Carrier How much is your monthly iPhone bill?

[barebackbadger8]

like a few people from the uk have said im also on the 3 one plan
unlimited data (inc tethering)
2000 minutes
5000 texts
and 5000 3 to 3 calls
got it at a good deal of £30 pound when the 4s came out on day of release due to an upgrade

 

[LouisLivesLife]

Heh, I reckon most Belgians here are Vikings

You should look in to Jumblo. As long as you've got 3G coverage it works great and it only costs 3,5 cents a minute to Belgian mobiles and 2 cents a minute to Belgian land lines.

But I'm super envious of the French, I would like to see something like their Free here as well. 20 euro per month and unlimited everything to everyone, including international calls to some countries!

Vikings is the way to go haha!
Cheers for the tip! Will definitely check it out

Already using Whatsapp to text with international friends but considering its popularity I suppose you already know the app!

 

[aznsmith]

How does StraightTalk Work. I am looking to get out from Verizon but I am looking to get an iPhone and the options seem very limited.

I got the nokia e71 package to get access to the att network with smartphone data...there are a couple other methods though. It was hell trying to transfer and activate my service but well worth it due to the savings. I think the only option was $45/mo for "unlimited" everything. It's not truly unlimited because they'll disconnect you if you use too much network resources.

 

[dontwalkhand]

I got the nokia e71 package to get access to the att network with smartphone data...there are a couple other methods though. It was hell trying to transfer and activate my service but well worth it due to the savings. I think the only option was $45/mo for "unlimited" everything. It's not truly unlimited because they'll disconnect you if you use too much network resources.

No need to do that anymore, they sell SIM only plans now! Just get a SIM, and put it into any AT&T iPhone!

 

[xAnthony]

Is it just me or are plans in Europe extremely cheap compared to Canada & USA. I'm reading through some of the posts and I'm amazed at how cheap some of the plans are...

 

[ccapman670]

Is it just me or are plans in Europe extremely cheap compared to Canada & USA. I'm reading through some of the posts and I'm amazed at how cheap some of the plans are...

Keep in mind the conversion between euros and dollars though! But still it's cheap.

 

[\-V-/]

Unlimited everything about $50, including being grandfathered in to unlimited data. I'm on a family account though, otherwise it would be twice as much.

 

[xAnthony]

Keep in mind the conversion between euros and dollars though! But still it's cheap.

The conversion is hardly anything!

1 Euro = 1.29057949 Canadian dollars or 1.2438 USD

Some people are paying $30 for almost unlimited everything! That's like $38 Canadian. (Plus I see some quality plans for only 15 euros) We're definitely getting ripped off.

 

[Vundu]

£10 goodybag a month on GiffGaff.

bought my 4S outright from Apple.

 

[HandySam]

I'm from Belgium and I'm on Mobile Vikings too.

Prepaid: € 15 (I pay this once for 2 motnhs) Then I have:
1000 free SMS + 1000 (to other Mobile Vikings users) for 1 month
1 hour free calling to other Mobile Vikings each day for 1 month.
2GB free internet for 1 month (actually unlimited because after the month I'm still using it and you don't get charged)
And the rest of your € 15 credit can be used to call. After the 1 month free stuff, all your SMS traffic gets charged aswell. (but internet is not)

So I pay € 15 and I use it for 2 months. When I get reffered by another person who signs up for Mobile Vikings I get 1 month free topup off € 15.

The coverage of 3G is stil pretty bad in non urban areas but you always have edge.

 

[bobbytallant]

Im in the UK and each year (after selling my current iPhone for approx £375) I buy the new iPhone outright from Apple on launch for £499 - so approx £125 spent on the new handset each year (factory unlocked from Apple which adds value when reselling).

I also pay £7.50 per month for a sim only contract from t-mobile which gives me 600 minutes, 500 texts and 1gb data (no fines or anything if I go over the data). This amount of minutes/texts/data is sufficient for me.

I therefore pay £125 for the phone a year, and £90 total for my contract a year. Totalling £215 divided by 12 months which is £17.91 (call it £18 per month lol) - which I do not think is bad at all. It gives me the best phone in the world at launch anyway.

Defo recommend the sim only contracts coupled with buying the phone outright and selling on ebay each year (this in the UK, obvs cant comment about other countries).

I do agree our prices do sound much cheaper than the US, although I think we are due a break given how much we pay for Apple products generally (due to the taxation system in our country, not Apples fault)..

 

[keith4594]

€20

 

[ThatsMeRight]

Update on my plan.

T-Mobile Netherlands, €29,95 each month
- 150 calling minutes
- 150 text messages
- Unlimited Data no Fair Use Policy
- Visual Voicemail
- Free official Turn-by-Turn navigation
- Unlimited tethering

Extra European prices (when outside the Netherlands)
- Calling to someone (I dial the number), €0,35 per minute
- Calling with someone (I pick up the phone), €0,10 per minute

Data plans when outside the Netherlands but inside Europe:
- Three packages you can buy on-the-go
- 24 hours access: 5 MB for €1,95
- 24 hours access: 50 MB for €4,95
- One full week access: unlimited internet for €14,95

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So that's my plan. €29,95 a month for unlimited internet and tethering, enough minutes and texts, visual voicemail and free turn-by-turn navigation application.

