cost of an iPhone
I was considering getting an iPhone to replace a Treo and a Sprint account at $65/month. But then it’s AT&T with a $30 data plan, a $39.99 voice plan 450 minutes, and $5.00 200 text plan which totals $75 a month without taxes.
Realistically, the $59.99 voice plan w/ 900 minutes looks better which takes us out to $95 a month without taxes probably $110 a month with taxes.
Then there’s the iPhone itself at $199 or $299 with a $69 2 year protection plan and a $36 activation fee.
Am I off on this calculation? Are people paying more or less for their iPhone service?
1000 minutes, unlimited nights/weekends, data plan, unlimited text messaging for $75 a month would still be ridiculous but somewhat reasonable. $50 a month would be more reasonable. $110 a month is ludicrous.
For comparison, our one Sprint account is $65 (1100 minutes) a month, one T-Mobile account is $65 a month (1000 minutes), and AT&T landline/dsl is $52 a month, so $185 a month in wireless, landline, Internet.
I’m thinking that $185 a month is low to average for being in the web industry, but higher than what most folks are paying. $100 to $125 would be about right but I don’t think I can get it down to that without losing minutes, speed, or functionality.
I think it’s a maybe a next year or 2012 type of thing to go to an iPhone.
Most are paying less. While the exact amount varies more and more people are finding they can apply their companies FAN discount to their AT&T account with an iPhone. Take a look here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=613757&highlight=fan
some do up to 25%. Of course that works with non-iPhones as well, so relatively speaking the iPhone is still the more expensive phone.
Comment by Robert Accettura — January 4, 2009 @ 2:27 pm