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Apple will launch its iPhone in the U.S. on June 29, it said in TV commercials that began airing on Sunday. more
Apple's iPhone coming on June 29
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Posted 03 June 2007 - 08:46 PM
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$500 or $600 and a 2 Year activiation plan and only with AT&T ... plus what other required plan features for how many more $$$ every month? I think, No thanks!
$500 or $600 and a 2 Year activiation plan and only with AT&T ... plus what other required plan features for how many more $$$ every month? I think, No thanks!
I'm wondering the same thing. How much to go online, how much is the plan, the total cost for a mobile phone to use in the way that we saw in the keynote is going to be staggering. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
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Posted 03 June 2007 - 08:56 PM
You guys wrote:
"$500 or $600 and a 2 Year activiation plan and only with AT&T ... plus what other required plan features for how many more $$$ every month? I think, No thanks!"
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"I'm wondering the same thing. How much to go online, how much is the plan, the total cost for a mobile phone to use in the way that we saw in the keynote is going to be staggering."
I honestly don't understand negative comments such as this. You don't even know the details of the plan yet you are coming in here with a negative spin. If it is too much for you to spend, don't buy it. I for one have been dreaming of a phone that has all of the features and integration that the iPhone has. Our family will be buying two of them.
"$500 or $600 and a 2 Year activiation plan and only with AT&T ... plus what other required plan features for how many more $$$ every month? I think, No thanks!"
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"I'm wondering the same thing. How much to go online, how much is the plan, the total cost for a mobile phone to use in the way that we saw in the keynote is going to be staggering."
I honestly don't understand negative comments such as this. You don't even know the details of the plan yet you are coming in here with a negative spin. If it is too much for you to spend, don't buy it. I for one have been dreaming of a phone that has all of the features and integration that the iPhone has. Our family will be buying two of them.
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Posted 03 June 2007 - 09:04 PM
I've been with Cingular/AT&T for years. I get a free phone upgrade every two years. Usually, I'd get around to it when I get around to it; could be within weeks of when my anniversary date comes around, could be months if I'm busy.
I'm due for a phone upgrade. BUT this time around, what do I get? A letter from AT&T, the first time ever, saying my phone upgrade "expires" June 23. Hmmm... /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
JeffM.
I'm due for a phone upgrade. BUT this time around, what do I get? A letter from AT&T, the first time ever, saying my phone upgrade "expires" June 23. Hmmm... /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Posted 03 June 2007 - 09:05 PM
...very sleek, classy ads.
Interestingly enough, www.cingular.com now redirects to www.wireless.att.com/home. Goodbye Cingular; hello AT&T (...finally). I'm just surprised they didn't wait until June 29th to rid themselves of the Cingular moniker. I guess they will use that as the date that their retail stores will be completely transitioned. Who knows.
Interestingly enough, www.cingular.com now redirects to www.wireless.att.com/home. Goodbye Cingular; hello AT&T (...finally). I'm just surprised they didn't wait until June 29th to rid themselves of the Cingular moniker. I guess they will use that as the date that their retail stores will be completely transitioned. Who knows.
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Posted 03 June 2007 - 09:37 PM
I'm due an upgrade to my phone, too. I've yet to receive one of these letters, but I imagine the same rule will apply to me, as well. I wasn't planning on getting an iPhone in its first iteration, anyway. I've got lots of money invested in Palm pharmacy/drug references & books, so that points me more and more toward a Treo, if I'm going to use a smartphone. Or, I could just get a Bluetooth phone to connect to my TX for internet browsing.
Perhaps an iPhone in another two years, I guess! /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Perhaps an iPhone in another two years, I guess! /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Posted 03 June 2007 - 10:08 PM
Geez, I saw the ad during 60 minutes, and it blew me away. I loved it so much I didn't even notice the "June 29" date. Unfortunately, Steve Jobs is going to have to give me one before I can upgrade to it, but that is, if it works with anything like the ease shown in the Calamari ad, it's worth every penny. (I do wonder if it's real-time, or if it's sped up a bit; and that's got to be Wi-Fi, right? Still, freakin' awesome.
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Posted 03 June 2007 - 10:12 PM
Wow, the ads really convey why the iPhone is not going to be just another smart-phone, but rather despite what many "analysts" say, a monolith for the mobile phone industry.
