AT&T Inc. and Apple today announced service plans for iPhone which start at $59.99 per month. All plans include unlimited data, Visual Voicemail, 200 SMS text messages (more SMS text messages can be added to any plan), roll-over minutes and unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling. With everything else already included, iPhone customers can easily choose the plan that’s right for them based on the amount of voice minutes they plan to use each month. In addition, iPhone customers can choose from any of AT&T’s standard service plans.
Individual AT&T service plans for Apple iPhone:
• $59.99 for 450 minutes
• $79.99 for 900 minutes
• $99.99 for 1,350 minutes
• $119.99 for 2,000 minutes
• $169.99 for 4,000 minutes
• $199.99 for 6,000 minutes
Family AT&T service plans for Apple iPhone:
(Includes one line. Additional iPhone lines are $29.99 each.)
• $80.00 for 700 minutes
• $100.00 for 1,400 minutes
• $120.00 for 2,100 minutes
• $160.00 for 3,000 minutes
• $210.00 for 4,000 minutes
• $310.00 for 6,000 minutes
All plans include unlimited data (email and web), unlimited nights and weekends (except $59.99 plan which includes 5,000 nights and weekends minutes), Visual Voicemail, 200 SMS text messages (more SMS text messages can be added to any plan), roll over minutes and unlimited mobile-to-mobile and a one-time activation fee of $36. All iPhone monthly service plans are available for individuals and families and are based on a new two-year service agreement with AT&T.
Current AT&T customers service plans for Apple iPhone:
(Just add one of these data plans to your existing voice plan)
• $20.00 for Unlimited Data (Email/Web), Visual Voicemail, 200 SMS Text Messages
• $30.00 for Unlimited Data (Email/Web), Visual Voicemail, 1,500 SMS Text Messages
• $40.00 for Unlimited Data (Email/Web), Visual Voicemail, Unlimited SMS Text Messages
“AT&T has the largest voice and data network in America, the largest mobile-to-mobile calling community and the fewest dropped calls,” said Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO, AT&T, in the press release. “AT&T has invested more than 16 billion dollars in its wireless network between 2005 and 2007, and iPhone customers will enjoy the best voice and data network in the nation.”
“We want to make choosing a service plan simple and easy, so every plan includes unlimited data with direct Internet access, along with Visual Voicemail and a host of other goodies,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, in the press release. “We think these… plans give customers the flexibility to experience all of iPhone’s revolutionary features at affordable and competitive prices.”
All iPhone plans include Visual Voicemail, an industry first, which allows consumers to see a listing of their voicemails, decide which messages to listen to, then go directly to those messages without listening to previous messages. Just like email, Visual Voicemail on iPhone enables users to immediately and randomly access the messages that interest them most. Unlike most wireless plans that charge additional fees for new features, there are no additional fees for Visual Voicemail.
iPhone introduces an entirely new user interface based on a revolutionary multi-touch display and pioneering new software that allows users to control iPhone with just a tap, flick or pinch of their fingers. iPhone combines three products into one small and lightweight handheld device-a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod, and the Internet in your pocket with best-ever applications on a mobile phone for email, web browsing and maps. iPhone ushers in an era of software power and sophistication never before seen in a mobile device, which completely redefines what users can do on their mobile phones.
iPhone goes on sale at 6:00 p.m. (local time) on Friday, June 29 and will be sold in the US through Apple’s retail and online stores and AT&T retail stores. iPhone will be available in a 4GB model for US$499 and an 8GB model for $599, and will work with either a Mac or PC.
MacDailyNews Take: These are simple, well-priced plans. Let the bloodbath commence!
MacDailyNews Note: For those who might be thinking of buying an iPhone and never activating it in order to use it as a 6G iPod, Think Different™. From Apple’s iPhone Rate Plans page: Minimum new 2-year wireless service plan and activation fee required to activate iPhone features, including iPod; plans are subject to AT&T credit approval.
I think that’s very reasonable based on the prices out there just for unlimited data plans are close to that without voice too.
That’s not bad. Essentially $39.99 for voice and $20 for unlimited data.
Cool… The plans are reasonable! Verizon charges an extra $49/month for unlimited data on top of the voice plans.
About in line with expectations (at least mine). I’m getting 900 minutes.
Nice not to be nickeled and dimed to death.
These prices are too high. They are fleecing us rabid Apple fans.
I live in Japan, and this plan is surprisingly good for the US. The unlimited data and unlimited mobile-to-mobile is great.
