iPhone Plan Compared
With news of the new iPhone coming out, AT&T had updated their plans in preparation for the next big wave of iPhone subscribers. As you probably would have guessed (since we're talking about a cellphone company here), they're squeezing more money out of you this time. $10/month to be exact.
The breakdown:
Voice Plan - $40/mo for 450 voice minutes
Data Plan - $30/mo for unlimited 3G Data
So at minimum, you're paying $70/mo. This probably won't even satisfy most users who use more than 450 minutes a month. The next plan up is a $20 jump so you're now paying $90/mo.
Yes, while every other piece of technology gets cheaper every day, somehow cell phone plans just keep getting more and more expensive.
Let's compare this to Sprint's offering:
The Sprint SERO plan (which anyone can get by going to a Sprint store and retrieving an employee's phone number from their business card) is like this:
Voice Plan - $30/mo for 500 Minutes
Data Plan - included/ Unlimited
Text Messaging - included/Unlimited
So $30 on Sprint or $70 on AT&T (and keep in mind AT&T isn't even throwing in unlimited free texting).
What is AT&T thinking? They have failed to remain competitive on plans.
It's about time someone
It's about time someone pointed out how bad AT&T service plans are. For the life of me I cannot understand how people can swallow it, and then still have the gall to brag about their iPhones, which aren't even the best smart phones on the market. I have a treo 755p, and it works like a charm. And I get 1500 minutes a month and unlimited data, text and all the rest for a little more than $40 a month. Granted, my Dad works for Spring, and I have a BYU school discount on top of that, but it's way better than any other option.
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oh I meant to say he works
oh I meant to say he works for Sprint, not Spring. I don't want any confusion
Actually, if you get a
Actually, if you get a blackberry or treo on the SERO plan they do up it by $10, but it's still cheaper.
I can't believe it's costing
I can't believe it's costing these carriers more and more to provide the service. Why are we paying more for less now? My first mobile phone plan was with VoiceStream now T-Mobile in 1999. It cost $39.99 $2.99 in taxes and fees. That gave me 900 Minutes, Unlimited Text Messages, Free nights and weekends, and no roaming. Why does it now cost $99 for that same plan with less minutes and adding data? That doesn't even include taxes and fees! Pissed!
But remember to take into
But remember to take into account that not all that money goes to AT&T, they have to give like 30% (rough guess) to Apple to subsidize the cheap iPhone upfront cost.
Either way I don't care, I have a hacked one and picked my own plan.
I don't know how AT&T can
I don't know how AT&T can keep changing plans features every month and not cause uproar. I'm pissed and that SERO plan sounds like an awesome deal. Now I just need a referral and AT&T loses me. Thanks for the heads up.
It looks like Sprint
It looks like Sprint replaced SERO with the Everything Plus plan just last weekend (July 13). Now you need an employee email address as a referral and it costs $60 for 500 min (plus unlimited everything else) or $80 for 1000 min.
Lame.
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