Should I buy a laptop or an iPhone? - 2

So I've been wanting an iphone for a long time now. The phone I have right now is just a basic phone and I dropped it a lot so it doesn't work right anymore.

Today my dad asked if I wanted him to buy me a used laptop for school with the money he made at work today. He was like "i know you want a phone but you could use this for school" so I was like "okay." And its true I could use it for school cuz we do have alot of stuff online we have to do. But e have a family computer we could use at home or my moms laptop which she shares witht he whole family or at school i could always use the library computers.

plus next year our school is going "1 to 1" so every student is going to be required to have a certain device that the school chooses. So I could manage without having a laptop.btw i'm a sophomore in high school.

So now my dads giving me the choice between an iphone and the used laptop. The iphone i want is also $200. I think I'm going to get the iphone. But i don't know what do you guys think?

Get an iphone 4 (not the 4s) Because the iphone 4 is as cheap as 1 cent on the apple website, last time I checked. That way you can buy both.

Try E-Bay they have everthing for every price range and some still have warranties

Well I'm an iPhone user and own a laptop and I will say depending on what version or gen phone you're getting (I'm assuming a 4 or 4s) I would recommend a laptop. The iPhones are nice at first, but after awhile try are just another phone and lose their appeal. Laptops like you said are more practical for school and such especially given that you are in high school. For years I never had my own laptop and always relied on my phone for everything. Now that I own my own laptop it is a lot nicer and a lot more convenient for a lot of things. I mean depending on where you are getting a laptop is a question you must ask yourself too.eBay and various places for laptops isn't always the best choice. You just have to use your head, but if the laptop seems like a good deal go for it.

Laptop! All you need is a phone that works (texting+talk) the rest is extra

Edit: I almost forgot, look at ebay, amazon or craigslist (as a last resort) for great deals.

Laptop is more useful than iPhone
after all if you don't have a smatphone buy a low cost phone