Comments on: AT&T to Offer Data-Capped $20 iPhone Plan? $99 iPhones? Pre-Paid iPhones?

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By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:23:48 +0000

Capped or Pre-Paid are attractive to me. I use such devices sparingly and only came back to mobile phone on a Pre-Paid plan, which I use about $5-$10 per month. I’d only use something like an iPhone to connect to the internet in a pinch when I really need something, not to sit on a park bench all day watching YouTube.

By: steve

steve — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:23:51 +0000

i would certainly drop to the capped $20 data however… i would stay atthe $30 “unlimited” data is they threw in unlimited SMS.

By: frog

frog — Tue, 19 May 2009 10:49:56 +0000

What’s a “low end” iPhone though? No GPS? Only 8gb? Maybe even no wifi? Wouldn’t be a major concern for a large chunk of the potential market!

By: Sting7k

Sting7k — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:33:40 +0000

Cheaper data plan with reasonable cap at ~1GB, yes.

Low end iPhone, no way.

By: Chobbs

Chobbs — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:53:48 +0000

I personally hope the iPhone family is NOT broken into two different groups. Of course Apple wants to make money. But I also believe that Apple's success, thus far, is they have not sold out just to make an easy buck by catering to the masses. They strive to put out quality products that just work. That costs more money. Those not willing to pay for more usually get what they pay for.

As for the cap. If it is over a gig I am in. I rarely make it to 700mb. I have always had a good experience with AT&T. I am,again, willing to pay a little extra for quality. And at&t has not failed to deliver as far as I'm concerned.

By: icebike

icebike — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:54:15 +0000

@Adam:

AT&T’s Unlimited plan is already capped at 5GB.

Where is this specified?

By: Mile

Mile — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:53:31 +0000

Damn this place has become nothing but a rumor mill.

By: Truth

Truth — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:51:52 +0000

@icebike

You pay unlimited money even though you don't use much so AT&T can RAPE your ass.

Every company does this. You think my dad watches 500 channels on Comcast digital TV? No, he probably only watches around 15 channels or so. But does he have to pay a ridiculous amount to see the channels he does want to see? Yes.

These companies aren't in business to make you feel good. They are in it to rape you.

By: icebike

icebike — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:57:35 +0000

@Drake:

Read Adam, above. Then read your phone bill from ATT/Rogers and report back the number of months you got anywhere near 5Gig.

That's the point. Why pay for unlimited if you never use anywhere near a single gig?

By: Drake

Drake — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:42:02 +0000

whats the point of having an iPhone without UNLIMITED DATA? Nobody actually calls people on these things!

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:23:51 +0000

@Blake 2:

Very true. That applies to me as well.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:17:55 +0000

@Mike:

They CAN continue to call it “Unlimited” because YOU CAN use as much data as you want. Whatever amount of data you would use with Skype or Slingplayer, you can currently use right now without those apps.

That’s why they call it Unlimited Data, not Unlimited Selection of Apps.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:14:33 +0000

AT&T's Unlimited plan is already capped at 5GB.

the plan I have on Rogers is the same price and it's 6GB..

And to those of you saying how you use data all the time and it wouldn't be sufficient... I don't think you check your monthly data usage. It's a LOT less than you'd think more often than not.

I use data constantly every day, I don't even use WiFi when it's available because my router at home is slow and gives terrible reception. My monthly usage is around 700mb.

If their capped plan is 1GB it'd be worth saving $10 because honestly I challenge you to use more than 1GB of data without tethering (which is not allowed on AT&T)..

By: Blake 2

Blake 2 — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:44:50 +0000

This would be great for me considering I’m on wifi most of the time. I’m sure the same applies to many iphoners.

By: danny

danny — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:34:12 +0000

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By: Truth

Truth — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:23:38 +0000

Should have done that a while a go. Now I can get unlimited text plus capped data for 35$.

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:23:36 +0000

As other have said it really comes down to the cap level. Most people don’t really sit on youtube all day and email doesn’t really use that much data so this could work out for quite a lot of people.

By: diaz2010

diaz2010 — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:23:13 +0000

Apple is mass testing push I just received an email about it here is just part of it:

As a developer actively working with iPhone OS 3.0 beta, we would like your help in testing the Apple Push Notification service. We have selected a pre-release version of the Associated Press app for iPhone OS 3.0 to create a high-volume test environment for our servers.

By: Al

Al — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:11:48 +0000

If the cap was 750MB or more I’d be all on that! I would not be interested, however in a less-capable version of iPhone. Please keep the iPhone full-featured, that’s why it is so popular!!!

By: icebike

icebike — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:09:36 +0000

If the capped plan had a reasonable allocation this might be a great plan for the vast majority of users who do not stream gigabytes of stuff to the phone.

Without any idea of where the cap level may kick in, and the cost for minor over-runs its hard to make any rational judgement at this time.

This brings to mind prior reports http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/09/att-iphone-inte/ that data usage had not grown as fast as ATT had anticipated. Perhaps ATT will set a high cap, in light of excess capacity, but still protect them selves from the bandwidth hogs.

Personally I’d rather have Tethering included in the 30 dollar unlimited plan.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:07:41 +0000

Will at&t really have UNLIMITED data? Will they allow Skype and Slingplayer to run on 3G?

They can't continune to call it an UNLIMITED plan if it isn't.

By: SciTeach3

SciTeach3 — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:05:06 +0000

I am still curious in what the data size is that would make up the “cap”

By: atlkr5

atlkr5 — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:03:27 +0000

Would it include ROLLOVER DATA? Ha! good thinking?

By: jeffdc5

jeffdc5 — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:59:32 +0000

That would be great too bad i use data all the time, or i could be saving a nice 10 bucks.