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Probably a better chance to go into ATT today and get latest iPhone and when it comes to data, ask for unlimited or going to Verizon. Wonder how quick or not ATT is to not lose a sale?
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Very simply, you need to be on a family plan. I'm on one with two other people and have unlimited text, unlimited data, 1400 min per month plus nights/weekends, free to other AT&T cells, and the "A-list" (unlimited calls to any ten designated numbers regardless of land/cell or carrier). Total cost to each of us (with a slight discount but after taxes and fees) is under $70.
So yeah, family plan.
Edit: as for the high cost in the US. Yeah it's bad. But we have a massive land area to cover. You can't compare France or Japan or whatever, which are smaller than some of our individual states. In an effort to covet the whole US, the people in denser population areas end up paying a lot more than they would if the carriers just covered those areas (not saying that's what they should do, but the cost can't be ignored).
Very simply, you need to be on a family plan. I'm on one with two other people and have unlimited text, unlimited data, 1400 min per month plus nights/weekends, free to other AT&T cells, and the "A-list" (unlimited calls to any ten designated numbers regardless of land/cell or carrier). Total cost to each of us (with a slight discount but after taxes and fees) is under $70.
So yeah, family plan.
Edit: as for the high cost in the US. Yeah it's bad. But we have a massive land area to cover. You can't compare France or Japan or whatever, which are smaller than some of our individual states. In an effort to covet the whole US, the people in denser population areas end up paying a lot more than they would if the carriers just covered those areas (not saying that's what they should do, but the cost can't be ignored).
Can't you get a UK iPhone that completly unlocked, then get the prepay option in the US?
You don't
In Germany the total costs of a iPhone 4 (32 GB) and a 24 month contract are 1,750 $ (incl. tax). That includes only 120 min. voice (incoming calls are free) and unlimited data.
To everyone complaining about no choice because America is greedy, etc:
You do have a choice and that choice is to not use the iPhone. It's a luxury item and one nobody needs (to say you need one for business you can get a Blackberry or Android for email for about $50 a month with unlimited everything). Only in America will people whine and complain about the price of a luxury item being too high. Vote with your wallet, and buy a flip phone on a prepaid plan.
You do have a choice and that choice is to not use the iPhone. It's a luxury item and one nobody needs (to say you need one for business you can get a Blackberry or Android for email for about $50 a month with unlimited everything). Only in America will people whine and complain about the price of a luxury item being too high. Vote with your wallet, and buy a flip phone on a prepaid plan.
Blimey, you pay a lot for your phone plans in the US.
I'm way cheap!
Currently via work discount we have 3 verizon cell phones for $89/month, 1400 minutes I believe, we never use them up. No data plan, no text plan.
Now, looking at getting my wife and I each a iPhone....lets see $30/months each, and if we want to teather a future iPad $20 more for 1, so now $80/month for more mobile communications...
but wait We'll need to add a text plan???? wtf???
Lived 48 years w/o texting, so now using smartphone email should suffice....
Still $169/month for communciations, add $130/month for cable/home internet, $300/month...wow
The real problem with the prices is that people still pay them, so why should AT&T change? Plus, these companies think that upgrading the infrastructure isn't cost-effective so America's left being a superpower w/ the infrastructure of a 3rd world country. Sometimes it seems like the providers rape us up our rears and then we thank them for the privilege.
But to be fair, the US is fairly big and there are places that sparsely populated so it would be expensive to upgrade the infrastructure. Plus, there are poorer communities that, while they may have a good sized population, can't afford to upgrade, and communities who can afford to pick up the slack don't want to, even if it means they get reimbursed in the long run.
But to be fair, the US is fairly big and there are places that sparsely populated so it would be expensive to upgrade the infrastructure. Plus, there are poorer communities that, while they may have a good sized population, can't afford to upgrade, and communities who can afford to pick up the slack don't want to, even if it means they get reimbursed in the long run.
Just out of curiosity, I did a quick check with Sprint, and T-Mobile on smart phone plan prices... they are all about the same. Minor differences in price, so, in the US, it really boils down to what you need and which carrier serves your area best.
Choice is good.....
....but at these prices, no thanks. If I switch, I will lose my free weekend/evening minutes, rollover minutes, free wifi, and I end up paying more for data access (while getting less as far as speed and multitasking). I also travel a few times each year.....CDMA won't make that possible.
....but at these prices, no thanks. If I switch, I will lose my free weekend/evening minutes, rollover minutes, free wifi, and I end up paying more for data access (while getting less as far as speed and multitasking). I also travel a few times each year.....CDMA won't make that possible.
wow, you americans are being screwed. And you have to pay extra for tethering? thats just wrong...
Yes we do. Phone plans are really expensive here. I lived in Japan for 5 years and my mobile bill was always half of what I pay for here in the states, even with international calling.
Let me see. I would lose:
1. My discount
2. My rollover minutes
3. Voice and data.
4. Network speed
All of this to switch to a company who has been fined multiple times by the FCC for billing practices. I'll pass thank you.
1. My discount
2. My rollover minutes
3. Voice and data.
4. Network speed
All of this to switch to a company who has been fined multiple times by the FCC for billing practices. I'll pass thank you.
Blimey, you pay a lot for your phone plans in the US.
Yes you're right, the total annual expense for smartphone users is obscene...
Blimey, you pay a lot for your phone plans in the US.
about the only country that is worse is Canada.