The iPhone is going to do well in the US. I look forward to its arrival in Japan, where it will face stiffer competition. However, the iPhone will likely do well here, too.
Yeah, I’m happy with those rates. I could justify $59.99/month.
At first I thought the text messages were low, but with data and Mail, who needs SMS?
Cool, I wonder how this will effect me seeing as my family has already signed up with AT&T in anticipation of the iPhone…
@maclover:
Boo-Hoo, Boo-Hoo-Hoo, Boo-Hoo-Hoo-Hoo! Sucks to be you.
Perfect! I’m paying $39.99 for 450 minutes plus $19.99 for unlimited data right now so it’s a wash for me to upgrade. I just wish they had more than 200 SMS included. Oh well, see how it works out.
wait for the bitching…. here it comes…
“only 200 SMS?” “$99 per month!!??”
Enderle, Dvorak and Thurrott are foaming at the keyboard this morn…
Good news for me. That’s about what I pay Alltel for minutes only.
Time to change. Now where did I put that extra $600.00?…..
Impressed. The $60 (w/ taxes & fees) I pay Verizon every month for 450 min and 1000 txt/pix seems very pricey all of a sudden…
I’m there. Sign me up Scotty!
I want to know if I have to pay to break my existing contract or will they simply just allow us to move to iPhone and service plans?
So essentially the price is $39.99 for everything other than minutes then $20 for 450 minutes, $40 for 900 and $60 for 1350 with a minimum of 450 minutes..
wow. this is a bombshell – the unlimited data thing was very smart on at&t’s part. personally, i can’t wait for my verizon contract to be up – by that time, they’ll be out with at least rev 2 or 3 of the iphone.
No iPod if the phone is not activated… hmmm
“Minimum new 2-year wireless service plan and activation fee required to activate iPhone features, including iPod…”
After the last two years of getting ripped off and using a crappy phone, this is a breath of fresh air
I live in the Washington, DC Metro area. I just compared plans from other carriers and also AT+T’s current plans. Here is what i found:
If you go to AT+T’s plan page and get a comparable minutes package and add the blackberry data additional package onto it, it comes out to $79.98, and that’s just on a plan old blackberry. So in comparison $59.99 is a good deal if you do a straight comparison of current AT+T plans.
T-Mobiles comparable plan is $39.99 for voice and $49.99 for data which totals up to $89.98. So the new iPhone plan at $59.99 is a bargain compared to T-Mobile’s plan. Verizon’s Voice+data plan is the same as T-mobile’s plan at $89.98. Sprint’s plan is $79.98 for both voice and data. So if you look at all the other carrier’s plans, the iPhone/AT+T plan really is a bargain.
Excellent Prices. I’m quite surprised. The $99.99 is perfect (for me).
So if you don’t stay with AT&T for the total length of time you have the iPhone, and go with some other carrier for the phone part, you’re then screwed on the future use of the standalone iPod features? If true, this is a deal breaker for me.
I’m absolutely loving this. Told you it was going to be over 2 grand but this is even better: Let’s see:
– overpriced cell phone manufactured for pennies at Chinese slave camp sold for half a grand: check
– overpriced contract plus the usual slew of Apple chains and locks (no activation, no iPoo): check
– unsatisfying and overhyped iPhone user interface: coming on the 29th
I smell Newton episode 2. And they ask me why are you so jovial!!!
Behold Apple sheep. The ZunePhone is coming.
hey buddy – i’m the real maclover, cease and desist
A chair just went flying over at Verizon HQ.
“So if you don’t stay with AT&T for the total length of time you have the iPhone, and go with some other carrier for the phone part, you’re then screwed on the future use of the standalone iPod features? If true, this is a deal breaker for me.”
A different carrier??? iPhone is AT&T exclusive. But we’ve only known that since January.
These prices make me feel even better about buying an IPhone. I have a Blackberry Pearl with 900 minutes and the unlimited data plan. My Bill is easily over $100 every month.
Perfect. I’m sold.
(And don’t feed the troll.)
Dean Vernon Wormer: “Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”
Wow. Good Job AT&T and Apple.
I am an existing Cingular/AT&T customer, and $40/month is their standard for 450 anytime/anywhere minutes – so the $20/month for unlimited data seems fair. If I can add a line for $20/month, this seems very standard pricing. Very fair. Yes I would like to know if I keep the 5k nights/weekends minutes I get since I do a lot of family calls then. So now since my wife’s phone is ancient and she needs a quad band phone for our overseas trip –
Where do I sign up?
