That's sort of the problem with these two phones --- you really can only buy one unless you are willing to have a contract at both companies (Verizon and AT&T). For me there was no question of whether to have the iPhone or the Blackberry. I had a Blackberry Pearl. It was a good well made phone, but the breadth of applications available is staggering. Sure, its a walled garden, but I suspect that will change in future iterations.