so if I have personal and business calls during the day, incoming and outgoing I would be well over 1350 in minutes. last month I used 4836 last month. I don't want to spend $100 to have to managing iphone minutes.
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No I don't think it is extreme.
If you or anyone else just wants a phone to talk or text then you do not need an iPhone (or a Blackberry for that matter). If you want data, web surfing and so on, and want all of those extras, you need to pay for that... and pay extra.. You are paying for the billions they are investing to create and expand their 3G network and the bandwith to surf the web for hours on end..
And yes ATT is a business so profit is in order. You can stick with you RAZR and keep costs much, much lower. You need to decide if you need the features an iPhone provides.
It might not necessarily be much solice, but you should really look at your minutes usage and see if you really need 1350 minutes. Remember too that AT&T has rollover minutes. I have a good 2000 minutes saved up, and it only took a few month.
I've had a Family plan account shared with my mother for $39.99, and we added my father a couple years ago for $9.99. I also have the unlimited texting to at&t customers plan + 200 texts to anyone for $9.99.
I just plan on upgrading my line to the iPhone 3g, and keeping my texting plan. Is it possible to keep what I have currently, but just pay the extra $30 a month for iPhone data, and have the subsidized price?
Or, do I have to get an entirely new family plan for us?
I just plan on upgrading my line to the iPhone 3g, and keeping my texting plan. Is it possible to keep what I have currently, but just pay the extra $30 a month for iPhone data, and have the subsidized price?
Or, do I have to get an entirely new family plan for us?
4836 day time, non-AT&T, non weekend mins? If so then, dang, that's impressive. But still - if it's business usage you should get the company you work for to pay some of it OR take the business use % off of your taxes at the end of the year...
Better check your information.
There is nothing illegal about loss leaders. I can point out a handful in any supermarket newspaper ad in the country any day of the week.
Uh, you don't know the phone market very well, do you...
I had a Verizon account with a Motorola phone that was capable of doing internet connectivity through BlueTooth.
Nifty idea, right? Perfect way for Verizon to rape (extort) more money out of me right? I can't count how many times that would have saved my cheerios, had Verizon actually ENABLED that feature... Any other carrier with THE SAME PHONE supported that feature, except Verizon.
It DOES happen. It's stupid and childish but DOES happen...
Blocking Exchange wouldn't be hard nor would it be unlikely for those not with a 'corporate' account. Not many homes have a full blown, let alone legal, Microsoft Exchange Server installed and working... I think that Microsoft's 'active push' technology doesn't use 'common' ports. I'll have to look into that but I don't think that they do. Would be easy to block them then, too easy especially if Apple followed Microsoft's lead...
I had a Verizon account with a Motorola phone that was capable of doing internet connectivity through BlueTooth.
Nifty idea, right? Perfect way for Verizon to rape (extort) more money out of me right? I can't count how many times that would have saved my cheerios, had Verizon actually ENABLED that feature... Any other carrier with THE SAME PHONE supported that feature, except Verizon.
It DOES happen. It's stupid and childish but DOES happen...
Blocking Exchange wouldn't be hard nor would it be unlikely for those not with a 'corporate' account. Not many homes have a full blown, let alone legal, Microsoft Exchange Server installed and working... I think that Microsoft's 'active push' technology doesn't use 'common' ports. I'll have to look into that but I don't think that they do. Would be easy to block them then, too easy especially if Apple followed Microsoft's lead...
Then it would be stooooopid to buy an iPhone for her.
Well, not necessarily.
She would still use it under wi-fi and plus all the goodies of the media iPod that iPhone offers. But surely is not worth to pay $30 month for that. Better buy an iPod Touch instead.
That's why I left Verizon - they cripple the living hell out of their phones. That's another reason I'm glad AT&T got the iPhone since Verizon would probably kill 3/4 of the features and require to use their *****ty Verizon branded software...
