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I want an I-Phone!
noir_blood
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Yeah..I been snared by the hype of the upcoming version of the I Phone. Enough that I'm considering dropping T-mobile and signing up with ATT. What I'm wanting to find out is your experiences with the I Phone, ATT, and the different plans available that you would recommend.
A bit about my current plan. I'm in Dallas if that matters.
I pay roughtly 60 dollars a month, for unlimited text, mobile to mobile, and 400 minutes. The most important thing for me if I was to switch is finding out how much a text plan is, and of course, what else I would need to pay for in order to get the most out of my i phone.
A bit about my current plan. I'm in Dallas if that matters.
I pay roughtly 60 dollars a month, for unlimited text, mobile to mobile, and 400 minutes. The most important thing for me if I was to switch is finding out how much a text plan is, and of course, what else I would need to pay for in order to get the most out of my i phone.
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I get basically what you have, 400 minutes, unlimited text, mobile to mobile
It comes up to about 67 dollars with tax, that's with no data plan or anything.
The iPhone 3g has a data plan that is 30 bucks, and I don't know how it overlaps with the texting (unlimited texting on ATT = 10 dollars).
The service is good, I've never had problems with it. In 13 months I've had maybe one dropped call. Pretty much constantly at full bars in this part of the country.
As far as the iPhone itself, I know two people with them and they both love them. Apparently its even nicer if you have a Mac since it integrates with some Mac software.
I've used the Google Maps, and it's pretty nice and easy to use, even on the 2G speeds its tolerable, so 3G should be great.
It's got all sorts of neat tools and widgets on it that simply blow the doors off your standard phone.
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I don't know about your area.. I think it's different from company to company and area to area, so that might be worth looking into for you. I also heard somewhere that pretty soon you were going to be able to get an iPhone no matter what company you have a plan with, but I'm not sure that's true.
With no texts you'll be saying (before tax) $69.99/month. That includes free mobile to mobile, 450 anytime minutes, and 5,000 night and weekend minutes. It also includes unlimited data (at the improved 3G speeds). 200 texts is $5, 1,500 texts is $15, and unlimited texts is $20.
Ergo, for the voice plan, the unlimited data, and the unlimited texts (textual or media) you're looking at $89.99 before taxes and fees. Probably somewhere between $100 and $105 per month, all told.
Is this a grandfather'd plan? I'm pretty sure unlimited texting is $20 right now.
Ahh you are correct, it's "MSG200$4.99+M2M$5" that's 9.99
So 200 texts.
I'm hard pressed to use 50 so that's just me.
They have 1500 texts for 15 dollars.
If you can use more than 1500 in a month... damn.
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I personally don't but with the advent of full QWERTY smartphones and the ability to slide your phone shut/engage another menu while the text is sending... I know people who use a couple hundred a day.
Well on the iPhone you can use AIM and Gchat can't you?
I think those would be good free alternatives.
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Not natively, no, but third party alternatives have been offered.
I love my iphone. I love it i love it I love it.
What? No, AIM etc would use your data plan, unless they were specifically designed to use your text. Its just like emails don't eat up your texts because they are data.
Conversely, if you had a true instant messaging program on the iPhone (you can put them on if it's jailborked) then it would be using the 'internet connection' so would contribute to data rate. Makes it tempting to jailbreak if you've got an unlimited data plan (as all the UK 02 contracts are).
The email is a totally different beast.
There are plenty of phones that can do all that and more for that same price and cheaper. The iPhone isn't the only option for people looking for a computer that fits in their pocket.
However it is the best.
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Wow, that's a whole lot of opinion! While I will concede that the iPhone is an excellent device, it has problems just like any other device. It's definitely "one of the best", but I will never crown it king. (Nor would I crown any other device king).
For example, I far prefer my Nokia N95-4 for several reasons - 5 Megapixel camera (to the iPhone's 2MP), Turn-by-turn driving directions built in, expanded accelerometer use (My phone is also a pedometer!), share to web (video and photos, directly to well-established and used sites like Flickr (rather than the new site set up by Apple recently))
Would I take an iPhone if someone handed me one? Of course! It's a very nice device. And I own a couple of iPods and a Mac Powerbook, so it's not like I hate Apple.
I don't believe it - I'm on my THIRD PS3, and my FIRST XBOX360. What the heck?
Yeah but thats not what people tend to mean when they say AIM. They mean the version like on the computer. Also people with jailbroken iPhones were able to install clients on there that used the data. I honestly don't see it taking too long for people in the 2.0 software to come out with a universal client that uses the data for AIM/YIM/MSN/WTFBBQ.
Also, the cheapest smartphones outside of the new iPhone available through AT&T (before mail in rebates) is $149.99. Its an older model of Blackberry, its fat, its ugly, and its well, lets be honest, its a Blackberry...
Is AT&T quoting you that as an existing customer? This link breaks down the entry-level plans, and although iPhone 3G is $200 less, to get equivalent service to original iPhone (450 min, unltd data, 200 txts) the pre-tax monthly goes up from $59 to $74, which more than covers the initial discount. Also iPhone 3G will require in-store activation, so you will be under the terms of contract that has an ETF (for those who are interested in using it on another carrier).
Not to be a nuthanger for AT&T, but let's not forget that you're getting a better phone (including 3G data speeds). $15 more per month x 24 months = 360 dollars. You're 'losing' 160 dollars (assuming you jump from and to the 'best' model) net over two years, but you're getting the features of the new phone.
What's wrong with a Blackberry? o_O Also, I got my Tilt from AT&T in January and it was $149.99 ($99 after rebates).
I think you're agreeing - his point is that while with phones like the iphone you'd think it would just be like installing an AIM client and sending data, but in fact it's just a different interface to send text messages, which sucks (and sucks especially much when you're already paying for unlimited data)
How well does the Blackberry sync with Mac programs like iCal and the address book? My husband has excessive amounts of color-coded calendars and it didn't look like the Blackberry would be able to translate that well.
Also, the Blackberry web browser is not as good, from what I saw. You only get to see the top corner of the webpage and you have to scroll around and stuff. Is that true or is it just advertising?
I'm picking nits, but $260 net of 24 months (assuming you paid $399 for the Orig. iPhone like I did, and $299 is the price point for the 16GB iPhone 3G). I thought the in-store activation part would be of more interest to thread-readers.
The GPS is nice, but my usage model won't net me any benefit (I'm not a hiker/biker, I'm know my way around the city so Google Maps is real nice, but I usually already know where I am). The triangulate function available on the 2G iPhone is mainly a "that's neat" thing and usually gets owned on resolution compared to devices that have GPS (but this varies with location, the reticle has a 500-600 yard diameter at my workplace, but a 50 yard diameter at my home). Does anyone know if it'll maybe Safari will have Flash support on iPhone 3G? I might upgrade if that were happening.
I'm pretty sure you can use Opera Mobile, which isn't that bad. I'm on a WM phone, and I have to admit, IE isn't that bad either to me. I do like how the iPhone will show what portion you're looking at of the page and the double click - shrink.