WAY Off Topic: iPhones

[briansd1]

[quote=Hatfield]
* I can do mobile broadband shared via WiFi for another $20/month. The service is capped at 2 GB/mo. Currently I have a MiFi card capped at 5 GB/mo. I’m paying another $59/mo for that, but I’ve never come anywhere near the 5 GB cap.[/quote]

I think that’s a lot of money to be paying every month.

Don’t know about Droid… but on the iPhone 4, you can jailbreak it and install an app called MyWi. That allows to tether or create an ad hoc mobile wifi hotspot free of monthly charges.

[Hatfield]

[quote=briansd1]Why would you want to stay out of contract. That’s 5 years Verizon was collecting your money but not giving you a handset subsidy.[/quote]

Point taken. I’ve been out of contract mostly because I’m too lazy/busy to fart around shopping for phones, yet at the same time I’ve been thinking about jumping ship to get an iPhone, but I’ve been too lazy/busy to do that either.

Also, at one time, when you re-upped with Verizon, you had to give up your old calling plan and switch to a current calling plan. I’m not sure how long ago that was (I’ve been with them since they were Airtouch) but apparently that’s no longer the case. That was news to me. I currently have 450 monthly minutes, plus unlimited mobile-to-mobile and unlimited nights and weekends starting at 7pm, and I’m paying $27 bucks for that calling plan. I never run out of minutes, so in my defense, I haven’t had much incentive to rock the boat.

But my phone is dying and I’ve been suffering iPhone envy for years now.

The MiFi card is a recent addition. I know I’m paying way too much for that, but I was in a bind when I bought it. I had unexpected travel plans drop into my lap, and I absolutely positively needed internet access on the go. For a long time I was getting by tethering my LG phone over Bluetooth, but as I said, the phone is dying and Bluetooth was the first thing to go.

[Hatfield]

[quote=briansd1]Why would you want to stay out of contract. That’s 5 years Verizon was collecting your money but not giving you a handset subsidy.[/quote]

Point taken. I’ve been out of contract mostly because I’m too lazy/busy to fart around shopping for phones, yet at the same time I’ve been thinking about jumping ship to get an iPhone, but I’ve been too lazy/busy to do that either.

Also, at one time, when you re-upped with Verizon, you had to give up your old calling plan and switch to a current calling plan. I’m not sure how long ago that was (I’ve been with them since they were Airtouch) but apparently that’s no longer the case. That was news to me. I currently have 450 monthly minutes, plus unlimited mobile-to-mobile and unlimited nights and weekends starting at 7pm, and I’m paying $27 bucks for that calling plan. I never run out of minutes, so in my defense, I haven’t had much incentive to rock the boat.

But my phone is dying and I’ve been suffering iPhone envy for years now.

The MiFi card is a recent addition. I know I’m paying way too much for that, but I was in a bind when I bought it. I had unexpected travel plans drop into my lap, and I absolutely positively needed internet access on the go. For a long time I was getting by tethering my LG phone over Bluetooth, but as I said, the phone is dying and Bluetooth was the first thing to go.

[Hatfield]

[quote=briansd1]Why would you want to stay out of contract. That’s 5 years Verizon was collecting your money but not giving you a handset subsidy.[/quote]

Point taken. I’ve been out of contract mostly because I’m too lazy/busy to fart around shopping for phones, yet at the same time I’ve been thinking about jumping ship to get an iPhone, but I’ve been too lazy/busy to do that either.

Also, at one time, when you re-upped with Verizon, you had to give up your old calling plan and switch to a current calling plan. I’m not sure how long ago that was (I’ve been with them since they were Airtouch) but apparently that’s no longer the case. That was news to me. I currently have 450 monthly minutes, plus unlimited mobile-to-mobile and unlimited nights and weekends starting at 7pm, and I’m paying $27 bucks for that calling plan. I never run out of minutes, so in my defense, I haven’t had much incentive to rock the boat.

But my phone is dying and I’ve been suffering iPhone envy for years now.

The MiFi card is a recent addition. I know I’m paying way too much for that, but I was in a bind when I bought it. I had unexpected travel plans drop into my lap, and I absolutely positively needed internet access on the go. For a long time I was getting by tethering my LG phone over Bluetooth, but as I said, the phone is dying and Bluetooth was the first thing to go.

[Hatfield]

[quote=briansd1]Why would you want to stay out of contract. That’s 5 years Verizon was collecting your money but not giving you a handset subsidy.[/quote]

Point taken. I’ve been out of contract mostly because I’m too lazy/busy to fart around shopping for phones, yet at the same time I’ve been thinking about jumping ship to get an iPhone, but I’ve been too lazy/busy to do that either.

Also, at one time, when you re-upped with Verizon, you had to give up your old calling plan and switch to a current calling plan. I’m not sure how long ago that was (I’ve been with them since they were Airtouch) but apparently that’s no longer the case. That was news to me. I currently have 450 monthly minutes, plus unlimited mobile-to-mobile and unlimited nights and weekends starting at 7pm, and I’m paying $27 bucks for that calling plan. I never run out of minutes, so in my defense, I haven’t had much incentive to rock the boat.