BTW: Did anyone else notice the addition of a Bluetooth icon in the top right of the status bar? I wonder if Apple/AT&T will allow any other uses of the radio besides connecting to wireless headsets.
Update: Also just noticed the Google Maps application has two new buttons, one with an up and down arrow on the left, and an automobile on the right. Interesting...
BTW: Did anyone else notice the addition of a Bluetooth icon in the top right of the status bar? I wonder if Apple/AT&T will allow any other uses of the radio besides connecting to wireless headsets.
Update: Also just noticed the Google Maps application has two new buttons, one with an up and down arrow on the left, and an automobile on the right. Interesting...
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Posted 03 June 2007 - 10:25 PM
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I do wonder if it's real-time, or if it's sped up a bit; and that's got to be Wi-Fi, right?
I do wonder if it's real-time, or if it's sped up a bit; and that's got to be Wi-Fi, right?
Looks slightly faster then real-time to me, but with only 30 seconds, you can't really blame them.
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Posted 03 June 2007 - 10:49 PM
I just saw the first iPhone ad from AT&T. It wasn't even from Apple :-)
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Posted 04 June 2007 - 12:01 AM
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You guys wrote:
"$500 or $600 and a 2 Year activiation plan and only with AT&T ... plus what other required plan features for how many more $$$ every month? I think, No thanks!"
and
"I'm wondering the same thing. How much to go online, how much is the plan, the total cost for a mobile phone to use in the way that we saw in the keynote is going to be staggering."
I honestly don't understand negative comments such as this. You don't even know the details of the plan yet you are coming in here with a negative spin. If it is too much for you to spend, don't buy it. I for one have been dreaming of a phone that has all of the features and integration that the iPhone has. Our family will be buying two of them.
You guys wrote:
"$500 or $600 and a 2 Year activiation plan and only with AT&T ... plus what other required plan features for how many more $$$ every month? I think, No thanks!"
and
"I'm wondering the same thing. How much to go online, how much is the plan, the total cost for a mobile phone to use in the way that we saw in the keynote is going to be staggering."
I honestly don't understand negative comments such as this. You don't even know the details of the plan yet you are coming in here with a negative spin. If it is too much for you to spend, don't buy it. I for one have been dreaming of a phone that has all of the features and integration that the iPhone has. Our family will be buying two of them.
I don't see anything I said as negative. Merely expensive. I didn't list the price of the phone in my comment, but I know what it is, and I also have a pretty good idea how much it costs to add a wireless internet plan to my regular phone plan now. For me that is staggering.
In my dreams hope AT&T will have an all uses of iPhone plan that doesn't rival my cable internet bill but I just don't see that happening. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
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Posted 04 June 2007 - 12:17 AM
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I agree about the idiotic price complaints. #1 it's a phone and iPod, so combine the prices of those two, at the least. #2 is if you don't purchase data services, you shouldn't be buying that type of phone <period> As far as general pricing goes, it seems reasonable to me. These are all nationwide plans ( free roaming, free long distance to US customers, Rollover, ... )...
450 anytime minutes, 5,000 weekend, unlimited mobile-to-mobile ( any at&t customer ) minutes = ~$40/month
6,000 anytime minutes, unlimited weekend, unlimited mobile-to-mobile ( any at&t customer ) minutes = ~$200/month
The Smartphone Max w/ Unlimited M2M is ~$35/month + taxes / fees and includes unlimited data ( email, web, ... ) and unlimited messages ( text, IM, picture, ... ).
Plus, one can get Xpress Mail, early nights / weekends, ... but we won't count those. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I agree about the idiotic price complaints. #1 it's a phone and iPod, so combine the prices of those two, at the least. #2 is if you don't purchase data services, you shouldn't be buying that type of phone <period> As far as general pricing goes, it seems reasonable to me. These are all nationwide plans ( free roaming, free long distance to US customers, Rollover, ... )...
450 anytime minutes, 5,000 weekend, unlimited mobile-to-mobile ( any at&t customer ) minutes = ~$40/month
6,000 anytime minutes, unlimited weekend, unlimited mobile-to-mobile ( any at&t customer ) minutes = ~$200/month
The Smartphone Max w/ Unlimited M2M is ~$35/month + taxes / fees and includes unlimited data ( email, web, ... ) and unlimited messages ( text, IM, picture, ... ).
Plus, one can get Xpress Mail, early nights / weekends, ... but we won't count those. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
