Okay thank you for your feedback but is the 1000bucks a rip off or is it worth it for its hardware and build quality?
IMO, unless you can honestly answer "yes" to the question "Is this a device I feel I can't live without?", there is no smartphone worth that much money.
I know people who live and die, professionally, by the contents of their phones. Those, honestly, are mostly Blackberry users.
I love the iPhone, and I've bought every model so far, but I'll never pay full price for one again (and full price for the 16GB iPhone 2G, remember, was "only" $500). To me, the iPhone is a very cool toy that occasionally comes in very handy. Nothing more. I regularly tell myself I'm an idiot for paying for the data plan every month. But I can afford it, and the phone pleases me.
Let the flames begin!