Apple’s iPhone became available in Finland little over a year ago. The 2G-version was never officially sold here, so we jumped aboard when the next model, iPhone 3G, was released. I had watched the (generally) very positive reception the original iPhone received and since the new model had few improvements, I thought that maybe it’s worth a try. However, I decided to wait for few months so that I could see the opinions of early adopters and to make sure that the phone was actually in stock.

My few months of waiting actually ended up lasting for around 12 months. This was partly because once rumors of a new model begun floating around early this year, it was waiting time. The other reason was just lazyness on my part, have to admit that the “there’s plenty of time”- attitude I have sometimes goes to extremes.

Nevertheless, once the iPhone 3GS was announced, I finally decided to take the plunge. I stayed true to myself by not preordering, though. First Finns got their phones late June and I got mine few weeks later. Due to supply issues many here who preordered actually got their phone later than I. Perks of ordering the 16GB white model, I guess. Due to supply issues the phones are still in very limited quantity, so luck was with me.

Now that I’ve used the phone for little over a month, I can say that I’m pretty happy with my purchase. I’m not as smitten as some of those people whose life is apparently made complete by this rather nice piece of electronics, but my opinion is definitely on the positive side.