It is worth it.
you have an iPod, tons of great apps (great for students. I am a nurse and I can download tons of stuff on it. ), it is a hand held GPS (great for road trips), the Internet is great (I use it all the time to look up recipes when I am at the store, or to look up something I need to know right there). It is really worth it to me. I use all the things on the phone more then I use the phone to call people.