OK sorry , but you wrote : she would not be using the email/internet features. But since she would use WI FI, well then maybe yes. Yes you could buy a touch, but then she would have to carry two devices. A phone and a touch.
exactly, that why I was wondering if the data plan could be avoided. Oh well, she does not need it anyway.
Not illegal.
But what is would be for a store or a chain to knowingly advertise a very low priced item that they know that they won't have in stock so that they can divert people to some other item at a higher price.
That is called 'bait and switch' and is illegal in most if not all states. If you went in to the local AT&T store on opening day and wanted to buy an iphone and they didn't have the 8G (and would never have it) but could sell you the 'no commitment' 16G for $699, that would be a likely 'bait and switch' tactic and could be illegal. Well, or if they offered to sell an iphone for $99.00 and you got there and they, of course, didn't have any and offered you the full price iphone. Again, a no-no...
But what is would be for a store or a chain to knowingly advertise a very low priced item that they know that they won't have in stock so that they can divert people to some other item at a higher price.
That is called 'bait and switch' and is illegal in most if not all states. If you went in to the local AT&T store on opening day and wanted to buy an iphone and they didn't have the 8G (and would never have it) but could sell you the 'no commitment' 16G for $699, that would be a likely 'bait and switch' tactic and could be illegal. Well, or if they offered to sell an iphone for $99.00 and you got there and they, of course, didn't have any and offered you the full price iphone. Again, a no-no...
If you break down all the fees for the data and stuff you will see that even if you do "switch" nothing is really changing, so it shouldn't matter.
I'll explain myself for those of you who are curious:
Take the bottom family plan: $129.99 for two iPhones
That's $60 for the main line, $9.99 for the second line and $60 for the unlimited data on each phone ($30 a piece) for 700 minutes
Currently, I have 700 minutes each month and pay $60 for the first line and $9.99 for the additional line. As of right now we have no data.
So, its easy to see that adding the $30 unlimited data plans on top of what I pay now (if I were to get 2 3G iPhones) and switching to the plans announced by AT&T would result in exactly the same price.
Finally, someone that gets it. All the plans that AT&T put on their site today assume that each line is an iPhone. If one does the math as abiyng87 did above, then one would see that every one of the plans is basically the same base AT&T plans plus an additional $30 in data per line. Two things have changed since the last phone: 1) the cost of your data went up $10 from $20 to $30 and 2) txt is not included, so you need a txt plan now which varies depending if you get 200($5), 1500($15), or unlimited($20) per line or spend $30 and get unlimited txt for every line on your account. I'm just not getting how everyone is ranting when this is the exact same pricing as it was when WWDC went on.
Yes, knowing the reason doesn't relieve the sting.
Here's the link: http://www.unionplus.org/att-wireless.cfm
TRUST ME. Wait. There will be plenty. Don't panic. I was there day ONE for the original iPhone. They had tons of them days after the big day.
What happen with the family plans that you add a line for $10????
WHO is the customer that orders the family plan for 360+40 per line?
AND STILL NO INSURANCE
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WHO is the customer that orders the family plan for 360+40 per line?
AND STILL NO INSURANCE
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Word for word, I'm right there with you. Remember, this isn't so much iPhone version 2, but iPhone 3G version 1. A year from now, iPhone 3G version 2 will be out, and I can only assume it will rock even more.
What happen with the family plans that you add a line for $10????
WHO is the customer that orders the family plan for 360+40 per line?
It's still 9.99 for each additional line - they just roll the unlimited data in there with it so it's 39.99.
Maybe that "family" from the FLDS in West Texas??
Way around paying full price
let's say you do this to get the cheap iphone price. You have att and are not eligble for upgrade until 2009, what if i get an iphone right now and then show up with my iphone and tell them here is my old iphone i want to get a new one. Wont that mean I'll pay the 299 price. My friend is going to give me his old iphone.
let's say you do this to get the cheap iphone price. You have att and are not eligble for upgrade until 2009, what if i get an iphone right now and then show up with my iphone and tell them here is my old iphone i want to get a new one. Wont that mean I'll pay the 299 price. My friend is going to give me his old iphone.