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(oh the Apple Store Baybrook or the AT&T store in Webster)
MDN Magic Word “true” – hope the iPhone delivers a true Apple experience
Crikey,
I’ve always bitched about Australia’s slowband (256 – 512 kbps) but now I can understand why the USA has low mobile useage. By Australian standards that’s highway robbery. I’d expect much lower prices in the Antipodes.
These plans seem pretty fair. I am currently paying about 82 a month with two lines and no data plan with 200 sms messages. So I can probably knock a few bucks off a month with the iPhone. I really dont need more than 450 minutes. I roll over a ton of minutes every month. I wish they had a 300 minute plan for 39.95. That would be pretty sweet.
WHAT, they are going to charge me for service TOO! Well, thats a deal breaker for me!!! . . . . . . . . .
sorry, could not resist.
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NOT bad. Not bad at all. You know, this iPhone-ie thing could just work after all. . . . . . .rotf – chuckling heavily.
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MDN word “born” as in Born again – iPhone user. Hail Mary and toss me a plan.
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“They don’t mention a fee to break the 2 year contract.”
$175 cancellation fee.
Crap. I was expecting to not like the pricing plans and had no plans of buying the JesusPhone.
Crap, now i gotta find 500$
WHAT WE DON’T GET UNLIMITED EVERYTHING FOR FIVE BUCKS A MONTH? HURRRRGHHHH! THE IPHONE WILL FAIL! I’M ROB ENDERLE AND I JUST POOPED MY PANTS!
Ok. Not bad at all. This was my last concern. They’re going to sell tons of these things. Wow.
sounds great ! Take off a couple hundred $ for the 2 year contract and it will be Sweet !
I have one year left on my AT&T contract. By then, they’ll have another revision of the iPhone out. That’s when I’ll make my purchase. And with these reasonable service prices…it looks like a winner!
Now I have to wait a year…
I’m stunned. These plans are much lower priced than virtually anyone thought they would be. Let the bloodbath commence indeed!
Does anyone know anything about this:
http://actforchange.workingassets.com/campaign/iphone/nalwt3bx3?
Says Apple has locked the iPhone from being able to work on overseas phone networks “for the foreseeable future”.
To be clearer, DIFFERENT phone, different carrier. Therefore having a regular cell and a non-activated iPhone, and use the iPod features by itself. Will a non-activated phone make the iPod features unusable? If so, this would a deal breaker for me.
And I’ve known about the the AT&T exclusive as long as anyone on this site has, as I “listened” to the webcast. There are just too many “gotchas” with cell companies to spend $600 to have all features totally unusable if I got pissed at AT&T and dopped the AT&T plan.
M@c: why do you have to wait? Click on the “Existing Customers” tab on the rate plans page and see how you can get an iPhone by adding the necessary services to your existing AT&T service. Like every other carrier I know of, changing services will require a new contract, in this case 2 years. But you can get your iPhone now.
I’m pretty impressed with these rate plans. Why, oh why, did I let the Significant Other convince me to go with Verizon so we could have free mobile-to-mobile? Why was it that when I was doing some business travelling last week, that I couldn’t wait to whip out an iPhone in front of all the crackberry users at the airport? Why did I think I could withstand the burning desire for an iPhone?
MW: Wife. No comment.
What? No stories about Dell’s new colorful computers to appeal to the consumer market?
On a related note, these prices are perfect.
I can’t wait to dump Sprint and my crappy Palm Treo 700p. The ATT plan is way cheaper.
As stated above. What about nights and weekends. And, what is the Edge speed? Did I not read that ATT spent 50 million to upgrade the technology? Did they improve the speed?
Palm Sucks.
these are great!!!! I was expecting far worse
I like the idea that you can activate (or upgrade) your service right from iTunes.
CHECK THIS OUT!
The Apple activation video shows $79.99 total price for the 900 plan; but in the break down it shows $59.99 for the minutes and $20.00 for unlimited data and 1500 SMS Text messages! Not the 200 mentioned in the plan.
Oversight on Apple’s part? Maybe that was a plan they were considering and changed at the last minute? I wish I could get THAT plan.
I use lots of minutes & no one has been able to beat “Metro PCS” unlimited minutes plan @ $45.00.. To bad these other cell companies charge so much for those who need 4000 mins. or more.
