[DM-MUG] iPhone plans announced

[Bill Davis]

This was the one area of great concern to me.  I was afraid the data  
plans would be horrendous.   As it is, the $59.95 for 450 minutes +  
unlimited data plan they have is not much more expensive than the  
$49.95 for 450 minutes + LIMITED data plan I have now with Cingular/ 
AT&T.  Don't forget taxes and gov't fees though.  They add about  
$5-10 to the monthly fee on my bill (I have a small National Account  
discount through my company that amounts to about $4.00 off my  
monthly bill).  Basically my bill will rise about $10 or so a month.

And the rollover minutes are wonderful.  They stick around for 12  
months. I have around 3000 rollover minutes built up (I don't usually  
use the full 450 minutes/month) so I basically never worry about how  
long I'm on the phone.    And the iPhone's battery life is huge  
compared to my RAZR.  No worries for me about it not being a  
removable battery although I assume there will be some way to replace  
it in store eventually (I will have to ask.)  I'd probably just get a  
newer iPhone at that point, though.

Plus, since they use GSM phones which have a SIM card that identifies  
the phone to their system, I can still keep and use my Motorola RAZR  
just by moving the SIM Card from the slot on the top of the iPhone to  
the slot in my RAZR, if I want to take a phone someplace where I'd  
rather not take the iPhone for fear of damage or loss (out on a lake  
or something).  Nice to have a backup phone, too.  That's harder to  
do or impossible on providers like Verizon Wireless.  NICE!

I'll definitely be buying an iPhone for sure now.  My current plan  
would be up in early January anyway.

   - Bill


On Jun 26, 2007, at 10:38 AM, Bryan Baker wrote:

> Apple and AT&T have announced what the plans you'll be looking at  
> for activating an iPhone:
>
> http://www.apple.com/iphone/easysetup/rateplans.html
>
> They don't seem too outrageous to me (already being on AT&T).
> They all come w/ unlimited data and the usual AT&T rollover minutes  
> (a holdover from cingular).
> I'm not planning on rushing out or camping out later this week for  
> one, but now that the plans are being shown, I'm getting tempted. I  
> currently have a pay as you go data plan which makes most of my  
> data service less than useful to me.
>
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