Yes, I’m taking the giant leap of faith and getting myself a spanking new iPhone 3G 16GB. My furious attempts at Twitter to win one of those new 3G’s  that were on various giveaways went in vein, so decided to take the practical way out.  Unfortunately, the newly launched 3GS is way out of my league so I had to settle with the older but still respectable 3G on which I’m getting a decent deal (Getting it for almost Rs. 8000 less than the Indian market price).

I did have the choice between the iPhone 3G and the HTC Touch Diamond2. It was a tough decision, but in the end I chose the iPhone due to various reasons:

• 3.5mm audio jack - How could HTC leave this one out in such a high end phone? Simply beats me.
• Inbuilt memory of 16GB which is more than enough for my needs (need microSD cards for the diamond2 as it doesn’t have inbuilt memory)
• Virtually an application for every need (and a few that you don’t need too)
• Better battery life - Although HTC made amends to the battery over the original diamond, its still bad. Reading from reviews/user comments, it seems to be the most significant downer. And I’m a battery freak, and need enough juice to pull out a couple hours of music, browsing, and an hour of voice calls without being bothered about when the battery will run out
• Build quality - Though the diamond2 looks great, I don’t think it can compete with the build quality of the iPhone
• Jailbreaking/Unlocking - This is a lame reason, but I’ve been fascinated with jailbreaking, installing other apps for the iphone ever since I’ve read about it on the internet. Sure must be exciting!

I’ve already downloaded redsn0w, iTunes and read up on a few tutorials. Should be getting the phone by Wednesday, and zip zap zoom!