Headphones On

Tomorrow, my cell contract expires. I've been with Verizon for two years now after a bit of a mess with T-Mobile when my Sidekick3 was broken and they refused to fix it. I'm at the point where I need to decide a direction to move forward. I want an iphone. Who doesn't want an iphone? I don't want AT&T. Their network is awful in Chicago and everyone I know has problems with their service during big events (despite being a sponsor at both Lollapalooza last year everyone who was on AT&T experienced serious problems with text delays, no reception, dropped calls, etc.) Also, iPhones are not cheap. There are pro's to the Verizon service I have now. Many of my friends are on the service which means free calls and text... but there are cons (the entire back half of my apartment has no reception and when I contact Verizon about this I am given the runaround).

I'm opening this up to comments should anyone want to give me positive or negatives about their own phone and/or cellular service. I'd like to make a smart, informed decision and I can't stay with the service plan I have for much longer (other than my phone is falling apart, I am paying way too much for a service plan that isn't necessary). There's too many factors at play here and my normal decisive self is feeling pulled in many directions.