[ale] HOW2 choose an organizer/phone ?

[Geoffrey]

Jim Popovitch wrote:
> 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. ;-)

Agreed, although I have a limited shared minutes plan, I've never 
exceeded my minutes.  I have carryover minutes out the wazoo.

Looking at my plan for my single iPhone, it would run about $100 if I 
had just the one phone.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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