The home button on my 3G which was purchased within a week of its release just over two years ago completely quit working in May. Apple let me buy a replacement iPhone 3G (same model) for $200 without extending my contract. My wife has a 3GS so I was hoping to "live" with my 3G until her contract is up so both our contracts match up.
Since I will be waiting at least six more months for her to qualify for the six months of early termination, I'm curious to see two things. (1) Are the iPhone coming to Verizon in January rumors true? (2) And I'm curious to see how all this antenna-gate thing plays out. I am typically an early adopter on new Apple products. I purchased the first generation Nano on its release date, the iPhone 3G I have in the first week of its release, and my new 15" MacBook Pro i5 on its release date. The irony for me is, my home button failing is the only reason I don't have the iPhone 4 right now. Getting a brand new 3G feels like enough of a band-aid to make it until my wife's contract is closer to being up.