Linked by David Adams on Wed 2nd Jul 2008 16:09 UTC, submitted by tbutler
"A year ago, page after page of ink was spilled by prophets of doom fretting about the iPhone and how it would surely not be as good as this or that other phone. Were they right or did the first year of the iPhone live up to its hype?"
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Member since:2006-03-14
I'm sorry, I am tired of hearing people whine about the cost of the iPhone plans.
The new plans announced by AT&T for the iPhone are now EXACTLY THE SAME as all other subsidized phone plans they have.
Up to now, iPhone 1.0 people were getting a price break on data and SMS usage every month as they had paid for non-subsidized phones. That's now over.
Since the iPhone 3G is a subsidized phone, you now get to pay what every other AT&T subscriber already pays.
These are not 'price increases', they are 'Ending AT&T's subsidy pricing'
Member since:2005-07-06
I'm sorry, I am tired of hearing people whine about the cost of the iPhone plans.
The new plans announced by AT&T for the iPhone are now EXACTLY THE SAME as all other subsidized phone plans they have.
Up to now, iPhone 1.0 people were getting a price break on data and SMS usage every month as they had paid for non-subsidized phones. That's now over.
Since the iPhone 3G is a subsidized phone, you now get to pay what every other AT&T subscriber already pays.
These are not 'price increases', they are 'Ending AT&T's subsidy pricing'
The new plans announced by AT&T for the iPhone are now EXACTLY THE SAME as all other subsidized phone plans they have.
Up to now, iPhone 1.0 people were getting a price break on data and SMS usage every month as they had paid for non-subsidized phones. That's now over.
Since the iPhone 3G is a subsidized phone, you now get to pay what every other AT&T subscriber already pays.
These are not 'price increases', they are 'Ending AT&T's subsidy pricing'
All I know is I went down to the At&T store and asked them if they had a booklet on the new Iphone. He said they didn't have them yet but they have the old ones and handed me the pamphlet. He said the plans were basically the same but add $20 to the plan.
The Pamphlet in my hand reads:
450 anytime minutes
5000 nights and weekends
Additional minutes .45 cents a minuite <-- lol
per month $59.99
After $20 the employee told me to add that brings it to $79 right?
I dont care if all phones are $20 more in a week. what I do think is messed up is we're going to be paying a total of 2100-2300 over two years plus taxes. To what check e-mail on the way home from work? or to get GPS directions 5 times a year?
I understand this fits a certain market of people but the rest of us should be scoffing at cell phone pricing. And really take a look at what stupid suckers we are.
Edited 2008-07-02 19:45 UTC
Member since:2005-07-06
Before I switched to AT&T and the iPhone, I had an HTC T-Mobile Windows Mobile 5 phone. It was the same slow EDGE network as I have now with AT&T, and the price I payed was about $100 a month for unlimited data and about 900 minutes of talk time (I think weekends were unlimited).
I pay about the same for my iPhone for a similar plan, and the iPhone is light years ahead of the HTC. I mean, I never want to see a stylus again. Also, while AT&T isn't quite Verizon when it comes to coverage, it's a lot better then T-Mobile, at least in Brooklyn.
I chose the 900 minutes as the iPhone is my *only* phone. Home, travel, and business.
So price wise, it's about the same as other carriers with their smart phones.
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At&T plan prices
$80/mo for a phone? HUH? and thats only 450 minutes _without_ unlimited nights and weekends.
If you're going to charge me that kinda money I need to use it as a full fledged internet that my router can use and serve to my desktop and laptop when at home. Then Id pay it.
I'm probably going to get a pay as you go phone and save a few grand lol
Edited 2008-07-02 18:24 UTC