Yes £64.50 is outrageous.
You dont need to pay anywhere near that, and back on the subjec of course they are good.
You will always get the mob that are against them.
i would say the only problem with it, which is the same for most apple products is that they release one not as good as they could have, like camera and video calling etc etc.
Then they will release another with better bits then another with even better bits etc etc. Basically they want to get as much money out of it as possible, Which if the consumer is going to allow by buying every one as soon as it comes out then good luck to them....