i have a dilemma -- i am going to drop verizon as my cell provider because they pissed me off. twice. that's too many times.
so i'm looking at at&t, even though we had them back in the mid-90's and they pissed me off. but not as much as verizon.
at any rate, i am trying to decide if i should get the i-phone, which has features which i might never use, or if i should just get a regular phone and then get an i-pod for music.
to get the i-phone, it would cost $399 plus $59.99 a month for service which includes 450 minutes talk-time, 200 minutes of texting, unlimited e-mail, and web surfing. a regular phone would be whatever it would be for the phone, then $39.99 a month for 450 minutes plus between $5-$20 more a month for texting. which i have actually done a little bit of.
to buy an i-pod nano with 8 gb of memory, it would be $200. 8 gb = 2,000 songs. don't laugh. i could easily get there. the i-pod classic (80 gb) is $50 more.
would i use the i-phone if i had it??? well, it'd use it for the music. and when i was in the car and needed a phone, i'd use it for that. if i got lost, i could go online and call up google maps. i could check my voice mail, decide if i wanted to listen to one before another. stuff like that.
am i technologically interested enough? the older i get, the less i'm interested. i don't like that, but there it is. if you have any thoughts, feel free to leave them.
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You're probably aware already, but if you get your phone through Amazon, they usually have deals/rebates enough to entirely cover the cost of the phone. Depending on the phone, etc. Minuses: not getting to hold the phone in your hand (unless you go to the store to look before going on Amazon); must sign up for the service through Amazon, which shouldn't matter (didn't for me!) but maybe you want to do in person? Pluses: FREE PHONE. And if you get the nano it's potentially $200 savings. If you think the iPhone interface is totally nifty (it is), you might consider instead of the Nano the iPod Touch ($299), which also apparently has WiFi, hence internet sometimes.
ReplyDeleteThat'd still be $100 less than the iPhone, together with the $20/mo. cheaper sounds like it might be a deal...
Thems mar two cents!
actually, i wasn't aware of all that amazon stuff. you mean, you would actually sign up for at&t service through amazon??? that's a curious thing.
ReplyDeletethanks, babe!!
Actually, looks like AT&T has a section of their webpage devoted to free phones. (The prices slowed me down for a second; they're "list price,"
ReplyDelete"price w/ 2-year contract,"
"'phone + 2-yr contract' discount," and
"'phone + 2-yr contract' price.")
Also, I guess I could've looked before—Amazon doesn't have AT&T plans for 98230 for some reason, though they do for 14611...
That reminds me, I got the books! Thank you! : )
you're welcome for the books!
ReplyDeletehow'd you get that link inserted into that last comment? **we have so much to learn from our progeny**