Why if “Metro PCS” can offer such a great rate plan others can’t also.? Just greed I guess. I’d love to have an iPhone but not when AT&T wants $160 for 4000 mins.. See Ya..
Check out the activation video on the apple site. Very slick!
http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/activation.html
Hrm, wonder what they’ll charge for a second “regular” phone if/when I buy my iPhone? My wife just needs a standard beastie with a standard plan. Says $30/month extra for an extra iPhone contract, but I’m hoping for more like $10 to $20/month for a standard phone since it doesn’t have all the other cool stuff.
“Says Apple has locked the iPhone from being able to work on overseas phone networks “for the foreseeable future”.
By definition, ANY locked GSM phone will only work on the network (or their overseas partners) of the carrier that sold you the phone. This is standard practice in the industry. They do this so that you can’t stop paying your bill and disappear with a phone they just gave you for nothing in exchange for a commitment with your service contract.
ANY locked phone can also be unlocked, you just have to convince the carrier to do it. In my case, my cell accounts are business accounts, and I always insist that our phones are unloced because we do a lot of international travel.
I’m curious how the voicemail of iPhone will work overseas (or even domestically if you are not in an At&T service area), as this is dependent on the AT&T’s network.
@byron church,
instead of wishing the phone to be a couple hundred dollars cheaper… do the math: 24 months at 20 dollars cheaper…
compared to staying with any comparable plan and crappier phone/features, the phone is nearly free already…
MW: “peace” brother…
I’m sure AT&T will let you buy now, and just extend your current contract out to two years. That’s what they’ve always done when I get a new phone from them. You can get a new phone every six months, as long as you continue to sign up for another two years from the date of the change.
I’ve been paying 19.99 a month for unlimited with cingular for years so I wont be saving . Greetings !
I am shocked. That is a very good price.. all inclusive for $ 59.99
WOW!
byron church
I’ve been paying 19.99 a month for unlimited with cingular for years so I wont be saving . Greetings !
Mr. Church, with all do respect, I simply don’t believe you.
Loooser :>>>
Maconymous
I wonder if unlimited nights & weekends are included. Otherwise this is not really worth it”
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PS: also that Zune guy” what DRRRRK, Check..
Dck — Newton, bla bla, locks etc, O my you are a complete egg!!!!!!! Mr
I’m eating my crow, brazed, with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
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That’s a surprisingly good price for AT&T to charge their exclusive iPhone customers. We would only have to spring for the phone itself. Very good! Apple and AT&T have really done it.
What about those of us (surely in the minority) that only want a voice plan? Is that even an option? While unlimited data is great, I’d much rather just have voice service and only browse when in range of a WiFi network. There are enough other features of the iPhone that make it the $599, but I can’t justify the extra expense (compared to my current plan) for a service that I’ll rarely use.
If Apple can talk Rogers into Canadian plan pricing anywhere close to these AT&T prices, I can tell you that iPhone will be a complete and unparalleled success in Canada. And that includes the business markets.
Right now, there is no such word as “unlimited” in the Canadian cell phone provider vocabulary.
@Lancelot,
Bye-Bye! Have fun with your Windows mobile phone!
@ballonknot,
As you said, you are surely a minority.. These plan prices are excellent and very reasonable, though you can never please everyone.
Now that Telus is about to merge with/swallow Bell, cell phone rates only going to get worse.
Maybe with the merger, the Feds will allow other carriers to operate in Canada. Hear that AT&T?
Ok, I don’t want data or prepaid SMS. I will use WiFi and ala carte SMS only. So can I get a simple plan without the extra crap. It appears I can. I pay $59.95/mo. with Verizon for 2 phones. Can I get something comparable with AT&T or not?
Someone over at AppleInsider read through the fine print and found this lovely gem… in paraphrase … “you cannot use your iPhone to connect to a computer or other device as a modem through any means such as cables or bluetooth, etc.”
That sucks butt big time. I was thinking of using the iPhone as a modem when I’m using my powerbook away from the office or my home.
That said, the plan prices are surprisingly not sucky. I wonder how much SteveJ had to yell??
OK my issues have been answered:
Add the data plan to our existing family plan for $20/month and buy my wife the phone. We keep our 5k nights/weekend minutes. I’m very happy as long as I can lay hands on one in the next couple of weeks.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/easysetup/rateplans.html
MDN Magic Word “results” – this plan results in an iPhone buy
Individual plans look nice, but I just noticed the family plan. Ouch! It looked good until I noticed it was for only one line. What good is a family plan with one line? Thats deceptive advertising. Just list the price for two lines. $130 a month is not so good anymore. My wife and I have a family plan through Sprint and its $65 with data.
