My mobile is bought for me by my boss. I can get any model I like if I pay the difference between that and the standard model. I said the only phone I would want to do that for whas the iPhone, but of course we have a different provider at work.
As much as I'm an Apple fan, I hate the exclusive contract deals they do with operators.
Oh, and yes I know I could get a hacked version, but that would leave me without the very nice extra's that the operator needs to provide.