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Does the iPad Make You Reconsider Your iPhone?

I sold my iphone 3Gs as soon as I ordered my Ipad 3g... for more than I paid. Its been a bit painful over the last 6 weeks but I suppose patience is a virtue. I went through serious withdrawal for the first week-- my hand twitched to find my phone every time I had just a couple of minutes to kill. Now I'm past that- I just plain 'ole miss being connected to the world. Between selling the iphone and my kindle, its made a sizable dent in the cost of the ipad.:)
 
Eye4Desyn said:
I see it happening something like this. AT&T will offer new and existing customers with a new handset the option to pick their text messaging and voice plan along with a data plan of say either 75MB/month, 125MB/month, 250MB/month, or unlimited data/month and go. That way iPhone owners with 3G iPads will see incentive to always want to stay connected. It sounds more attractive with a perceived lower cost of admission for an iPhone with data allocations of say only 75MB/month or 125MB/month and having an iPad that is always connected at 250MB or unlimited data. Just a hunch/my $0.02.
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Something like this on AT&T's part would make sense since charging a flat $30 data plan each for both your iPhone and iPad would be overkill for most customers.

My iPhone 3G 2yr contract is up this July and I only see myself upgrading to the new 4G/HD:D. I'm getting both to fulfill my portable media needs. Here's how I break it down:

iPhone HD/4G - phone calls, camera still/video, and ipod (music)
iPad 3G - internet browsing, reading, movies, and games

I'll have both with me everywhere I go, but the iPad will stay in my ride most of the time unless I'm in places where I have to sit or wait for long periods of time. ;)
 
I've gone back and forth on this issue. I love my iPhone and it's hard to imagine giving it up, but if after a few weeks with my iPad 3G I find that I'm not using it anymore I could see giving it up for a cheaper phone. It's not like I couldn't stand to save some money on my AT&T bill!
 
I'm kinda conflicted on this... I have an older 3G iPhone, so I won't be able to do all the multitasking stuff... Plus the battery is slowly starting to go on my iPhone. So I was planning to get the next one in June/ July.

HOWEVER, I'm royally pissed off that AT&T STILL hasn't given us tethering. I'm currently paying for the iPhone + a 3G USB dongle for the macbook, and then I'll have to pay for the 3G iPad... If I get a different phone (even staying with AT&T) I wouldn't have to pay the iPhone data plan cost, just the tethering fee and wouldn't have to pay for the iPad data plan...

I'll have to think about it more, but I'm much less inclined to buy a new iPhone unless I can tether once I get the iPad.
 
After giving this some more thought I can safely say that I probably won't give up my iPhone, but that in the future I'll probably not upgrade my iPhone until it is absolutely necessary. The 3GS does everything I'll ever need it to do, and then some, so I'm probably going to have it until it or I dies, whichever comes first.
 
Lara F said:
Don't you have to do the equivalent of jailbreaking to get the app? I'm curious to know how the process compares.
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If you can jailbreak, rooting (which is the Android equivalent) is a piece of cake.
The manufacturers (HTC is notorious for this) make it ridiculously easy to do and don't really care much about it.
I wish Apple was this way...
 
I think I'll keep my iPhone but potentially switch to a tiered plan if AT&T offers it. The most useful apps on my iPhone that require data are maps and the weather app--sometime email. I rarely go over 100mb these days and would snap up a $15 250mb plan in a heartbeat. I think I'd probably do this even without a 3G iPad actually. I'll only do data on the iPad for trips--so between the two I might save on data charges in the long run.
 
Just checked out the leaked 4th Gen iPhone on Gizmodo, and nothing on it so far is overly exciting to me. Glad I am investing in the iPad. Of course, when I earn my upgrade on the iPhone, I will get the new phone. :)
 
this may be a bit off topic but i noticed one HUGE plus when i sold off my iphone when i got my ipad. I got a cheap, standard samsung flip phone...One thing it has over the iphone, i can send and receive pics to and from my phone and MBP via bluetooth, along with audio and everything else for that matter. I can now SET my ringtone to whatever i want or SMS tone, without having to jailbreak anything. I can do a lot of SIMPLE things that any other cellphone could do but the iPhone couldn't, unless it was jailbroken...

That is one HUGE issue i had with the iPhone,simple normal tasks any other 50.00 cellphone could do, the iPhone wouldn't allow you to do ( unless jailbroken )

So i am pretty happy with selling my iPhone and getting a iPad 3G

I am not bashing the iPhone in anyway, It was the best phone i ever owned but the fact i couldnt do simple things with it, annoyed me...

Now i have the best of both worlds....
 
Since getting the iPad April 3, I've been very aware of how I'm using the iPhone the last couple of weeks. I don't use it as much for the apps as before, but when I'm out and about there are times when I need those apps for the everyday stuff, like checking a score, movie times, etc., and the iPhone is IMHO hands down the king of cell phone apps.

For the "bigger" apps and games, the iPad competes on steroids. It's just not fair. Playing NBA Live or watching news clips and videos on an iPad is a different world.

But for those day to day apps, I don't want to get rid of my iPhone. It goes everywhere in my pocket, and the iPad doesn't. Plus, there will be times when I don't mind trading screen size for immediate news updates, etc.

Can you get by with a regular, cheaper phone? Of course; we really ALL can. Still, I think the iPhone, expense and all, is worth keeping if you can afford to. It's like an insurance policy: you'll be glad you paid for it when you need it.
 