Um…for the person saying the blackberry plan was more expensive, yeah it is, but here’s what you’re not understanding. The iPhone plans are EXACTLY the same as the regular ATT plans. The voice plans are the same, and the data plans follow ATT’s Mediamax pricing structure. How much do you wanna bet that if you already have MediaMax 200 for $20 a month that you won’t need to change it to use the iPhone.
too expensive!!!!!
have you seen how the shares are tanking?????
AAPL may be the next SBUX if this all goes wrong!
Sold mine @ 123 and change!!!! If you have any sense you will get out now!!!!
Quick Note:
I am assuming the second grouping of prices is for the Family Plan instead of a second Individual Plan?
Based on these prices, I’d be buying AT&T and selling AAPL.
AT&T needs to wave activation fee for existing customers. No need to wack us twice! Especially, if they sign up for another two years.
Otherwise, I am very happy to see the unlimited data plan.
The second list of prices if for FAMILY, not INDIVIDUAL. MDN, please make the correction. $80 for 700 minutes for FAMILY with ONE phone? How the hell can you have ONE PHONE for a FAMILY plan? It’s actually $110 for 2 phones if I read correctly. I get 2 phones now through Verizon for $60/mo. The AT&T prices are terrible and stock price for Apple is dropping like an anchor. Also, there is no break on the price of the iPhone whatsoever. What phone in existence do you have to pay full price for with a 2-yr. contract? The iPhone is the first one. The critics are going to tear Apple apart, and deservedly slow. What a RIP!
The new rates SUCK!
All of the prices are $20 more than regular non-iPhone plans. http://www.wireless.att.com/
And the $40 for unlimited messaging is way high.
“Messaging Unlimited $19.99 a month ” for regular ATT plans.
I pay $15.99 for unlimited with t-mobile.
Before, I was very interested in switching…. now I’m going to look into getting an unlocked phone. I was going to pay the $200 t-mobile termination fee but know i can save 25 and pay the $175 fee.
If I should ever want to buy one of those, I would never use it to make calls. I like the fact that there’s unlimited data transfer, but 60 $.. That’s simply pushing it IMHO…
The service plan I have now costs me 10 $ i month, and my phone (Sony Ericsson W810i) only costed me 14 $. Of course that’s without the free file transfer, but i do have unlimited SMS’ses.
I can’t see why I should pay that much basicly…
Take your heads out of SJ arse and LOOK, these prices are too high!
No discount on the phone FFS!! Get real.
Take ApplePie’s advice, sell b4 the shares tank. They already look to be dropping below the 20EMA with no support until 110.
You guys really need to go buy a TracFone or something. I think Apple/AT&Ts; price are VERY reasonable for what you are getting. Pushed me over the edge on whether to buy one….
I was prepared for the worse and pleasantly surprised.
@iMat
‘If I should ever want to buy one of those, I would never use it to make calls.’
You have got to be joking, right?
$600 for a ‘phone that you won’t use ??? LOL
“All of the prices are $20 more than regular non-iPhone plans”
Yeah idiot, because the non-iPhone plans don’t include unlimited data like the iPhone plan does. That’s what the extra $20 per month is for!!!
The FUD astroturfers are back….
By all means sell your 15 shares of Apple stock, heavens it has dropped a few dollars!
I am very surprised by the pricing, I expected far higher (OK I expected $90 for the $60 plan)
This makes it easier to rationalize. The $600 is for the iPod and phone so please stop arguing that the phone needs to be discounted. Those of us with the money and desire will buy one now, our choice. If the market disagrees and no one else wants the iPhone and plan for these prices then it will fail. Ranting because your dad won’t cover a 60 dollar plan on top of a $600 phone isn’t useful here.
The activate from home suddenly makes buying it online look better but I suspect I will still go stand in line on Friday
Enjoy
I’ve decided to sit this one out. Why? The Family plan is outrageous. I’d have to pay $1200 for two phones and then pay $130 a month? No way in hell.
I can live with a subsidized phone that does what its supposed to do, be a phone. I’ve got a laptop. I really don’t need internet access on my phone. Plus if its true that the iPhone can’t be used as a modem for your laptop, that really takes some of the bloom off the rose. But I guess that has to do with the EDGE network.
