#411147 - 01/28/0912:55 PMRe: To iPhone or not to iPhone?
[Re: John Rougeux]
Nagromme
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Registered: 01/10/08
Posts: 886
Loc: USA
As long as AT&T has coverage (especially if 3G) then the iPhone is worth it. If not, then maybe an iPod Touch
No cell provider is all that great--it's just a matter of how bad! You can have good luck or bad luck with any of them. I get the impression you're more likely to have good luck with Verizon, and it's good that you have--but plenty of people have bad experiences with them, and your good experience could always turn bad next year. Staying with Verizon is no guarantee. Likewise, lots of people have a good experience with AT&T. You might be one of those lucky ones, or you might not.
My experience with AT&T has been mixed. The coverage works, so that's the main thing! When I have to CALL them, it's an endless nightmare. (You can combine DSL and a mobile phone in one account for some savings. I did so and canceled my land line. This process was a nightmare--but it ended.) Service depends on who you get on the phone: each person knows (or invents) something different and contradictory. And my bills have gone up and down wildly as they try to sort out combining the services.
Yet the iPhone is still worth it. An unbeatable pocket computer, with Internet ANYWHERE. Nothing is as useful AND usable, and I'd never go back to another phone.
#411187 - 01/28/0904:06 PMRe: To iPhone or not to iPhone?
[Re: Nagromme]
RubenC
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Registered: 09/04/02
Posts: 2998
Loc: Beautiful Southern California
Originally Posted By: Nagromme
Yet the iPhone is still worth it. An unbeatable pocket computer, with Internet ANYWHERE. Nothing is as useful AND usable, and I'd never go back to another phone.
I have verizon, and enjoy the same relationship with the company that every one else does. I have what I think is the very last razr, a black thing, with a glass touch screen front cover. It supposedly does all kind of tricks, but at what cost? I am so cheap on my cell plan, I have texting disabled. If you have something to say to me, say it. If I don't want to be bothered now, I turn off the ringer and will catch your voicemail. The coverage is the best. I can give and take calls from airplanes, helicopters, the basement, etc. We have three phones, and the bill is about 82.00 a month. I do not use my phone as a GPS, at 9 bucks a month, I have a GPS for that. I do find the iPhone attractive and easy to use, but, I am just not interested in paying that much extra to have internet access in my pocket everywhere. Also, I keep my phone in my front pocket, and don't think an iphone would ride there comfortable. Smart phone? iPhone? Touch? Maybe, some day. But, we all work and live fairly close to our computers for the time being, and have not yet developed the need for eMail on the beach, so we're sticking with the big cranky V for the time being. As for ring tones - I just record them in to the phone (old-timey brass bells phone ringers) and pictures to the lappy through bluetooth works just fine. If there was an all-included iPhone family plan for what I'm paying now, I'd be right there. But for now, I use my phone simple for phone calls.
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#411298 - 01/29/0910:07 AMRe: To iPhone or not to iPhone?
[Re: macbeemer]
yoyo52
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Registered: 05/25/01
Posts: 28786
Loc: PA, USA
We have texting because that's the only way we can communicate with my son. Otherwise we'd get rid of it. I don't use the phone often enough to justify anything as fancy and expensive as an iPhone.
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I have verizon, and enjoy the same relationship with the company that every one else does. I have what I think is the very last razr, a black thing, with a glass touch screen front cover. It supposedly does all kind of tricks, but at what cost? I am so cheap on my cell plan, I have texting disabled. If you have something to say to me, say it. If I don't want to be bothered now, I turn off the ringer and will catch your voicemail. The coverage is the best. I can give and take calls from airplanes, helicopters, the basement, etc. We have three phones, and the bill is about 82.00 a month. I do not use my phone as a GPS, at 9 bucks a month, I have a GPS for that. I do find the iPhone attractive and easy to use, but, I am just not interested in paying that much extra to have internet access in my pocket everywhere. Also, I keep my phone in my front pocket, and don't think an iphone would ride there comfortable. Smart phone? iPhone? Touch? Maybe, some day. But, we all work and live fairly close to our computers for the time being, and have not yet developed the need for eMail on the beach, so we're sticking with the big cranky V for the time being. As for ring tones - I just record them in to the phone (old-timey brass bells phone ringers) and pictures to the lappy through bluetooth works just fine. If there was an all-included iPhone family plan for what I'm paying now, I'd be right there. But for now, I use my phone simple for phone calls.
We have texting blocked on our phone too. I think we have the same phone as you, the Motorola Razr. This one: