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BTgirl
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June 27, 2007, 09:00:49 PM »
I'm really tempted to buy one. I already have my cell phone service through AT&T, and my contract on my current phone expired in April. I currently pay $40.00 per month for my current service, and the basic Iphone plan is $60.00 per month.
What do you think?
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I'm really tempted to buy one. I already have my cell phone service through AT&T, and my contract on my current phone expired in April. I currently pay $40.00 per month for my current service, and the basic Iphone plan is $60.00 per month.
What do you think?
I don't know enough about it BT. When you think about it how much do we really need the internet on our phone. I know some people might need it to look up information but I will stick with my cell phone for now.
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June 27, 2007, 11:24:53 PM »
BT, I will not purchase one. All I can deal with is my old cell phone which does nothing but make calls and receive calls. I don't need more than that. First of all, I cannot even read the screen without my glasses. I don't need to take pics (can't see the screen clearly), go to the Internet and text message.
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June 28, 2007, 01:04:17 AM »
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I'm really tempted to buy one. I already have my cell phone service through AT&T, and my contract on my current phone expired in April. I currently pay $40.00 per month for my current service, and the basic Iphone plan is $60.00 per month.
What do you think?
The price is right throught AT&T. I have heard there are some downsides to it. I heard something about the internet browsing is REAL slow and some other dumb problem.
They do look cool though.
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June 28, 2007, 01:39:42 AM »
My DH got one of the latest all inclusive mobile phones a couple of months ago and after the first bill came in we went back and had most of the fancy features taken off as the extra charges were astronomical. Charges they tend to "forget" to tell you about.
It is a nice looking phone though
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June 28, 2007, 09:33:09 AM »
Based on my experience with any "new" product, it takes a year to work out all the bugs. I would tend to agree that most of us really do not need to access the internet via our phones. The other fact is that most of this new technology starts out at a very high price and ends up dropping by almost half after a year or two.
My cell phone expenses have dropped way off these past three years. I still use the cell phone as much as I did before, but I discovered that the majority of my calls were 2-3 minutes or less. I have been using a prepaid plan and my monthly costs average around $ 2 to $ 3 a month now. The cost is .15 cents a minute, but on a rare occasion where I might talk for 30 minutes the cost is $ 4.50. This has happened twice in the past three years.
We have digital phone service here at home because of cable TV & roadrunner. We can call anywhere in North America the same as a local call. We travel a great deal and I have received phone calls all over the country. I have yet to end up in a location where I got charged for roaming.
iPhone sounds great with all the bells and whistles, but I really do not need them.
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June 28, 2007, 11:49:29 AM »
I agree with GOwl, wait for the next iteration for I had one of the first Treo's and it took two iterations to get reliable functions and features.
I do have concerns about the cost, AT&T particularly sticks it to you however they can for additional features/functions too. So be careful with them.
I do have to use internet with smartphone and am getting a blackberry since the Treo's keyboard isn't as easy to use. Like Klaas I've heard the internet download is slow for the iPhone and it's not fast with these smartphones either.
GO - Europe is mostly pay-in-advance and it truly does lower the cost considerably. I wish the US would catch up and quit treating pay in advance as something to penalize those with bad credit with !
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June 29, 2007, 07:36:42 AM »
I agree with the AT&T cost factor. To buy an iPhone now limits you to only one company and exposes you to undisclosed costs.
The download factor is one that is not always understood. I get calls from AT&T and other companies to switch my internet service. The sales departments always claim that there are nearly the same speeds are a much reduced cost. However, when ask them about the attenuation factor no one seems to know what I am talking about and they have never heard of it.
Attenuation is the reduction in amplitude and intensity of a signal. The further away from a telephone node you are the poorer the performance. I had an AT&T technician look into where the nodes were in relationship to my home. He agreed that there would probably be as much as a 50% reduction in performance due to the distance I was from the node. We all experience this with our cell phones, but nobody thinks about it when considering internet performance.
I have a cell phone and it works great from my home. I also use digital phone and I do know if the cable goes down in a storm that I have to use my cell phone for and emergency. However, the same would be true if a tree drops across the telephone lines. It is just a matter of using common sense and being prepared.
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I'm waiting until the newness wears off. I already pay thru the nose for Cable Inet access and ATT cellphone. Eventually the price will come down to where it will be affordable.
I remember when the first VCRs came out, they were close the $2K in price. Now you buy one for less than $50.
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June 30, 2007, 07:59:34 PM »
I was at the Apple computer store today to pick up a new computer (no they don't sell the iPhone) We were monitoring eBay. iPhones were going for anywhere from 1 to 2.5k dollars. It always happens when there is a limited supply of something. Some people come out of the woodwork to try and make a buck.
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I have never bought a cell phone in my life, but this one is tempting me. I think we'll wait a while, though, to see if there are any bugs that need to be worked out.
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Both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck are giving them away, the two year subscriptions and all for free if you sign up for their FREE newsletter. It's worth a shot, I signed up. It is totally free! all you get is their emailed newsletter FOR FREE and you are in the pool to win. I know I'm not buying one but I signed up to win one!! go to their websites to sign up. again it is completly FREE!!
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BT, I will not purchase one. All I can deal with is my old cell phone which does nothing but make calls and receive calls. I don't need more than that.
First of all, I cannot even read the screen without my glasses.
I don't need to take pics (can't see the screen clearly), go to the Internet and text message.
That's what I've been saying Louise! I need to have my eyes 'fixed' before I got anything like that. I can barely operate my current cell phone
Louise -- when I got my new cell phone (a few months ago) I had to call Nokia. Their 'quick start' instructions explained taking pictures, taking videos, using MS applications, etc.....EVERYTHING -- but how to answer the darn thing
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I can actually be pretty good at figuring out technical things - as long as I'm given incentive, good instructions, and enough time.
Once we were having problems with our satellite TV. Hubby (who manages computer network stuff for the state) was on the phone with the satellite people and couldn't follow their instructions. I finally got on the phone instead, and had no problem doing what they wanted done. (Boy, was hubby ticked, LOL). Anyway, I think if I eventually buy an iphone, it will become my new best friend.
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