So maybe when iPhones are around $250 and the family plan is around $80 per month, my wife and I will be interested. Meanwhile, I’ll stick with what Apple does best, computers.
I am very surprised by the pricing, I expected far higher (OK I expected $90 for the $60 plan)
Actually, you were more optimistic than I. I expected the lowest plan to be in the $100 range. The stock is dropping now from disappointment of TracFone owners to wanted the $30 a month pay as you go plan.
My Blackberry’s plan is about $100 a month with like 1200 minutes. But with AT&Ts; rollover, it’s pretty much as wash.. To me, today’s announcement will push fence sitters to the buy side.
I hope it rains, maybe then you’ll wake up, hopefully for you before you part with your mum’s money.
I don’t have a cell phone (yet?), so here is my uninformed reaction: That is an AMAZING amount of money to pay!
I’d like an iPhone, but there is no way it’s worth $1220-$1320 to me for the first year, and $720 every year thereafter. They must be smoking crack. And with Wifi built into the iPhone, it would be nice, obviously, not to pay hundreds a year for unlimited data over the cellular network that you don’t need.
I would pay half that.
The American mobile industry must have an INSANE amount of chutzpah in its pricing, judging by the way other commenters are all actually celebrating how “reasonable” these insane, stick-’em-up style prices are.
People, wake up! Be free!
So, the upshot is that I will be happy to wait until the iPhone is made available through other, less extortionate channels. Despite being the Apple fan’s Apple fan.
Assuming just for one second your telling the truth, you can’t compare the iphone with the Blackberry.
One is a very useful business device and one is an extremely expensive video iPod.
Not bad, but I do about 45 minutes of voice per month.
The new rates SUCK! And the Markets agree with me seeing as how the stock is down 2% on the announcement.
All of the prices are $20 more than regular non-iPhone plans. http://www.wireless.att.com/
And the $40 for unlimited messaging is way high.
“Messaging Unlimited $19.99 a month ” for regular ATT plans.
I pay $15.99 for unlimited with t-mobile.
Before, I was very interested in switching…. now I’m going to look into getting an unlocked phone. I was going to pay the $200 t-mobile termination fee but know i can save 25 and pay the $175 fee.
@ Less is More
@iMat
‘If I should ever want to buy one of those, I would never use it to make calls.’
‘Not bad, but I do about 45 minutes of voice per month.’
Why don’t you two share an iPhone?? lol
I see the regular plans now, but what about WIFI?
Do your order that through ATT?
To get a T-mobile Hotspot account costs a fortune.
Does anyone have the skinny on this?
Before, I was very interested in switching…. now I’m going to look into getting an unlocked phone.
No you’re not. Don’t kid us! You’re going right to Walmart and get a TracFone. You can buy a $10 card when your check comes 1st of the month.
what’s the difference between the two sets of prices listed? Can someone explain? I don’t understand what it means when it says ‘includes one line’ in the second one. No line included in the first one? huh??
I think it’s time to sell AAPL and buy DELL!
Have you seen their new XPS 1330, it’s very very cool. I think they might just be on the up @ last.
Did you see in the activation video about 45 seconds before the end – the storage capacity of his iPhone says 74.40 GB. Typo or surprise coming?
http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/activation.html
Maroon,
The second set of prices are family prices, although the $80 one, only includes ONE phone, which makes no sense. I’m going to buy a family plan with ONE phone? NOT! MDN needs to correct it to say FAMILY. Now let’s all watch Apple stock dive like a lead sea monster!!!!
Yeah but are the data plans shared on the family plan with 2-3 added lines? Like minutes?
Or is it $20 per line?
And the activation fee seems crazy. I was a long time ATT wireless customer. Needed to add a line in 05. Was forced to migrate to cingular. $18 activation. FOR A CURRENT CUSTOMER.
So now that Cingular is ATT, am I forced to pay $36 to go back to an ATT customer?
Sure seems like a class action lawsuit would be appropriate if so.
Oh, quit your bellyaching. $60 with unlimited data is WAY CHEAP compared to all the other phones out there.
Anyone who is paying less than $30 a month for a cell phone needs to get a TracPhone. For us adults, these prices are great!
All you broke clowns who can’t afford the iPhone – just stick with your free Razr with the 1″ screen.
And stare with envy at me and my buddies while we play Texas Holdem via WiFi on the way to work.
You guys do have jobs, don’t you?
This settles it.
