Buying a smartphone in the USA? - General Topics

Hi,
I live in Portugal and I now have a HTC Touch Pro 2. I will travel to New York next October, and I was thinking about the possibility of buying there a new smartphone (Iphone, android, Windows phone, don't know yet...).
Could you give your opinion about this?
Are the smartphones cheaper in the USA?
Advantages and disadvantages of buying there?
Thanks in advance.
Marco

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I will soon move to La Jolla, San Diego, to study and was thinking about buying a new cell phone. I was looking at either iPhone or HTC HD2 with some kind of contract. However, I only know AT&T and they only have the iPhone with a 2-year contract. Since my stay only will last for six months, 2-year is way too long time to be cuffed to a contract. Where is the cheapest place to buy a iPhone? And what about the HTC HD2? Is it possible to sign a 6-months contract which is the standard duration of a contract here in Denmark.
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So, does anyone know where i could buy it from?
any help would be appreciated.
Cheers,
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Go for it.

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