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Sprint Opens iPhone 4 Pre-Orders, iPhone 4S Follows Tomorrow

Does spring have cheaper plans if you buy the phone for $$$ upfront?

I'm thinking about buying an unlocked iPhone 4S and use the cheapest month to month plan I can find.

To make this work well I plan to transfer my current established number to google voice then forward it to whatever number I get for my month to month plans.

My understanding is that ATT doesn't allow unlocked iPhones on their network unless you also sign up for the "iPhone plan". Is this true? is it the same for Sprint?
 
Yeah, I was considering switching to Sprint until I was toying around with their plans and saw that $10/m surcharge putting it right up with the other companies. Very slimy personally.

Sticking with Verizon. I hate having caps on my usage, but at least Verizon's network has been "beta tested" over the past 6 months and can handle iphones, but I can't say that about Sprint. I'm sure it will probably be fine, but why take a chance when there is no benefit in it for me besides a possibly temporary unlimited data plan?
 
I think all rumours should be put on hold for a week. I'm sure they will all still be there in a weeks time to report on. Steves story should still get top spot on MR. The website should be dedicated to remembering Steve, his life and all he achieved.

I don't know about everyone else but nothing else matters right now. The gloss and buzz of a new iPhone release has been totally wiped off with this sad news :(

Steve didn't just make the products I love to use but he was also a personal inspiration to me in the philosophical way he lived his life and his success story of bringing Apple back from the brink in the last decade and turning it into the most profitable tech company in the world.

Rest in Peace Steve. Gone but never forgotten :apple:
 
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Sprint iPad tethering

Sprint iPhone ($200)
450 Minute Plan ($80)
5gb Tethering ($30)
WiFi-Only iPad ($500)
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cheapest 5gb option, no?

$110/month for both iPhone & iPad w/5 gb tethering cap. Am i missing something?

450 minutes may be a bit on the low side but most of my calls are mobile-to-mobile.
 
Some more questions to ponder. If you get the unlocked iPhone4 could you use it on Virgin's plan?
 
Unlimited: $109.99/month

Fine Print: "Until we decide to throttle your bandwidth-sucking ass." Heh Heh.

Really. $110/month? (Plus another $20 for hidden taxes/fees)

I'm sure glad that here in the U.S. we broke up that AT&T monopoly years ago. It sure did wonders for my wallet. :eek:
 
dvswede said:
Does spring have cheaper plans if you buy the phone for $$$ upfront?

I'm thinking about buying an unlocked iPhone 4S and use the cheapest month to month plan I can find.

To make this work well I plan to transfer my current established number to google voice then forward it to whatever number I get for my month to month plans.

My understanding is that ATT doesn't allow unlocked iPhones on their network unless you also sign up for the "iPhone plan". Is this true? is it the same for Sprint?
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Remember that you'd need a CDMA iPhone to run on Sprint's network. Not sure if the radio in the current (iPhone 4) Verizon iPhone supports Sprint's frequencies. Plus, you'd have to call Sprint, give them the CDMA IMEI number, and hope they'll add it to their network to allow your phone to work.

(Little bit more complicated than just popping a sim card into a GSM phone off ebay.)
 
tigres said:
Arn,

Can we keep the SJ at the top section of MR for this week, and bump all news below?

Seems fitting, and nothing else compares quite honestly.

FWIW.
/topic.
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If not the news story, a tribute like Apples home page showing just the photo.
 
TheRealTVGuy said:
Remember that you'd need a CDMA iPhone to run on Sprint's network. Not sure if the radio in the current (iPhone 4) Verizon iPhone supports Sprint's frequencies. Plus, you'd have to call Sprint, give them the CDMA IMEI number, and hope they'll add it to their network to allow your phone to work.

(Little bit more complicated than just popping a sim card into a GSM phone off ebay.)
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Yeah, The goal is an unlocked 4S so that I could go month to month on at least 3 networks. But it doesn't seem easy to do and I think ATT actually doesn't allow month to month for iPhone's on their network.

