They misunderstood you. In past, iphone 3g and 3gs upgraders kept their unlimited data on ATT when they moved to iphone 4
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Comparison of iPhone 4S Service Plans for AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon
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They misunderstood you. In past, iphone 3g and 3gs upgraders kept their unlimited data on ATT when they moved to iphone 4
In past being the operative word here. This is one reason I really don't want to upgrade. I have had this plan since the beginning and I don't want to give it up!
$2,639.76 per year at Verizon...woof.
Do you read anything?? seriously?? if you look on the same row at the first column on the left, it clearly indicates that the price is for 2 Years, thats right 2, not 1.
I'm so sick of so many people going onto these forums and not reading jack sh#t before they form an opinion.
Our ATT&T contract ended a while ago and it's eligible for the upgrade. Would it be possible to renew it under my name,as the primary holder, instead of my mother's and only upgrade 1 line, and still keep the same features? I think she's content with her original 3G and doesn't want another 2 year contract under her name. I don't mind imprisoning myself for the next two years, as long as I get the new phone. My old 3Gs can't keep me happy anymore.
In past being the operative word here. This is one reason I really don't want to upgrade. I have had this plan since the beginning and I don't want to give it up!
People in ATT forums indicate it seems like they are able to keep their old phone data plan. Remember when you call a rep, they typically don't look at your account and how it transfers old stuff.
http://forums.att.com/t5/Apple-iPhone/iPhone-4s-and-unlimited-data-plan/m-p/2894307
http://forums.att.com/t5/Phone-Upgr...the-4S-can-I-still-keep-unlimited/m-p/2894265
12:01PDT means 1:01MDT. If you called in at 12 your time, it would be an hour too early.
Rollover minutes are a brilliant scam. AT&T figured out how to offer something that they never have to deliver. Those who need rollover minutes are not the ones accumulating them, and those that tend to accumulate rollover minutes will probably never use them.
I am in the same boat, I have the 3G with unlimited data plan from AT&T. I just called AT&T again (I called earlier this week as well) to re-confirm that when I purchase the 4S tonight (I mean tomorrow morning) and activate it that my unlimited data plan will still be in place.
According to both CSR's @ AT&T I will be grandfathered in with the unlimited data plan. Fingers crossed it actually happens that way.
Why do you think other peoples choices/enjoyment are stupid and yours are good/smart/cool?? Did you learn that down the nose attitude from Rush??Like Rush said today on his radio show when commenting on Steve's passing, (paraphrasing) 'Steve was a genius at parting you from your money, which is why he was a success.'
Regarding those phone plans, as a favorite expression of a friend of mine would say, "Excuse me?! I don't think so!"
That is why my phone is a dumb phone and my phone plan leaves money in da bank!!!
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Course if you can't afford it just say so, but others can.
How many millions per year does Rush make?? What has he invented?? What a turd he can be.
Just got off the phone with AT&T they said unlimited plan for 3G users would be grandfathered.
I tried that for awhile. Over a year actually. It didn't work. I eventually caved and got the unlimited texting plan because there were just certain people entering into my life to whom I simply couldn't say, "don't text me bro!". And once it got to the point where one month I paid A LOT more for texts than if I'd just caved and upgraded to unlimited texts, i did just that.
In theory, that's a good idea. In practice, I doubt it is practical for many iPhone owners.
I read this post and called AT&T just to be sure. AT&T said people with unlimited plans are grandfathered in. YOU WILL NOT LOSE YOUR UNLIMITED plan, as has always been the deal. Why do people post such bulls--t?
Because they are still doing it wrong. You pay for a theoretical cap. If I pay for a 4GB plan and only use 2GB one month I don't get a refund for what I didn't use. However if I go over 4GB for one month they bend me over. It's unbalanced and completely one sided. If they introduced roll over for the data THEN it'd be better.
Looks like the Sprint family plan comes to $150 per month for two phones sharing 1500 minutes, unlimited data and texts. How do the other two compare, I doubt they come close.
And when are we going to see any of these companies in the USA do a shared data limit? They do shared minutes, why not X gigs shared?
Wow, I save that much? I always wondered who I was not with and now it is clear. I am not with Verizon as that saves me the most.
I was hoping Sprint would undercut the price fixing giants, but I was wrong. Are we all aware what a complete and utter rip off these plans are?
But hey, I'll pay just like you will. I think that one day I might just say forget it and buy a pre paid dumb phone.
But hey, I'll pay just like you will. I think that one day I might just say forget it and buy a pre paid dumb phone.
I know, like all the "newbies" who rush to judgement, like criticizing others when a polite reminder would have been enough.
Great point, actually the data isn't nearly as much a ripoff in these plans as the actual phones service and ESPECIALLY the texting. The ATT family plan is $69 for 700 shared minutes (there's also a $59 plan for 550 but for unexplained reasons they don't offer it when you select the iPhone). Then the only texting option other than paying individually is $30 for unlimited (no lower option) - completely insane compared to $25 for two gigs of data, and especially considering that mobile to mobile calls are unlimited (which has the potential to use way more resources than texts).
Looks like the total plan for ATT would be $149 for 700 shared minutes, that would be $139 if the 550 minute plan was an option.
Right now I'm paying $49 for 450 shared minutes plus I can add 300 texts per line at five bucks per line. So I'd be going from $59 to $99 just on phone calls and texts, before data is even added.
Just makes no sense, which is why I'm still on an old dumb phone and unlikely to switch over until prices for smartphones come WAY down. Are there any decent month to month plans for phone/text/data? It would cost a lot more to buy the phone but that would be worth it for big enough monthly savings (particularly for use that isn't super heavy) - I guess the downside is that month to month doesn't do any sort of family type discounts nor include things like unlimited mobile to mobile? Any suggestions for alternatives to look at?
And there is probably no 'unlocking' of the device I'm sure.
So, you pay full price for the phone so that you can go 'month to month' on a plan say from AT&T, and you can't just take it to Verizon after 6 months.
It makes it hard for truly mobile users, especially if you travel overseas...
So, you pay full price for the phone so that you can go 'month to month' on a plan say from AT&T, and you can't just take it to Verizon after 6 months.
It makes it hard for truly mobile users, especially if you travel overseas...
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I really hope the presales open up with no problems right at midnight. That's 3AM here on the East Coast and I have to be up at 8 :/
Imagine if Sprint did undercut the behemoths...
Millions, well hundreds of thousands(?), of new users sign on to their service. Oh, then it starts looking like AT&T in the beginning... Can't get a signal, can't make a call, can't use that unlimited data...
Who, or better yet what provider would want to drastically undercut everyone else and then bring hordes of users onto their network to suck the marrow out of the bones of their network.
Yeah, I can see a world of hurt if they had. Heck, then they would be bar-b-qued on the internet and everywhere else.
They do offer 'unlimited data'. That is an improvement over the others, although the savings isn't stellar... It's a start.
Ok, I got a negative. My point was that if any of the carriers drastically undercuts the others, they will attract a very large customer base in a hurry.
I can imagine the conversations at AT&T after they exclusively did the iPhone. Once the iPhone was a huge hit, their network couldn't take the strain in many locations. I don't imagine that the company enjoyed being pilloried across the media for being the worst phone service provider of all the others.
I think the iPhone caught them unprepared and drew them up short. They finally had to live up to their PR releases... It was a hard and expensive lesson I'm sure. I wonder how many non-iPhone users got angry and left AT&T because of the load from iPhone users...
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