I’m buying an iPhone. The second plan with unlimited data is $20 cheaper than what I’m already paying with NO data plan. I don’t even have unlimited mobile to mobile, like Apple offers.
Over the life of the contract, that $20 I’m saving is $480. So it’s like getting the iPhone for free.
Count me in!!! These prices are very solid.
@jeff
I was in Cingular last May and asked about if the iPhone could be used as a modem for my laptop. They told me no, so I bought the Sierra Wireless 875u (usb) modem for my MacBook. I love the little modem, its worked great. They said the iPhone didn’t support the right network (HDCM??? something or other) and that we would probably see an update in the future. The modem cost me $50 (after $150 rebate) and I got the unlimited $60 laptop plan. I’m hoping to upgrade this plan to the iPhone when this feature becomes available.
wow – I pay $40 now on AT&T for the 450 minutes, and $20 more for a VERY limited data plan. They are basically changing that limited plan to a All you can plan, and adding visual voice mail. VERY reasonable pricing if you ask me….
Are these phone rates, if deemed high, the reason Apple stock price has dropped over $2 so far today???
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The best plan & the best iphone = 6000.00 in 2 years. No thanks, i’ll keep my work phone which is free.
So for wife and I looks like the best deal would be two $60 accounts–900 minutes and 400 sms. What kind of family plan would be only 1 phone? I think this is a deal killer for us, will stay with Verizon.
Stock down $3.43 right now–looks like this is not going the way we all figured.
I have so far lost the price of 15 iPhones so far. And I worried about the monthly rate.
byron church “I’ve been paying 19.99 a month for unlimited with cingular for years so I wont be saving . Greetings !”
Comment from: Shoeman
“Mr. Church, with all do respect, I simply don’t believe you.”
byron church
Try hard I wouldn’t lie to you .
I’m referring to my unlimited internet and text plan . Obviously thats not including minutes etc .But when I purchased my treos there was always a discount that went along with new contracts .
“I’ve been paying 19.99 a month for unlimited with cingular for years so I wont be saving . I’m referring to my unlimited internet and text plan Obviously .(?)thats not including minutes etc. But when I purchased my treos there was always a discount that went along with new contracts .
I’m wonder just how up tight AT&T is going to be on credit?
After all their client just bought a $599 iPhone which should go a long way in limiting AT&T’s exposure.
Those prices suck hairy ass!!! I guess Steveo thinks we all live in 24Kt houses.
I’ll stick with my current phone and plan.
VERY reasonable!
Since I am on Verizon until the end of next year, I hope that these plan prices forces the other carriers to rethink their outrageous prices for data and messaging!
I don’t use either on my Verizon account because they are a rip-off!
hairy ass is smooth feeling
Lancelot, you never leave home if MetroPCS is enough for you. My guess is that a walkie-talkie or smoke signals might be enough to meet your needs.
See ya. Oh, no, I won’t. You’ll be home. Still.
Classic. Dan at Roughly Drafted just posted a new article.
Add up the numbers and the iPhone, a revolutionary and elegant next-generation device, now costs less than Monkey Boy’s crappy Motorola Q.
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q2.07/244A57B2-B535-4146-A5C4-F3804E4187A4.html
Time to throw a few chairs.
I’m out.
I could pony up even $599 for the iPhone, but what I really care about is the Calendar, Address Book, and access to a Phone, when I need it, which isn’t that much.
Max I could pay monthly is about $35, even for just a few hundred minutes. $60 as the lowest plan is just too much, unfortunately.
I’m not complaining. They’ve got to set the bar wherever they think it belongs. All I’m saying is I’m out.
“I’ve been paying 19.99 a month for unlimited with cingular for years so I wont be saving” . I’m referring to my unlimited internet and text plan Obviously .(?)thats not including minutes etc. But when I purchased my treos there was always a discount that went along with new contract . thats all
I take it that the family plans include service for two phones?
Otherwise you’d be paying as much for 700 minutes on one single phone for a family plan as you would for 900 minutes on an individual plan.
And who would get a family plan without at least two phones?
I’m with Verizon and am paying $80 per month for a plan similar to the $59 iPhone plan. Plus I have to use the crappy Moto Q. Too bad it’s through work…I can’t change carriers without having to pay for it myself. Oh well. Good rates for the iPhone though!
I am a current AT&T/Cingular customer (for my soon-to-be-tossed Treo 300) and I just checked my phone bill. For the exact same package as the low-end iPhone service (450 minutes, plus unlimited data) I’m currently paying $80 a month!
