My tax accountant said that my monthly bills tripled since I got an iPhone.
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: Ricardo Walker
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 1:52 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Monthly cost of owning an iPhone [was "Re: new to the group and
some questions"]
Right,
I was including texting, which on AT&T and Verizon, does not come as a part
of your data plan. So, once you've payed your $75, and add about $10 worth
of taxes, your in the ball park of $90 as I said. Because after all, if you
don't want to text, and you don't want data, your probably not getting an
iPhone to begin with.
hth
Ricardo Walker
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Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Jun 3, 2012, at 4:39 PM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote:
Prices have definitely changed a bit since I got my first smart phone a
few years ago, but in looking at
http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/12/technology/att_verizon_sprint_iphone/index.htm
I see you can still get an iPhone from AT&T for as little as $55 a
month. If you add texting, you can get an iPhone from AT&T or Verizon
for as little as $75 a month. Of course, this all depends on how much
voice and data you'll want with your plan.
On 03/06/12 06:29, Ricardo Walker wrote:
Hi,
It might not be $100 but, its pretty close. After taxes, your talking
about $90 for the cheapest plans you can get with an iPhone. This is on
all carriers btw. But, the iPhone is now going to pre paid services like
Cricket wireless. And rumors are it will be coming to Boost Mobile in
the fall. So, for those who don't mind sacrificing speed and network
reliability for cheaper plans, this might be a good way to go.
hth
Ricardo Walker
[email protected]
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Jun 3, 2012, at 6:44 AM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]>
wrote:
I don't think an iPhone costs $100 a month, and it definitely doesn't
cost $100 a month more than other cell phones. I'm on a family plan, so
I can't toss numbers off the top of my head, but I'd suggest checking
different plan options with your carrier.
On 03/06/12 05:30, Arnold Schmidt wrote:
I am even newer than you, in that my subscription was approved only
hours ago. Also, I do not have an IPhone yet. The idea of getting
one
greatly appeals to me, but if I do not, it will be for the same reason
that I have not gotten one so far, I am too cheap to want to pay that
hundred dollars a month after month, after month after month to the
phone carrier. However, I know I would love my IPhone and would
probably not mind that charge too much, considering the benefits to me.
One thing that has me excited again about getting one is the book,
published by National Braille Press. Getting Started with the iPhone
and
iOs5 for Blind Users, by
Anna Dresner with Dean Martineau. I have purchased this book, and am
reading through it. I do recommend this book for new users. According
to it, one can set up their IPhone independently, so long as they have
ITunes on their computer, with One caveat. There are some things one
has to enter onto their phone itself, so one will have to type on it
very early in the game, as it were. As long as one feels confident to
do this typing, it can be set up independently.
The link to the aforementioned book is
http://www.nap.org/ic/nap/IPHONE-IOS5.html
It is $22, and can be had in hardcopy braille, as a brf file, or as a
daisy audio file, read by a pretty good synthesizer, I do not know
which
one.
Arnold Schmidt
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebecca Ilniski"
<[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 3:31 AM
Subject: new to the group and some questions
Hi all. I'm new to the group and have some questions. I'm going to
be upgrading on 5/5/12. I have some questions and will post them
here.
1. I have decided to get the iphone 4s and will be ordering that on
Tuesday. First question did you get your i phone online or at the
apple store? I can go to verizon and get it but wonder if they will
be more helpful at apple and can they help with things like porting
your number over from the old phone to the new? Did you order yours
online or go to the store? if you ordered it directly from your cell
provider can you set it up independently or did you have to go to the
store to get help?
2. Do you use a bluetooth keyboard with yours or just the i phone?
3. What podcasts are out there for the iphone 4s? Is there a good
resource for learning the gestures and using the flat screen?
4. How many gigs would you recommend? I don't plan to watch a lot of
movies, download videos and mainly want to use my phone for calls,
facebooking, and twitters? Maybe here or there a video but I don't
plan to go overboard. I have wifi here at home and plan to use that.
When I'm away is it easy to use your data plan if there aren't any
wifi connections available especially if i"m on a bus or something?
Thanks for answering all of my questions. I'm sure I will have more
as I go along.
--
Rebecca and Zeb
email: [email protected]
facebook: facebook.com/rebeccai5
Zeb's facebook: facebook.com/zeb.ilniski
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