http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/ Engadget Comments for AT&T considering cheaper iPhone plans? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/
Especially when you end up with 4000 roll-over minutes..... but you lose them if you change your plan]]>May 18th 2009 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/
The persistent rumors are of a "low-end" iPhone and a new high-end one coming out at WWDC or sometime this summer. Many of the "low-end" rumors have centered around it being an EDGE-only phone. I'm still rocking my old first-gen which, as you recall, is EDGE-only, AND the data plan is $20/mo instead of $30/mo. So it seems like it would make perfect sense to have a smaller/more limited iPhone for cheaper, running on EDGE, at a price point AT&T already offers. They wouldn't have to cap your data, they'll just assume people who use EDGE won't be using a whole lot of data on the cell network.. just as it's always been (I remember tethering my GPRS Ericsson T39 to my laptop.. sllooow!)]]>May 18th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/that site is absolutely horrible at replicating what an iphone would see. it doesn't even send the correct user agent.
]]>May 18th 2009 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/
In order for Apple to sell phones and compete with the smartphone industry, they had to price their 3G phones competitively and make up for the difference on the back end, hence the extra $15 difference between 2G and 3G. I am at least hoping that whatever options there are for new data plans, they are offered to us 3G owners. Don't be surprised though if Apple tries to make it up with another fee for MMS since 3.0 is right around the corner.]]>May 18th 2009 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/
*Dude looks like he just got raped by the $2400 contract associated with his iPhone. Wait, that's the look I had..]]>May 19th 2009 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/Personally, I would love to have a plan with unlimited data, and minute to minute(paygo) voice.]]>May 19th 2009 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/Stuck with vzw till 2012.
Having to settle for inferior phones storm,dare etc.
3 more years of depriving yourself, of heari g n reading how sick iPhone is.


]]>May 18th 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/
*depending on geographical location]]>May 18th 2009 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/
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Can't wait to get my Palm Pre in a month, I'm currently stuck with the ipod touch approach and it's not really that great being tethered to wifi.]]>May 18th 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/
I'm at home 95% of the time, and when I go out I can always find a wifi spot if I really need it. I get a great phone, with wifi browsing and email, plus a mp3 player, without paying the crazy fees for data. That's all I need, and I don't have to carry two devices to get it. ]]>May 18th 2009 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/If you're around Wifi...aren't you normally around a REAL internet device??
I mean...why sit in your house using an iPhone
When you have your laptop right in front of you =/]]>May 18th 2009 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/]]>May 18th 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/
That is hilarious. I bet he's an older professor too. ]]>May 18th 2009 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/
It's the same data and network.

]]>May 18th 2009 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/Is your Caps Lock button stuck?

It's like I'm being yelled at... I don't like being yelled at. :'(]]>May 18th 2009 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/
Just sayin']]>May 18th 2009 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/
I'd like to see you plan and finance tower improvements for a country the size of the US. It is *not* easy.]]>May 18th 2009 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/Western Europe* = 700K sq. miles
USA = 3700K sq. miles

Yeh, it'll be REAALLY easy to upgrade our towers... not. This isn't to say I wouldn't mind more reliable coverage, but realistically our infrastructure is a generation behind and more expensive to upgrade because the backbone networks in foreign markets were built out years after our's.

*and lets face it, eastern europe's infrastructure isn't altogether to begin with, so there is no point grouping them together with the western half.]]>May 18th 2009 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/
You make the very silly assumption that companies are going to blanket the entire US with coverage, especially in places where no one lives. Now, true, one tower in Japan may cover more people, but they still have to put up more towers per square mile because a tower can only make so many connections at once. It would be better to compare the square mileage of major cities rather than the country as a whole.]]>May 18th 2009 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/Why are you going to need a tower in the desert in AZ or TX where no one lives? Most geographical areas of the US hardly have any form of habitat that would need a mobile phone let alone the need for data.
Comparing cities in the US to cities in Europe, Japan, Korea etc, we here in the so called bigger cities in America still have horrible and pretty old infrastructure and the result- piss poor data rates and high fees. This is what needs to be improved as pointed out. Go all out LTE or WiMax. Lay more high capacity fiber optic cables. The phone companies don't fleece you for nothing.]]>May 18th 2009 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/
If Telstra, 3, Optus and Vodaphone can provide 3G support to 97% of AUSTRALIA, I'm sure AT&T can get decent connection to people in Major Cities.]]>May 19th 2009 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/Same goes for the G1 and all other smartphones.]]>May 18th 2009 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/I would like to just purchase one for an everyday use...]]>May 18th 2009 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/
I would drop the cell carrier's data plan, and only use wifi. (given the phone's software supports this)]]>May 19th 2009 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/atandt-considering-cheaper-iphone-plans/May 18th 2009 1:00PM