[ale] HOW2 choose an organizer/phone ?

[Jim Popovitch]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 13:18, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
> Jerald Sheets wrote:
>> Wow, man..
>>
>> I've got two teens, one with an iPhone and one with a 3G handset, my own
>> iPhone, 1300 minutes, family shared minutes/data for the iPhones and
>> unlimited MediaNET for the handset, and only pay about 150/mo.  Are you
>> utilizing extra services?
>
> Those numbers don't make sense to me either.  Two 3G iPhones with
> unlimited data, one 2G iPhone with unlimited.  A fourth generic nokia
> cell, all for under $200/month.

Family plans typically are only ~$10/mo more for each addl phone.  So
you would pay ~$100/mo for the first, and $110 for two (sans any
features, a'la txtmsg, that would be unique to the second phone).
So, with 5 phones on a family plan it is is easy to keep the bill
under $200... however, it's not a great way to compare the total cost
of an iPhone vs the total cost of a Blackberry. ;-)

-Jim P.