Should I buy a laptop or iPhone?

Okay. I'll soon have a lot of money to get something for myself.

And i've narrowed it down to 2 options.

1 - 16GB iPhone 5S on Virgin Mobile
2 - Laptop

I have reasons why each one would be good to have.
With the iPhone I can play games, use social networks, and call/text people wherever I'm.

With the laptop I can play online games with my friends and make a YouTube account i've always wanted.

I just can't decide:/
And if I do choose a laptop, which one should I get for 500 dollars?

With the iphone 5s you can do anything you would on a laptop including making a youtube account! So i'd get the phone! 1

Laptop.

With a laptop, you can do pretty much everything you want to do with an iPhone. If you want to be able to play certain games, you will need a laptop. Although some facebook games have an app (e.g. Candy crush), many of them don't. You can get flash player on a laptop too, whereas you can't on an iPhone. Obviously, you can also use social networking sites on a laptop as well as an iPhone.
Also, you can text any number for free on a laptop using cbfsms.co.uk and receive replies too. Therefore, you don't really need an iPhone.

I would say the iphone probably - mainly because most sub 1000 dollar laptops are kind of terrible. Though a good laptop will certainly be more productive than an iphone, if you could save more then a laptop would be good, but if you want something now then an iphone will be better, just limit you with what you can do on it. If you do want a laptop maybe look at some of these custom laptop websites you'll get more for your money which is important seeing that your budget is not that great for a new laptop - though that does not mean you can't get a good solid laptop for your money. Also if you did decide to save then can I recommend an apple product, i've used high spec windows laptops and my Alien-ware $2500 computer yet I still go back to the 5 year old, limited spec macbook pro.