I really see little use for any carrier beyond providing a data stream to my pocket. They are simply an ISP. The plans they have rub me more and more the wrong way.

Perhaps it's time to switch to a 4G data only plan and use VOIP (but the VOIP quality/reliability is not there yet and might never be)
 
I am currently with AT&T, I have the original unlimited plan, I live in Detroit and we really don't get a great service from any of the carriers here, all the info I have is anecdotal, some people are "sure" Verizon is the best, others Sprint, etc, etc.

But now, I am considering adding my wife to the plan (with an IPhone, of course) and I am wondering if Sprint is a better option than AT&T...It would be nice for someone to post all the plans :D so we all can see the difference.


Decisions, decisions....
 
barkomatic said:
Here's to hoping Sprint can force at least one of the other major carriers to return to unlimited data someday. I may consider Sprint when my contract is up if they maintain these plans.
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History would seem to imply that it's far more likely the iPhone will force Sprint to give up on offering unlimited data.
 
multitasking on Sprint?

So is ATT still the only carrier that allows you to surf the web, text, etc, while on a call or did I read something where Verizon and Sprit might be adding this in their software as well?
 
a few hours after Steve's death, people are getting ready to buy phones and discuss data plans... That's how people are: Death, catastrophes and the like make people feel sad for a certain time, but it does not deeply concern them that much so they really think deeply about life, death, the purpose of life.
Life goes on for them until they themselves face death... Then what?
 
tigres said:
Arn,

Can we keep the SJ at the top section of MR for this week, and bump all news below?

Seems fitting, and nothing else compares quite honestly.

FWIW.
/topic.
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I agree. It somehow feels very wrong to see the biggest story ever featured on MacRumors (heartbreaking as it is) pushed down already by such trivial news.
 
WOW - That does seem expensive compared to us brits, I paid £65 for the iPhone 4 last Christmas and I pay £35 a month (~$55) for unlimited internet, 5000 same network minutes, 5000 texts and 2000 other network minutes.
We get ripped off for virtually everything else however...
 
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69.99 a month plus the $10 "smartphone fee" gets you 450 minutes with unlimited mobile to mobile in ANY carrier. That's not just Sprint to Sprint. So unless you call a lot of landlines, this plan is all you need. Then you get unlimited texting and unlimited data included as well. That's a lot more for a lot less than my current AT&T plan. I have 450 minutes (with no mobile to mobile ), 1000 text, and 2g data. My AT&T bill is usually $108 a month. Sure the speeds are faster on 3G but who cares when you're capped at 2gigs?
 
WannaGoMac said:
People ranting about how cheap Sprint is are incorrect.
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I think you mean "rave" in that context? I've tried every carrier in my area and while Verizon was the best for voice calls Sprint has been the fastest for data here. Verizon limits me to a couple gigs but Sprint has no cap (as of yet) and doesn't throttle. I had a couple iPhones with unlimited data on T-mobile for quite a while but EDGE speeds became less and less workable as average data use went up over time. AT&T was the absolute worst experience I've ever had in virtually every way. Surprisingly slow data, lots of dropped and distorted calls, worthless do-nothing customer service and a "take it or leave it" attitude.

WannaGoMac said:
Been analysizing this for days.
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Me too. Turns out that both AT&T and Verizon are financial backers of the Tea Party faction. That's a bit of a deal killer for me.
 
wait a minute...

Oh Sprint... I thought you were different. I was wrong

Voice/Data Usage Limitation: Sprint reserves the right, without notice, to limit throughput speeds, and to deny, terminate, modify, disconnect or suspend service if off-network usage in a month exceeds: (1) voice: 800 min. or a majority of minutes; or (2) data: 300 megabytes or a majority of kilobytes. Prohibited network use rules apply. See sprint.com/termsandconditions for specific prohibited uses. 1,024 KB equal 1 MB. 1,024 MB equal 1 GB.
 
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