has anyone tried a factory-unlocked iphone on ST? you should be able to just modify the network settings manually on one of those. or does the fact its running on ATT somehow confuse the phone and make it use incorrect MMS settings etc?
Huh? You're missing the point entirely. LTE doesn't consume data in any more quantity than HSPA. For those who say "it's going too fast, I use more data" are merely saying they lack the self control to restrain from monitoring their data. If you use 2GB on LTE you get the same thing as you get with 2GB of HSPA, you just get it a lot faster.
Clearly there are a lot of people here who don't understand the concept of data allotment vs pipe speed. The new technology allows you to get more faster, and CAN use more, but you have to use more, it doesn't just use more by default.
I swear, you resist technology so much, maybe you best just go buy an iPhone Original, then you'll be at 2G and never have to worry about it. By your logic, an iPhone 2G would be far superior to a 3G, or 4 or 5, lol.
Gotta love uneducated blind consumers.
If this was the case, why doesn't my rate plan drop when I'm out of contract?
I pay about $90/month including taxes and fees.
has anyone tried a factory-unlocked iphone on ST? you should be able to just modify the network settings manually on one of those. or does the fact its running on ATT somehow confuse the phone and make it use incorrect MMS settings etc?
This may be the last straw. The iPhone 5? At Wall*Mart? On their prepay plan?
The Apple brand is becoming like Volkswagen was in 1965.
I didn't realize Apple products and phones were status symbols
When you have more bandwidth, Netflix sometimes switches you over to a higher quality stream, making you use up more data per minute of streaming video.So... when you have a bigger pipe you *MUST* consume more? If you don't watch netflix today, when you have more bandwidth, now you *HAVE* to watch netflix?![]()
I didn't realize Apple products and phones were status symbols, especially since relatively speaking, real status symbols can only be purchased by so many people. Anyone who saves a few hundred dollars can buy an iPhone even minimum wage workers and afford a sensible plan. Maybe back in 2007 it was when it first came out, but when even my niece and nephew play with their own iPhone 4s (no service), their rarity has ceased.
WalMart? So, what? It's a price-conscious store. Ever been to Sam's Club? Then you've essentially been to WalMart.
The logic behind this comment is baffling. The transfer of 2 GB of "information" to your phone is the same information at HSPA and LTE, you just get it faster at LTE speeds, so when you're trying to look up a phone number it takes 1 second instead of 10 seconds to access the same info.
It's like saying if you had to chose between home internet capped at 1GB per month that it's better to have dial up instead of cable\dsl because it's the same amount of data. WTF... use some common sense people. Same data consumption, but stuff gets to you 10x as fast with LTE.
You are absolutly right but he is to. I've used a lot more data over LTE for some reason esoecially while watching youtube. And where LTE is bad is lets say you want to watch 60 seconds of a you tube video and the video is a hours, your going to download 10x more useless data that your not using.
You're missing the point. Who cares if you can download at blazing fast speeds if you can download so much so quickly you exceed your cap for the month in a few days? We're not talking about "looking up a phone number". We're talking about downloading large files, streaming media, etc. You know...the applications that make a high speed data connection worthwhile in the first place?
If this was the case, why doesn't my rate plan drop when I'm out of contract? The price of subsidizing your phone isn't built into your rate plan. The cost of service is high because they want to make money off you regardless of if you are in or out of contract.
If you're using an iPhone 4S, you wouldn't see LTE on AT&T either.Ive been on ST for a few months with a 4S. It is not LTE, and on ATT's backbone. For the money no complaints, and visual voicemail will not work, but you can use Youmail instead for free.
I used ST before I had my iPhones and liked it. I see no value in a iPhone 5 as I would of got one.
Very satisfied. Besides buggy stuff with iMessage a happy customer
Last year, when I spent holidays in US, I had huge problem with getting just SIM for my phone. I have tried also in Straight Talk. Actually I gave up. Is it posssible now? I live in Europe (Poland) and it is very strange for me, because we can get starter (just SIM) in almost all petrol stations and groceries.
Mirek
If you can download 1 MB / second and they cap you at 2 GB, that's 2,000 seconds. Just over 33 minutes.
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You got that wrong. The price of subsidising your phone _is_ built into your monthly rates. However, after two years, when your contract runs out and you paid the full price of your phone, they _still_ continue to charge you. Which means the companies profit goes up by maybe $25 a month.
Great news! Nice to see Apple spreading their products to new low price carriers instead of an AT&T monopoly.
If this was the case, why doesn't my rate plan drop when I'm out of contract? The price of subsidizing your phone isn't built into your rate plan. The cost of service is high because they want to make money off you regardless of if you are in or out of contract.
Since no one knows what the true "Cost" of service is for a single user, there's no way to know what the real margin is on plans. For all we know the extra $400 or so they shave off the iPhone price could be paid off by a user in 6 months, then it's just gravy for the telco's.
Kinda why I'm interested in the new t-mobile plans...
I don't see how this really saves anything. I pay $150/month for two iPhones on AT&T with unlimited text and data, and more minutes than we can ever use. (I think I have 8000 rollover minutes right now.) The old iPhones can be sold for almost as much as a new phone costs every two years, so they are basically free at this point. So... $140 with crippled voicemail or $150 for the real thing. Wow, $10. How does that add up to $950?
My AT&T contract is up in a few months and I bought my 5 off contract (So as to not extend another 2 years...)
This is precisely what I was waiting for. If it supports LTE
This is true. I don't know how successful they are going to be in selling the phone for $649 plus tax, even with the installment plan.
So they sell the plan as "no contract" yet if you cancel you're still paying monthly for your phone for 2 years.
Music to my ears! Hammer out an LTE provision in that MVNO contract, straight talk. Get some of those services like visual voice mail going and we have our David.