Should You Buy an iPhone?

June 28, 2007 By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer Should You Buy an iPhone? (AP)

In this undated photo provided by Apple, Apple's new iPhone is shown. The iPhone goes on sale Friday, June 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Apple Inc.)

(AP) -- The most eagerly awaited cell phone ever is upon us Friday. Should you resist the iPhone's breathless hype, or take the plunge? Unless you're already standing in line outside an Apple or AT&T store, or are prepared to mug one of the first customers to come out after the 6 p.m. launch, the answer, at least for now, will have to be "let me think about it for a week or two."



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