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Should I get an iPhone 4?
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<blockquote data-quote="applebjesus" data-source="post: 1086569" data-attributes="member: 165363"><p>All smartphones come with data plans that will add to your bill. Depending on carrier you can be paying $70+ a month for some of the cheapest smartphone plans with voice/data/text.</p><p></p><p>Data charges for Blackberry or iPhone with AT&T will run you $15.00/mo for 200MB or $25.00/mo for 2GB of capped data. Plus your text package and voice package on top of that. If you are a starving student, smartphones might not be the best avenue.</p><p></p><p>Have you thought about a 3G iPad with a cheap phone (and plan)? Up front costs on the iPad will be more (initially) but in the long run you will save a ton of money as compared to paying for a smartphone plan. Two year AT&T contract with a smartphone will run you $1559+ on even the cheapest of plans with no text package. That is a lot of money for a student if you have no family or scholarship help with tuition.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: If I were you I would check into the iPad or iPod touch. For cell use keep with a cheap voice only phone and cheap voice plan. You can get Google Earth on both (iPad and iPod touch), compose and send email on both (within wifi or 3G iPad with data month to month), and some calendar apps and todo apps available in the App Store. One of those might work best for your needs and you don't have to worry about high monthly data plan costs eating away at your income.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="applebjesus, post: 1086569, member: 165363"] All smartphones come with data plans that will add to your bill. Depending on carrier you can be paying $70+ a month for some of the cheapest smartphone plans with voice/data/text. Data charges for Blackberry or iPhone with AT&T will run you $15.00/mo for 200MB or $25.00/mo for 2GB of capped data. Plus your text package and voice package on top of that. If you are a starving student, smartphones might not be the best avenue. Have you thought about a 3G iPad with a cheap phone (and plan)? Up front costs on the iPad will be more (initially) but in the long run you will save a ton of money as compared to paying for a smartphone plan. Two year AT&T contract with a smartphone will run you $1559+ on even the cheapest of plans with no text package. That is a lot of money for a student if you have no family or scholarship help with tuition. EDIT: If I were you I would check into the iPad or iPod touch. For cell use keep with a cheap voice only phone and cheap voice plan. You can get Google Earth on both (iPad and iPod touch), compose and send email on both (within wifi or 3G iPad with data month to month), and some calendar apps and todo apps available in the App Store. One of those might work best for your needs and you don't have to worry about high monthly data plan costs eating away at your income. [/QUOTE]
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