I also like the data packages for when you're outside the Netherlands. You know exactly how much you pay and you'll never pay more because you simply don't have access to the internet when you don't use on of the three data plans.

 

[bandofbrothers]

Update on my plan.

T-Mobile Netherlands, €29,95 each month
- 150 calling minutes
- 150 text messages
- Unlimited Data no Fair Use Policy
- Visual Voicemail
- Free official Turn-by-Turn navigation
- Unlimited tethering

Extra European prices (when outside the Netherlands)
- Calling to someone (I dial the number), €0,35 per minute
- Calling with someone (I pick up the phone), €0,10 per minute

Data plans when outside the Netherlands but inside Europe:
- Three packages you can buy on-the-go
- 24 hours access: 5 MB for €1,95
- 24 hours access: 50 MB for €4,95
- One full week access: unlimited internet for €14,95

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So that's my plan. €29,95 a month for unlimited internet and tethering, enough minutes and texts, visual voicemail and free turn-by-turn navigation application.

I also like the data packages for when you're outside the Netherlands. You know exactly how much you pay and you'll never pay more because you simply don't have access to the internet when you don't use on of the three data plans.

Looks like an advert to me......lol

 

[ThatsMeRight]

Looks like an advert to me......lol

Why does it look like an advert? (And why would I advertise a Dutch data plan on a forum which is mostly focused on Americans)?

I'm just trying to be complete. And oh, you can't even get this plan any more. It's a plan that was available until 2011. I wouldn't advise you to take any of T-Mobile's plans at this point - they are all really expensive. A similar plan as mine now only has 250 MB of data and costs 50% more.

Their old plans were great, but the plans currently available... not at all.

 

[ReallyBigFeet]

Is it just me or are plans in Europe extremely cheap compared to Canada & USA. I'm reading through some of the posts and I'm amazed at how cheap some of the plans are...

Euro plans are almost always cheaper because they don't (often) get subsidized phones. They pay full price for their phones and then get very inexpensive talk/txt/data plans.

Here in the USA its just the opposite. You get a cheap phone and pay for it via huge markups on your monthly plan.

Personally, I'd prefer to go the pay-full-price/cheaper monthly plan approach but for whatever reason this is where the US telco's started and believe most customers still prefer. As it currently stands, if you buy a price off-contract in the US and take a major telco's plan, you get shafted on both sides of the equation.

 

[alent1234]

Update on my plan.

T-Mobile Netherlands, €29,95 each month
- 150 calling minutes
- 150 text messages
- Unlimited Data no Fair Use Policy
- Visual Voicemail
- Free official Turn-by-Turn navigation
- Unlimited tethering

Extra European prices (when outside the Netherlands)
- Calling to someone (I dial the number), €0,35 per minute
- Calling with someone (I pick up the phone), €0,10 per minute

Data plans when outside the Netherlands but inside Europe:
- Three packages you can buy on-the-go
- 24 hours access: 5 MB for €1,95
- 24 hours access: 50 MB for €4,95
- One full week access: unlimited internet for €14,95

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So that's my plan. €29,95 a month for unlimited internet and tethering, enough minutes and texts, visual voicemail and free turn-by-turn navigation application.

I also like the data packages for when you're outside the Netherlands. You know exactly how much you pay and you'll never pay more because you simply don't have access to the internet when you don't use on of the three data plans.

no carrier in the US will sell a 150 minute/text plan. it will be a customer service nightmare.

the new thing is flat out unlimited minutes and texts

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Is it just me or are plans in Europe extremely cheap compared to Canada & USA. I'm reading through some of the posts and I'm amazed at how cheap some of the plans are...

europe is tiny

few weeks i'm flying to denver and then driving 70 miles north. i checked and there is 3g the whole way even though not a lot of people live along the way. that costs money. there is even halfway decent coverage in Rocky Mountain National Park

 

[ThatsMeRight]

Euro plans are almost always cheaper because they don't (often) get subsidized phones. They pay full price for their phones and then get very inexpensive talk/txt/data plans.

Here in the USA its just the opposite. You get a cheap phone and pay for it via huge markups on your monthly plan.

Personally, I'd prefer to go the pay-full-price/cheaper monthly plan approach but for whatever reason this is where the US telco's started and believe most customers still prefer. As it currently stands, if you buy a price off-contract in the US and take a major telco's plan, you get shafted on both sides of the equation.

I think you're misinformed. We do have subsidized phones. My €29,95 is still an old plan, but nowadays for a similar plan you'll easily pay €50 a month.

You can also pay the phone unsubsidised, however, and than you can simply get a really cheap sim-only plan (I'd say €15 a month for unlimited texts, 1 GB internet and some calling).

no carrier in the US will sell a 150 minute/text plan. it will be a customer service nightmare.

the new thing is flat out unlimited minutes and texts

As I said, it's an older plan. Newer plans are more expensive and they currently offer unlimited texting and hundreds of extra minutes. But the whole market collapsed here: from 2008 to early 2011 they offered unlimited data, but asked extremely high prices for calling minutes and texting. And than, suddenly, everybody started using VoIP and started texting via internet (through apps).

