“According to AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel, a report today that AT&T will wait until the day of iPhone’s launch to disclose rate plans for the device is inaccurate,” Jeremy Horwitz reports for iLounge.
“‘We will disclose before the 29th,’ said Siegel, noting that customers will be able to show up at stores that day knowing how much they will be charged for both the Apple-developed hardware and AT&T’s cellular service plans,” Horwitz reports.
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People who want iPhones have a highly developed tollerance for new technology and all that goes with it.
When it comes to ATT/Cingular however, I hope everyone who wants an iPhone also has a highly developed tollerance for the absurd.
GET ON IT! Jeez, they’ve only had six months.
I love the iPhone, but really hate the corporate AT&T thing. They are such ass clowns.
I am still amazed at how much money people are willing to spend to be able to talk to other people!
Man, there’s just no reason for them not to share this info with us already. We’re a week out.
So does anyone know if you have to pay for at&t data service in order to use the iphone’s wi-fi? It would really suck if you had to.
So does anyone know if you have to pay for at&t data service in order to use the iphone’s wi-fi? It would really suck if you had to.
So does anyone know if you have to pay for at&t data service in order to use the iphone’s wi-fi? It would really suck if you had to.
So does anyone know if you have to pay for at&t data service in order to use the iphone’s wi-fi? It would really suck if you had to.
Of course, we have to be able to use our own wi-fi without getting the data plan from AT&T. If that is the case, iPhone owner will be at the mercy of AT&T. Not a good idea to buy at all.
The rates are probably going to be absurdly high.
For example, right now 2000 min is $99
t-Mobile is 2500 min for $99
I wonder how much 2000 iPhone minutes will be.
They’ll prob gouge iPhone fan boys (like me) more than the reg plan.
The details of the available plans are one of the scheduled iPhone announcements that Apple has planned to ramp up the hype for the next week. Already we’ve seen
Monday – glass screen, battery life
Wednesday – YouTube
It’d be reasonable to expect two or three more of these, since while Apple started out with a biggie on Monday to get attention, I’m sure they’ve saved the best for last. It’s entirely possible that a Jobsian OMT will come on the 29th.
Keep in mind that the reason for special service plans for the iPhone is simply that it comes with a contract but isn’t subsidized. So we should expect the monthly cost to be somewhat cheaper than the non-iPhone plans, and that’s why it will be part of the hype-building process.
Still amazed……I’m still amazed you think this is only a cell phone! Let’s see; phone, iPod, web browser, video player, game player, calendar and address book, etc……. Learn about the product; learn about facts!
AT&T is the fly in the buttermilk of this beautiful tool.
Not sure if MDN reported it, but the AJC newspaper said that AT&T quietly offered DSL for $10 a month. If I was AT&T and had my wireless division basing their whole future on the iPhone, I would lose or break even shortterm to undercut the competition pricewise, who currently doesn’t have a real competitor to the iPhone, and would hope to reap the long-term butt kicking results later. I would choose longevity over padding my wallet for a few quarters.
M$ totally killed Netscape by slimming down a sucky browser and offering it for free. Brilliant business move from a sucky salesman company. It’s time for a move like that. The iPhone is a revolutionary enough device to support it. AT&T would love to be loved again…nowz ur chance.
I hope that both Apple and AT&T understand that if the iPHONE rate plans are not extremely competitive, they are going to have a tough time hitting their projections.
They need more than corporate america to buy this thing, and most of us are not going to be willing to spend $100.00+ a month for our cell phone service.
Sure… You can just go with a voice plan, but then why spend the $500.00 bucks for a product that you can’t afford to use 100% of the features.
> We will disclose before the 29th,’ said Siegel
Of course the rates will be disclosed BEFORE the launch. This is all a carefully orchestrated sequence of information “disclosures” to maximize publicity. First, it was the surprise “upgrade” of the battery life and front surface (plastic to glass). Then it was the YouTube deal. Next up, the surprisingly attractive service pricing. Perhaps there will be a few other announcements that will be REAL surprises.
If the rates were going to be unusually high, Apple would have disclosed them already in order for people to take it in and get over them (and to save). Because they are releasing the rates only a week before it is out I think they will be very favourable. Apple doesnt want to put anyone off at the last minute.
I pay $70 CDN per month for 250 minutes anywhere in Canada & USA plus limited G3 data. I use the phone as a wireless modem for my laptops, mainly for email.
Of course, I charge my customers $50 per day for remote communications way out in the boonies.
I’m getting an iPhone even if I can only use it at 10% of my job-sites.
Amazing what some people pay for Cell service.. I get unlimited minutes, caller ID, conference calling & free long distance through “Metro PCS” for $45.00 per month.. Hard to think about paying $99 for so few minutes through A$&$..
I am still amazed at how much money people are willing to spend to be able to talk to other people!
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Well if the iPhone’s only major feature was phone calls, then I’d agree with you. However, the reality is that iPhone is more of a mobile computer running OSX than it is a phone. Oh yeah, it’s an iPod nano too, and those alone are $200 bucks.
I have a pay as you go phone at the moment… I don’t use the phone all that much, so $50 or so for 1,000 minutes lasts me quite a few months. For most stuff, I have skype or other IMs and make calls using the phone when I actually need to arrange to meet someone when I’m away from my computer.
Perhaps people with $100/month plans overuse their phones instead of using alternate, cheaper methods? So they have these plans which have thounsands of minutes a month, so they call people just to use them up, otherwise they feel they’re getting screwed by the phone company. They are anyway – do they realise that?
In a way it’s like food at some places – you get a huge plate full and pay $15 for example, but really, it could feed two people… so instead of paying say $7.50 for half as much, you have to pay $15 and chuck the rest, or eat like a pig.
Really, I don’t know how American’s have fallen for this crap dished out by the phone companies. Their executives and shareholders must be laughing all the way to the bank!
MW=think. Funny that.
Lancelot:
Amazing what some people pay for Cell service.. I get unlimited minutes, caller ID, conference calling & free long distance through “Metro PCS” for $45.00 per month.. Hard to think about paying $99 for so few minutes through A$&$..
I’ve had Metro PCS before, and they’re lousy. Dropped calls, terrible coverage, bad reception, aweful customer service, etc. I dropped them like a rock and switched back to a real network within a couple months.
The truth is, that there is a reason why they market themselves the way that they do… No credit check, no deposit, no commitment… They have the corner of the market on folks with bad credit. They are known around here as “Getro PCS.”
I work for AT&T Mobility and have been a mac user my entire life. I think calling me an ass clown is a little sophomoric. AT&T really cares about their customers and does a lot more for them than Sprint ever did for me.