So I’ll save $20 a month, or $480 over the two-year contract over my current rate. Basically, for me, the cost of the iPhone is virtually zero.
Thanks, Steve!!
I was expecting charges of $99 a month for my level of service. I’m delighted at the rates — and can’t believe I’m still reading news stories how the rates are “way too high”. All cheer the FUD!
Is unlimited mobile-to-mobile just ATT phones or any mobile phone???
So does anyone know what sort of quantity limit the Apple stores will be placing on iPhone purchases?
“T-Mobiles comparable plan is $39.99 for voice and $49.99 for data which totals up to $89.98. So the new iPhone plan at $59.99 is a bargain compared to T-Mobile’s plan. Verizon’s Voice+data plan is the same as T-mobile’s plan at $89.98. Sprint’s plan is $79.98 for both voice and data. So if you look at all the other carrier’s plans, the iPhone/AT+T plan really is a bargain.”
Not sure where those numbers came from but I pay $39.99 for 1500 minutes, $20 unlimited data and $15 unlimited sms with t-mobile (all prices are available right now). Thats $5 cheaper than the same options with cingular. The same price without the unlimited sms.
Oops, I was wrong. cingular is $99 for 1350 minutes, thats $40 more than t-mobile, I knew there was a reason (other than the limitations on the iproduct) that I wasn’t going to switch.
it is about time! Thank god it’s reasonable…..ok now i really want it!!!
Yes mobil to mobil ATT only
Has anyone confirmed that one could upgrade just one of 2 phones, both of which are on an existing family plan, to an iPhone for the current family plan cost + $20/month? I’ve made three painful calls to AT&T; 2 reps were pleasant and tried, but they couldn’t answer the question. The third rep refused to answer iPhone questions until the 29th.
Magic Word: “Perhaps” good cellular customer service will forever remain a pipe dream.
This is $59/month plus the usual fees and taxes. When you look at your bill, how much is your plan and how much extra are the taxes?
When you say you’re currently paying $80/month, what makes up this $80/month? How much of that is for the plan?
$59.99 per month seems pretty stiff to me.
Currently, I already feel to be overcharged by my ISP at 50EUR/mo for regular internet + fixed phone (that doesn’t include the calls).
But those 50EUR buy me internet for all the computers in my house.
And, my mobile (with a prepaid card) doesn’t cost me more than some 20EUR every two or 3 months.
Maybe I should use my iPhone-to-come as a NAT router, to get equivalent service.
@jovial
“- overpriced cell phone manufactured for pennies at Chinese slave camp sold for half a grand: check
– overpriced contract plus the usual slew of Apple chains and locks (no activation, no iPoo): check
– unsatisfying and overhyped iPhone user interface: coming on the 29th”
-Do you have proof of this?
-The contract prices are quite reasonable, comparatively speaking and who is buying the iPhone only for the iPod functions???
-Four reviews by people who have ACTUALLY USED the iPhone, and the interface was well received.
Go FUD yourself…
@BillyBoy
Has anyone confirmed that one could upgrade just one of 2 phones, both of which are on an existing family plan, to an iPhone for the current family plan cost + $20/month? I’ve made three painful calls to AT&T; 2 reps were pleasant and tried, but they couldn’t answer the question. The third rep refused to answer iPhone questions until the 29th.
Yes. Go to http://www.apple.com/iphone/easysetup/rateplans.html and click on the “Existing Users” tag.
Well, if this is too expensive for ya’ll, you can always resort to getting your iphone for free by begging on the street -like this guy. Then you’ll have plenty of extra cash for the plan.
The youtube video is here:
And the site devoted to his trying to raise enough money to get phone is here:
http://www.iphoneplease.com
Jeff,
You can only add a data iPhone plan to an individual existing AT&T plan. If you have an existing AT&T family plan then you will need to drop that plan and upgrade to an iPhone family plan (yes that means at least TWO iPhones!). Or you could break it into two individual plans. One an iPhone plan and the other a regular phone plan. I called AT&T a few times and got the same answer. I cannot believe they are screwing existing customers like this.
I am holding off on the iPhone until AT&T fixes this and can let an existing customer simply add an iPhone plan to an existing family plan (that has regular voice line plans on it as well).
You should not need to break up family plans to add an iPhone. Adding the iPhone data plan will only work for individual plans. I knew AT&T would mess this up for Apple.