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What will you pay for the iPhone service?

How much per month will you pay for the iPhone?

  • $20-$30

    Votes: 12 21.1%

  • $30-$40

    Votes: 12 21.1%

  • $40-$50

    Votes: 16 28.1%

  • $50+

    Votes: 17 29.8%
  • Total voters
    57
Aperture

Aperture

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As the title says, how much are you willing to pay per month for the service on the iPhone? Are you willing to pay the phone service + a $39.99 data plan? (I know they will have different plans, just curious) I feel Apple/AT&T need to have low cost service for the iPhone in order to gain marketshare. I really don't know anyone willing to shell out $600 for a phone and then end up paying $60-$70 a month for a contract. Me? I'm willing to pay up to $40 a month for the entire thing. We'll see tho'.

Oh, one quick note. If you are willing to pay +$50, that is 24 months, or a 2 year contract which comes out to $1200 + the $500-$600 for the phone itself. Therefore you are looking at paying close to 2 grand for a phone and contract for 2 years. I'd rather get a Mac Pro. :D
 
I don't know...its going to be part of a family plan(if that possible!!) so its will be more, but I really want Internet, so as long as its not too much I'll get that unlimited
 
I pay $40 a month now...$50 after taxes, etc. I'd certainly pay that. The $600 up front is just what you pay for excellent hardware. It's like buying a MBP instead of a Celeron powered Dell.
 
Aperture said:
As the title says, how much are you willing to pay per month for the service on the iPhone? Are you willing to pay the phone service + a $39.99 data plan? (I know they will have different plans, just curious) I feel Apple/AT&T need to have low cost service for the iPhone in order to gain marketshare. I really don't know anyone willing to shell out $600 for a phone and then end up paying $60-$70 a month for a contract. Me? I'm willing to pay up to $40 a month for the entire thing. We'll see tho'.
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I currently pay $47 (after taxes) for my phone service alone. I'd pay an extra $20 for an unlimited data plan - so, $60-70 total.

Aperture said:
Oh, one quick note. If you are willing to pay +$50, that is 24 months, or a 2 year contract which comes out to $1200 + the $500-$600 for the phone itself. Therefore you are looking at paying close to 2 grand for a phone and contract for 2 years. I'd rather get a Mac Pro. :D
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I pay $2,000 for my electric bill over 24 months; I'd rather get a Mac Pro with that money, too. Just saying, 75% of the phone plan cost is something I'd be paying anyway, with any phone.
 
JohnNotBeatle said:
I'm paying $115 a month with Sprint right now, so $50 would be sweet! Actually, anything up to $85 is "free" to me, my co. reimburses me up to that much. :cool:
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You should get on the Sprint SERO plan....


With the iPhone having Wi Fi and no 3G I don't really know what I would pay for besides minutes and SMS messages.
 
I will pay what they ask as long as it is in the range of what the Cingular/AT&T BlackBerry plan is.
 
JohnNotBeatle said:
Thanks for the heads up - I hadn't encountered that before. Unfortunately, it's only 500 minutes a month - I'm usually in the 1400-1600 range every month. Other than that, SERO is killer. I still kinda like Sprint (can't beat all-you-can-eat data). I just freaking despise my Treo anymore.
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SERO has plans higher than 500 minutes. 1250 for $49.99 and 2500 for $99.99.
 
cepler said:
No real reason for me to pay more than my current plan which is $30/mo for unlimited data+500min voice.
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Is this with Cingular/AT&T or what? Seems like a good deal because I would use texting and data a load more than than actual voice and don't want to be stuck paying $30 for one at another $30 for the other.
 
Aperture said:
Oh, one quick note. If you are willing to pay +$50, that is 24 months, or a 2 year contract which comes out to $1200 + the $500-$600 for the phone itself. Therefore you are looking at paying close to 2 grand for a phone and contract for 2 years. I'd rather get a Mac Pro. :D
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I haven't decided yet. Maybe as much as $60/month, since I do pay $40/month with verizon as of now. That would hurt on top of a $600 phone, but hopefully there will be some kind of subsidy of either the phone or the service. If it's $80+ per month (voice plan + data plan) then I'm definitely out.

you're right about the total cost, but for most of us, the choice is not iphone or no phone. It's iphone or somewhat-less-expensive-but-still-expensive phone. The question is what will the marginal difference between the iphone and a standard phone look like?
 
I currently pay $40 for the voice and $20 for the data on my Cingular account. I'd pay that per month and maybe go up to 70 or 80 per month if the keyboard is really good.
 
I'm just not a phone person. I can count the phone calls I make in a month on one hand.
 
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