone with more memory - at least 16GB if the iPod touch is any indication; and the iPhone with 3G connectivity - making mobile web browsing a far better experience. It's certainly coming. The big question is when? If it's mid-2008, anyone like me who queues up on November 9 will be stuck with a outdated 2.5G iPhone for another 12 months.
"Despite this, the iPhone is currently the best smartphone in a bad bunch. And so the insistent, early adopter part of me is likely to tempt me into a Carphone Warehouse with a loosened wallet. Either that, or I'll pay OTT for an unlocked handset from some unscrupulous web dealer. I hear there's a brisk trade..." Dean Evans