Now calling and texting is extremely cheap (compared to just a little over twelve months ago), but they made internet really expensive.

europe is tiny

few weeks i'm flying to denver and then driving 70 miles north. i checked and there is 3g the whole way even though not a lot of people live along the way. that costs money. there is even halfway decent coverage in Rocky Mountain National Park

Europe (as a continent) is bigger than the United States. Europe is densely populated so you've got coverage almost everywhere. Heck, I even had coverage from Greek telecom providers when I was a few miles in-land Turkey (mind you, there is a lot of sea between Southern-Turkey and Greece - and there are high hills in Turkey).

Is it just me or are plans in Europe extremely cheap compared to Canada & USA. I'm reading through some of the posts and I'm amazed at how cheap some of the plans are...

The thing is, there are few European wide plans. If you get a phone and a plan in the US, I believe you can use that plan throughout the whole United States. You should see it like this: we only have a plan for one country (or, if we were the US, one state). And do not forget that the Pound and the Euro are worth way more than the US dollar.

 

[xAnthony]

europe is tiny

few weeks i'm flying to denver and then driving 70 miles north. i checked and there is 3g the whole way even though not a lot of people live along the way. that costs money. there is even halfway decent coverage in Rocky Mountain National Park

What? ....

Europe is tiny? Over 835 million people live in Europe...

Euro plans are almost always cheaper because they don't (often) get subsidized phones. They pay full price for their phones and then get very inexpensive talk/txt/data plans.

Here in the USA its just the opposite. You get a cheap phone and pay for it via huge markups on your monthly plan.

Personally, I'd prefer to go the pay-full-price/cheaper monthly plan approach but for whatever reason this is where the US telco's started and believe most customers still prefer. As it currently stands, if you buy a price off-contract in the US and take a major telco's plan, you get shafted on both sides of the equation.

In Canada, you're forced to sign a 3-year contract, which is even worse. You save an extra $50 on the subsidized price but we get shafted the worst, and we're still forced to pay outrageous monthly bills.

If I had the opportunity, I'd gladly pay full price for the phone, and take a cheap monthly bill. When you're done with the phone, you can sell it for a decent amount of money. (Being an iPhone)

 

[ThatsMeRight]

What? ....

Europe is tiny? Over 835 million people live in Europe...



In Canada, you're forced to sign a 3-year contract, which is even worse. You save an extra $50 on the subsidized price but we get shafted the worst, and we're still forced to pay outrageous monthly bills.

If I had the opportunity, I'd gladly pay full price for the phone, and take a cheap monthly bill. When you're done with the phone, you can sell it for a decent amount of money. (Being an iPhone)

Are there no cheap plans at all? Not a single provider?

 

[mattopotamus]

$79 with a 23% discount....unlimited text and web...450 mins w/ unlimited mobile to mobile

 

[yegon]

The One plan with Three, rolling monthly contract, utterly brilliant. 2000 any network minutes,
5000 Three-to-Three minutes, 5000 texts, unlimited data, tethering, £25/month. I travel all over the place and nearly always get great HSPA+ coverage. It's no LTE clearly, but I regularly get 7mb down, 3.5mb up, which is blinding fast for everything I use it for, Sky Go being the most intense data wise. I do lots of tethering across laptops, iPads etc so unlimited data is awesome.

I'll be buying the next iPhone (assuming I like it) contract free unlocked and doing the same again. Never going near a contract again /shudder

Used to be on a 02 contract, crappy coverage, no HSPA+, poxy 500mb data, loads extra for more data, no tethering. Urrrgh, well out of it.

 

[xAnthony]

Are there no cheap plans at all? Not a single provider?

Nope. Rogers & Bell are the big guns and they both charge basically the same amount for their plans. The only difference between the two is that Rogers customer service is like talking to a bunch of monkey's.

There are a few small companies that have emerged in Toronto that are charging contract free unlimited talk/text/"data". The catch? You have to use one of their featured phones (Mostly blackberry devices and a few old Android's. iPhone's do not work on their network) and the coverage is absolutely terrible. Outside of Toronto you will not get service and you'll be transferred over to Rogers or Bell, and then roaming fees apply. It's just a scam.

 

[boomhower]

$162 on Verizon after taxes and discount.

Two iPhones w/ unlimited data and one dumb phone. 700 minutes/unlimited texting with a 20% employer discount.

 

[pjarvi]

Verizon Share Everything plan = $90/month

$50 = 1 Smartphone, includes:
-Unlimited Talk
-Unlimited Text

$40 = 1GB Data pool

One bonus I didn't realize until after I had signed up: according to Verizon customer service tethering is free other than it uses the data pool.

I'm not concerned about having enough data since I have wi-fi at home and at work (corporate approved for personal devices!), and only do basic tasks like email and checking finances while out and about.