Well I caved in and bought an iPhone 3G.

I wasn’t going to. Really. Honest. OK, well not at first that is…

Sure, the local Fido store was our first stop after we got back from vacation on July 11th. But it’s not like we camped out in line. We showed up around 3 in the afternoon, fully expecting that they would have sold out of iPhones much earlier in the day. Mostly, we just wanted to play with a demo unit and ask some questions.

Leo the sales guy was very helpful, apologized for not having any in stock (”No problem, we were just looking”), and offered to call us when he had more. So I gave him my phone number, knowing that the chances I’d hear back from Leo were infinitesimally small. Or so I thought.

Leo called me two days ago to tell me that he had set two iPhones aside for us. Turns out that Nat wasn’t eligible to upgrade her phone as she was already on contract with Fido. I on the other hand, had no such problem. With only 5 months to go in my Rogers contract, there was no issue in switching me over to Fido (yeah, yeah they’re the same company … but there are subtle differences in their billing systems that make me like Fido more).

I wouldn’t have upgraded if Fido was still planning to charge $60 a month for 400 mb of data … but with their 6 gb for $30 plan, I couldn’t resist. I know what you’re thinking and you’re right: I’m a sad, weak person with no willpower.

But at least I have a nice phone.