I would say the ipad does make me reconsider the iphone.

The fact that the operating systems are basically the same is, well unexciting.
I know pretty much how the iphone HD will function and it will be wonderful, successful, and reliable. Just like the ipad.

I am leaning towards getting the HTC Evo 4G simply because.
1.It is something new and exciting that I have very little experience with (software wise mostly).

2. 4g Internet with the ipad :)
 
jarvijarv said:
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Something like this on AT&T's part would make sense since charging a flat $30 data plan each for both your iPhone and iPad would be overkill for most customers.

My iPhone 3G 2yr contract is up this July and I only see myself upgrading to the new 4G/HD:D. I'm getting both to fulfill my portable media needs. Here's how I break it down:

iPhone HD/4G - phone calls, camera still/video, and ipod (music)
iPad 3G - internet browsing, reading, movies, and games

I'll have both with me everywhere I go, but the iPad will stay in my ride most of the time unless I'm in places where I have to sit or wait for long periods of time. ;)
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That break down makes a lot of sense and really showcases the needs/functions of both devices. An iPhone sufficiently fills a need for phone calls and to me acts as a better music playing device than the iPad, while the iPad acts as a superior device for internet and video. Both are great yet one can seemingly use both devices without much overlap.

Someone mentioned on another thread I came across today that the iPad is an "at home" device best left "on the couch." I think this is the perfect description for it, and expresses exactly how I would use it. The luxury of an instant-on device that provides the internet and much of my iTunes media content to me in spectacular fashion is something I failed to recognize in January during the keynote.
 
Eye4Desyn said:
Methinks we'll see tiered data pricing for the first time this summer with the new iPhone launch. Why? Apple and especially AT&T know that customers that have both an iPhone and an iPad 3G will ponder the inevitable quandary of needing data for both devices. AT&T understands that existing iPhone customers with 3G iPads and those considering a 3G iPad purchase would seriously evaluate dropping their iPhone or avoid getting one altogether in favor of a more simple device and required service. The shoe-in to get you to stay in? Tiered data. It's been said by AT&T brass that it (tiered data) would be unavoidable whilst not rousing too much suspicion - and what better time to introduce such a service than with the new iPhone launch. 3G iPads will have been in existence for at least 8+ weeks by that time.

I see it happening something like this. AT&T will offer new and existing customers with a new handset the option to pick their text messaging and voice plan along with a data plan of say either 75MB/month, 125MB/month, 250MB/month, or unlimited data/month and go. That way iPhone owners with 3G iPads will see incentive to always want to stay connected. It sounds more attractive with a perceived lower cost of admission for an iPhone with data allocations of say only 75MB/month or 125MB/month and having an iPad that is always connected at 250MB or unlimited data. Just a hunch/my $0.02.
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Would really like this idea. One of the reasons I'm avoiding an upgrade to the next iPhone is the data service/text message plan. I can't justify spending an extra $15/month minimum just for 3G while being charged for a text messages that are currently bundeled in my plan. If AT&T gave us a tiered plan similar to your idea that could lower the monthly cost of my data plan to more appropriately match my usage, I'd jump all over that. Perhaps they'd even give leniency to us EDGErs since we're less of their concerns and decrease the price even more.
 
I got rid of my 3GS...sold for 450, bought an iPad and a nexus one...rooted the nexus which now can create an adhoc for tethering to my iPad :D:D
 
Absolutely,

When I'm at home if I'm doing more than just browsing I'm on the iMac, if I'm just browsing, I'm on the iPad..

I really am considering dumping the iPhone...

I take my iPad with me so if I dump the iPhone I would get a phone that I could convert into a wi-fi hotspot and that would take care of any need I may have to surf' when there's no wi-fi available..

But, personally speaking, since getting the iPad it is much harder to go back to the iPhone to use apps or surf..

The calendar, contacts, mail, etc, etc are so much more enjoyable on the iPad..
 
Not at all I'll still be getting a new iPhone as I won't be bringing the iPad with me everywhere I go. However I'm really hoping bite SMS comes out with a linking app once the iPad is jailbroken. As now when I'm on my iPad I don't reply to SMS messages as I forget to check my phone. So I think it would be pretty amazing If bite comes out with an app that will connect to the iphone via Bluetooth or wifi that sends all the quickreplys to the iPad. So that when im doing something on my iPad I can reply to all SMS messages without stopping whatever I'm doing.
 
kirchnrd said:
Just checked out the leaked 4th Gen iPhone on Gizmodo, and nothing on it so far is overly exciting to me. Glad I am investing in the iPad. Of course, when I earn my upgrade on the iPhone, I will get the new phone. :)
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Yeah, I have no incentive to upgrade the phone this year based on the specs - real or not. We'll see what the next one brings.
 
I am going to try the sip approach with the 3g ipad when it comes out. I have a liniux vps hosting plan that only costs 8.35 per month and asterisk runs great on it. I will see what happens when iphone os4 comes out and the sip client can run in the background.

If it works well enough i will probably get the wife an ipad 3g and we will ditch the cell phones altogether.

I hate spending 106 bucks a month for internet in total but as is stands now phones plus internet plus tv costs a damned fortune. Since i find it highly doubtful i can evere ditch cable because of things like news channels and nick jr and discovery and history and nat geo, at least i can ditch the voice part.
 
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