$2000 iPhone (was Re: iPhone Rate Plans are up)

[Charles Dyer]

On 26 Jun 2007, at 22:09:21, LuKreme wrote:

> On 26-Jun-2007, at 19:19, Charlton Wilbur wrote:
>> On Jun 26, 2007, at 8:09 PM, LuKreme wrote:
>>> On 26-Jun-2007, at 07:56, Todd Zaki Warfel wrote:
>>>> http://www.apple.com/iphone/easysetup/rateplans.html
>>>
>>> $60x24 = $1440 + cost of phone, taxes, etc = $2000+
>>>
>>> Still, cheaper than I expected.  Granted, that $60 plan SUCKS.
>>
>> Depends on what you're using it for.  That $60 plan includes more  
>> minutes in one month than I've used on my cell phone in the past  
>> *year* -- it would be ideal for me, if I could otherwise justify  
>> the $500 expense when I already have a cell phone and 80G iPod.   
>> As it is, that would be $60 a month for a nifty toy.
>
> Well, your usage is certainly not typical.  I use about 1000  
> minutes a month, and probably another 1000 'off peak' minutes,  
> though those are hard to count as they are free with my plan.
>
> (I pay for 2000 a month and have only ever gone over 1500 once, but  
> I go over 1000 a few times a year.  This month was 1114 minutes,  
> bill closed just the other day).
>
> 450 minutes a month is VERY light usage.

I currently have a 300 minute plan. I have _never_ gone over; I got  
my bill for last month on Monday, and it showed 174 minutes usage,  
which is on the low side, usually it's more like 240 minutes. What do  
y'all _do_, _live_ on the damn things?

I have T-Mobile's 'Faves' plan. That means that the five numbers I  
call most often are free. I also have their mobile-to-mobile plan;  
any call I make to another T-Mobile phone is free. Given that at  
least 40% of my calls are to four numbers, two of which are T-Mobile  
phones are the other two are in my Faves, my _real_ usage is about  
400 or so minutes a month... which is still well within the 450 limit.

Perhaps the reason why I _don't_ live on my cell is because of the  
way my first cell phone contract was set up. Digicel, in the  
Caribbean, offered a plan with 80 (yes, that's eighty) minutes,  
outgoing only. _Incoming_ calls were free. Outgoing calls, over 80  
minutes, I paid for. I stayed inside 80 minutes. Old habits die hard.

>
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