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So, I have a problem. I'm stuck between two choices, and I don't know where to go.

I currently have a Nokia 3650. Jess has a Nokia 6610. I like my phone a lot, mostly. More on that later. Jess likes her phone a lot too, but would also enjoy having a camera.

After looking at lots of phones, I've decided that I'm quite impressed with the "Motorola v551″:http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=591. It's got a camera, an email client, bluetooth, SyncML, and does video. It looks nice, is pretty small, and all around decent. And, of course, at $-25.00 on Amazon.com, you can't go wrong.

So, I'm pretty sure Jess will be getting a v551. For me, however, I'm not sure what to do. If I just want a phone that does phone stuff, a v551 would be perfect. However, I've grown quite accustomed to my Nokia 3650. The only problem with it is that I can't do everything I want because the Nokia 3650 doesn't have enough RAM. However, the "Nokia 6620″:http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=453 does everything the 3650 does, and more, with 4 times as much RAM, faster data transfer and lots of other nice things. This phone is currently not available from Amazon, but I can get it from letstalk.com for $150.00. Unfortunately, this means I either have to get two separate plans for Jess and I which ends up costing a little more per month, or I have to get her phone from letstalk.com also, which is $50.

So… to break it down for you. For $-50.00 I can get two (what seems to be) best-of-breed mobile phones. Or, for $200.00, I can get one best-of-breed mobile phone, and one excellent smartphone.

I like having the 3650. But, I don't really use it for much more than a mobile phone now, because it doesn't have the apps that I really want. And I can't write them myself because I refuse to learn Symbian C++ and Python just plain doesn't run well on it. But the 6620 fixes all of that. So, I think I'd get a lot of use out of the 6620. Moreso than I did with the 3650 since I can now write myself what doesn't come with it. But, in the end, I could just end up using it as a phone, in which case I would have wasted $200 on a big, bulky, heavy…. phone.

So… what do I do?