But my phone is dying and I’ve been suffering iPhone envy for years now.

The MiFi card is a recent addition. I know I’m paying way too much for that, but I was in a bind when I bought it. I had unexpected travel plans drop into my lap, and I absolutely positively needed internet access on the go. For a long time I was getting by tethering my LG phone over Bluetooth, but as I said, the phone is dying and Bluetooth was the first thing to go.

[Hatfield]

[quote=briansd1]Why would you want to stay out of contract. That’s 5 years Verizon was collecting your money but not giving you a handset subsidy.[/quote]

Point taken. I’ve been out of contract mostly because I’m too lazy/busy to fart around shopping for phones, yet at the same time I’ve been thinking about jumping ship to get an iPhone, but I’ve been too lazy/busy to do that either.

Also, at one time, when you re-upped with Verizon, you had to give up your old calling plan and switch to a current calling plan. I’m not sure how long ago that was (I’ve been with them since they were Airtouch) but apparently that’s no longer the case. That was news to me. I currently have 450 monthly minutes, plus unlimited mobile-to-mobile and unlimited nights and weekends starting at 7pm, and I’m paying $27 bucks for that calling plan. I never run out of minutes, so in my defense, I haven’t had much incentive to rock the boat.

But my phone is dying and I’ve been suffering iPhone envy for years now.

The MiFi card is a recent addition. I know I’m paying way too much for that, but I was in a bind when I bought it. I had unexpected travel plans drop into my lap, and I absolutely positively needed internet access on the go. For a long time I was getting by tethering my LG phone over Bluetooth, but as I said, the phone is dying and Bluetooth was the first thing to go.

[briansd1]

[quote=Hatfield] I currently have 450 monthly minutes, plus unlimited mobile-to-mobile and unlimited nights and weekends starting at 7pm, and I’m paying $27 bucks for that calling plan.
[/quote]

That’s a very good price rate. The cheapest plan with AT&T is $40.

[quote=Hatfield]
But my phone is dying and I’ve been suffering iPhone envy for years now.
[/quote]

If you’re waiting for the iPhone on Verizon, you’ll be waiting a long time. Despite all the chatter, I don’t believe that the iPhone will be on Verizon until LTE.

Tethering on the iPhone works pretty good. I use it on board the Amtrak when I go to LA, and at hotels to avoid the expensive internet charges.

[briansd1]

[quote=Hatfield] I currently have 450 monthly minutes, plus unlimited mobile-to-mobile and unlimited nights and weekends starting at 7pm, and I’m paying $27 bucks for that calling plan.
[/quote]

That’s a very good price rate. The cheapest plan with AT&T is $40.

[quote=Hatfield]
But my phone is dying and I’ve been suffering iPhone envy for years now.
[/quote]

If you’re waiting for the iPhone on Verizon, you’ll be waiting a long time. Despite all the chatter, I don’t believe that the iPhone will be on Verizon until LTE.

Tethering on the iPhone works pretty good. I use it on board the Amtrak when I go to LA, and at hotels to avoid the expensive internet charges.

[briansd1]

[quote=Hatfield] I currently have 450 monthly minutes, plus unlimited mobile-to-mobile and unlimited nights and weekends starting at 7pm, and I’m paying $27 bucks for that calling plan.
[/quote]

That’s a very good price rate. The cheapest plan with AT&T is $40.

[quote=Hatfield]
But my phone is dying and I’ve been suffering iPhone envy for years now.
[/quote]

If you’re waiting for the iPhone on Verizon, you’ll be waiting a long time. Despite all the chatter, I don’t believe that the iPhone will be on Verizon until LTE.

Tethering on the iPhone works pretty good. I use it on board the Amtrak when I go to LA, and at hotels to avoid the expensive internet charges.

[briansd1]

[quote=Hatfield] I currently have 450 monthly minutes, plus unlimited mobile-to-mobile and unlimited nights and weekends starting at 7pm, and I’m paying $27 bucks for that calling plan.
[/quote]

That’s a very good price rate. The cheapest plan with AT&T is $40.

[quote=Hatfield]
But my phone is dying and I’ve been suffering iPhone envy for years now.
[/quote]

If you’re waiting for the iPhone on Verizon, you’ll be waiting a long time. Despite all the chatter, I don’t believe that the iPhone will be on Verizon until LTE.

Tethering on the iPhone works pretty good. I use it on board the Amtrak when I go to LA, and at hotels to avoid the expensive internet charges.

[briansd1]

[quote=Hatfield] I currently have 450 monthly minutes, plus unlimited mobile-to-mobile and unlimited nights and weekends starting at 7pm, and I’m paying $27 bucks for that calling plan.
[/quote]

That’s a very good price rate. The cheapest plan with AT&T is $40.

[quote=Hatfield]
But my phone is dying and I’ve been suffering iPhone envy for years now.
[/quote]

If you’re waiting for the iPhone on Verizon, you’ll be waiting a long time. Despite all the chatter, I don’t believe that the iPhone will be on Verizon until LTE.

Tethering on the iPhone works pretty good. I use it on board the Amtrak when I go to LA, and at hotels to avoid the expensive internet charges.

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