What Kind of Cell Phone Should I Get?

[liveonearth]

I'm between an iphone and a cheap prepaid phone. I now have an LG. I could live without texting though it is cool. My finances are uncertain, so it is tempting to live on the cheap to sustain. On the other hand, it is tempting to get the tools that are likely to make me most successful, and the iphone could be one of those tools. What say you?

IPHONE
connected in every way, broadband
medical apps, resources galore
camera
costs what an apartment should cost, monthly

CRICKET PHONE
prepaid
cheap
no nuthin extra
could buy an Itouch and get most of what the iphone has, just need wireless