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Blackberry plan more than iPhone

NDimichino

NDimichino

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Does anyone know why the BB plan on AT&T cost more per month than the iPhone plan?

I was thinking about going to the Bold, but the $10 per month bump I don't think is worth it. Real handsome phone though, got my hands on one the other day -- pretty impressive.
 
kdarling said:
A MobileMe subscription for personal use also bumps up an iPhone cost by over $8 a month.

But I thought you could keep the $30 plan if all you want is regular email / web.

The higher priced plans include support for access to a corporate BES.
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I was just looking, the Blackberry data plan in $30, the iPhone data plan is $20. Aren't they the same thing considering they're both just basically unlimited Internet?
 
NDimichino said:
I was just looking, the Blackberry data plan in $30, the iPhone data plan is $20. Aren't they the same thing considering they're both just basically unlimited Internet?
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the plan for the ORIGINAL iPhone is $20
The iPhone 3G's plan, however, is $30 as well
the difference is the type of data your paying for. The original iPhone only has access to EDGE data, whereas the BB and 3G have access to 3G data
The extra $10 a month is paying for the 3G service
 
After activating my 2g Iphone last night, and playing with it today, I am pretty impressed with it. The phone is one of the "additional" lines on our family plan, so its $9.99/month, I also have unlimited text and I pay $20/month for unlimited data, and I am happy with it thus far. My MIL has a blackberry (not sure which one) and she's paying $40/month for unlimited data 3g....
Scott
 
dccorona said:
the plan for the ORIGINAL iPhone is $20
The iPhone 3G's plan, however, is $30 as well
the difference is the type of data your paying for. The original iPhone only has access to EDGE data, whereas the BB and 3G have access to 3G data
The extra $10 a month is paying for the 3G service
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The original iPhone had a cheaper plan because it wasn't subsidized, right? The new iPhone is subsidized, and AT&T has to pay for the phone somehow, which is why the more expensive plan is required. Data for all Blackberries is $30 on AT&T, even the Pearl and Curve (which aren't 3G phones).
 
chris1016 said:
The original iPhone had a cheaper plan because it wasn't subsidized, right? The new iPhone is subsidized, and AT&T has to pay for the phone somehow, which is why the more expensive plan is required. Data for all Blackberries is $30 on AT&T, even the Pearl and Curve (which aren't 3G phones).
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The thing that's keeping me from trying out the Bold is that the $30 only gives you BIS, not BES. BIS doesn't give you true two-way reconciliation, which is a pain. At least with the iPhone the $30 data plan also includes MS Exchange, providing you have an account.
 
I think the $30 is more to cover network charges as the 3G allows you to consume A LOT more bandwidth than Edge.
 
jlake02 said:
I think the $30 is more to cover network charges as the 3G allows you to consume A LOT more bandwidth than Edge.
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What at&t basically did was get rid of the special $20 iPhone data plan and put it in the same pricing category as their other smart phones. If you notice, the 200 included text messages have been removed as well.
 
Okay so that's what it is. The 3G plans are $30/month and my original iPhone plan is $10 less because it's not 3G. Thanks.
 
NDimichino said:
Okay so that's what it is. The 3G plans are $30/month and my original iPhone plan is $10 less because it's not 3G. Thanks.
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The Blackberry Pearl and Curve aren't 3G, but they still require a $30 plan. :(
Perhaps the $20 plan was special treatment for Apple... who knows?
 
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