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cheap way to get an iphone 4??

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sinaloa

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ok so i live in washington state and currently on verizon and will be moving to california to live with my sister and finish high school she is on a family plan with her husband and they have unlimited txting and lots of minutes, they are on at&t and i plan on getting the 200mb data plan, so how much will i have to pay a month including the additional line and and data package and everything that might come with it, and will they need to renew their contract and how much will the iphone cost.
 
sinaloa said:
ok so i live in washington state and currently on verizon and will be moving to california to live with my sister and finish high school she is on a family plan with her husband and they have unlimited txting and lots of minutes, they are on at&t and i plan on getting the 200mb data plan, so how much will i have to pay a month including the additional line and and data package and everything that might come with it, and will they need to renew their contract and how much will the iphone cost.
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Uh, run-on sentence much?

Okay, the "extra line" charge is $10. The iPhone data plan is $15. Yes, to get the iPhone at the cheapest price, you will have to commit to a 2-year service plan, which means that your line at minimum is committed. If your sister+hubby decide to switch before your commitment expires, they can drop their lines, but yours stays on, at at least $40+data a month.
 
You said that you currently have Verizon and plan to switch to AT&T when you move to California to live with your sister who has AT&T with Unlimited Text and a lot of minutes (??), but you didn't specify if you planed to join her account or get your own?

Assuming that you join your sister's account, before yesterday, adding an additional account to an existing plan was only $10 more a month, but as of today AT&T has raised it to $35 more a month (from whatever your current plan is).

So your looking at $35 plus $15 for a 200mb data package (texting is shared with a family plan), thats $50 plus additional taxes and monthly fees (that varries per state).

If you plan to get your own account, then it would be $40 for the minimum voice plan, $15 for a 200mb data plan and $10 for 1,000 text message, so a total of $65, plus additional government taxes and monthly fees (that varies per state)
 
so if we all stay with att for another 2 years we just need to pay about $25 +tax and the 200 of the iphone?? and thanx.
 
sinaloa said:
so if we all stay with att for another 2 years we just need to pay about $25 +tax and the 200 of the iphone?? and thanx.
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$36+$15+tax per month

iPhone 4 with a 2 year contract

16gb $199
32gb $299

engadget 1/21/11
-There'll be a new text package of 1,000 messages for $10 with overage at 10 cents apiece. This compares to 5 cents at the 1,500 / $15 level and 10 cents at the 200 / $5 level.
-Speaking of those other text packages, they're going away. Both the 200 and 1,500 text plans are goners. Obviously, if you're already on them, you shouldn't be affected -- you just won't be able to select them for new plans or changes anymore.
-Early upgrade pricing on new iPhones -- the standard subsidized price plus $200 -- will only be available six months into an existing iPhone activation.
-$50 and $100 discounts on top of subsidized pricing for upgrading customers -- similar to Verizon's recently-killed New Every Two program -- are going away. If you're currently eligible, you'll still be eligible to take advantage through July 23rd of this year.
-Family plan add-a-line activation is increasing $10 to $36.
-International voice roaming prices are changing in 117 countries. That's a lot of countries! We're assuming most of those rates are going up, not down, though we don't have details at this point.
-Calling to Canada is going from 29 cents per minute to 39 cents.
-The 3G MicroCell is increasing in price from $149.99 to $199.99, which seems like a really bizarre move to us -- hard to say what the motivation is there. Certain "pre-selected" customers will still receive special discount offers for it in the mail, though.
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/19/atandt-tweaking-messaging-plans-killing-some-upgrade-discounts-r/
 
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