Wow, i cannot wait so pumped for the release and my first phone ever.

Anyways, a few noob questions again sorry.

Contract or no contract in your guys experience? Its $149.99 3year or $499 no contract.
My bro had a contract on his old phone and got stuck in it then ****ed himself over, whats your suggestions?

If i went with contract, i could get the FAB 10, unlimited texting, calling etc to any 10 numbers of my choice with 500mb of date i believe, and 200local minutes i think it is. Have to check on that.

EDIT: This is the plan here. - http://bell.ca/shopping/PrsShpWls_fa...lans_TM_052810
Good bad? Any suggestions for first phone buyer.
And i do have a job.

As well, for the phone part, few questions there.


What should I look for to tell the difference between a faulty produced phone, or just normal glitches?
What should I do to prevent certain things, like Kies?
What the **** is kies?
Should I charger the battery full right away? Or use it and drain it out?
Should I flash firmware, and uninstall kies? How do I do that, and how can I tell to do that?
What widgets should I take out that are memory hogging, and make the phone slow?
How do I get antivirus on there, and what antivirus is suggested?


I am reading through many threads and just putting some questions together before I get my phone this Friday, and so I don