I am about to join the iPhone ranks soon as well. I'm waiting to see what's in the iPhone 2012 to decide whether to get it or the 4s. The two biggest differences in services between providers are coverage/call quality and price. I would not like to be an AT&T customer in New York or a Sprint customer north of Seattle. coverage at these spots is flaky and limited I understand. similarly, I have noticed that some providers offer the service at one-third to half the cost of the contract providers. the most well-known of these providers is one called Straight Talk, a joint venture of Wal-Mart and TracFone. Straight Talk uses the AT&T network and offers unlimited voice, data, and texting for $45 a month. Straight Talk doesn't want users to do tethering or video or audio streaming. However, people report that Straight Talk only gets excited when people use more than 100 MB of data a day or 2 GB a month. with Straight Talk, you must bring your own phone to the service, which is prepaid. One is not on any contract and can leave at any time.
for me, Straight Talk has made owning and using and iPhone affordable and possible for me. Kelly On 7/28/12, Anthony Vece <[email protected]> wrote: > So did I! > > > Sent from my Verizon iPhone! > > On Jul 28, 2012, at 6:47 PM, Mike Maslo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well i upgraded to a 4s and kept my unlimited plan > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 28, 2012, at 4:20 PM, "Steve" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, unfortunately, the grandfathering only applies to your current > phone. When you upgrade to a different phone, you lose the unlimited data > and you'll have to chose a data plan. If you share several devices on the > same family plan, you can share data in a bucket. > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Jordan Gallacher <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Saturday, July 28, 2012 5:00 PM > *Subject:* RE: Thoughts on carrier options in US > > I am keeping my fingers crossed that I don't end up having to do what my > aunt had to do on Verizon which was completely get a new plan when she got > a > new phone. She had the Droid II. She has one of the newer Droids now. > The reason I say that is because I still have unlimited data, which is a > good thing and would hate to lose it. I like Sprint because they have > unlimited data, and if I were to have to get a new plan on Verizon, Sprint > would have a new customer. > Jordan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of jeremy > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 3:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Thoughts on carrier options in US > > I may not be totally correct on this, but I think that pretty much any > IPhone you get, no matter the carrier, should be about the same. This of > course was a bit different with the older devices we are used to, nokias > and > alike, and even some of the newer droid devices to. One thing of note I've > herd people mention though, are the differences between the data plans > offered through sprint, verison and at&t. Not sure if any are really > considered truly unlimited, but sprint and verison apparently have an upper > hand on us at&t users. One other thing that may become an issue with the > IPhone 5, if it really is 4g compatible, will be how the 4g works here on > AT&t. I really honestly don't know much about 4g or what they use so maybe > it'll work perfectly. > Take care. > On 7/28/2012 3:06 PM, Richard Turner wrote: >> The only thing I've heard is depending on where you live, one carrier >> might drop fewer calls than the other. >> Around me, Verizon seems to have the best reputation for call quality >> and fewest dropped calls. This is around Portland, Oregon. >> >> Richard >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. >> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 1:00 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Thoughts on carrier options in US >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm learning about iOS on an iPod Touch 4th Generation WiFi, but will >> be moving on to an iPhone with the introduction of iPhone5. So, I'll >> bee needing to sign up with a carrier for calls, text, and data. >> >> Besides the differences in calling / texting / data plans among >> Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint (in the US), are there other considerations >> to take into account when selecting a carrier? I'm asking because a >> few posts on this list seem to have mentioned special configurations >> among different carriers that may impact blind users, if I understood > correctly. >> >> I would appreciate any guidance. 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