Just 5 days left until the Great British public can finally get their hands on what they’ve been waiting to get their hands on for 5 months now and that’s the Apple iPhone.

When I heard that o2 were going to be the exclusive carrier of the iPhone I was very pleased. I’ve been an o2 mobile customer for as long as I can remember and the reason for my sticking around is not only because I get great coverage where I live but also because I have managed to get myself the best online tariffs and the customer support is excellent, not least because the call centres are UK based. And now I’m an o2 Broadband customer! But, alas, I won’t be buying the iPhone…..yet My phone upgrade date actually comes on 6th November so I’d be perfectly seated to rush into my local o2 store and pick up that black box of shiny goodness. But, having bought myself the new iMac I’m just not in the best place financially at the current time to buy the iPhone, but also to commit to an 18 month contract. If the iPhone cost £400 and we could pop our own SIM card in (without hacks of any sort - I’m a good and honest girl) then I’d be at the front of the queue this Friday!

On my current package I get 400 inclusive minutes and 500 free texts for £14.99 per month. I sealed this deal last November when I called to upgrade my handset to the o2 XDA Mini S. The lady I spoke to lowered the price of the handset to £129 and gave me the great tariff for a 12 month period. I need to call them up this week to see whether I can simply continue on that tariff and keep the handset I have as to be honest other than the iPhone there isn’t a handset out there that remotely interests me. The XDA Mini is fine for my needs at the moment as it has a QWERTY keyboard which is good for a texter like me. I’m not a very heavy user either it seems as I have sent only 36 out of 500 texts this past month and I haven’t used any of my inclusive download limit.

Even though I won’t be freezing my bits off standing outside of an Apple, o2 or Carphone Warehouse retail store I am still feeling very excited about iDay. My Twitter and Flickr friends Graham, Nathan and Nik are going to be queuing in Manchester and London for their iPhones and I’m hoping one or more of them will be sending me a text from it once they’re all set up Once iDay has passed I will be going to an o2 store to check out the iPhone in the flesh but I will first make sure that I am not equipped with a credit or debit card when I do so. That would be just too dangerous and I simply don’t trust myself to leave the store alone!