Oh yeah, the $10 difference was based on the family plan. I guess there's a wider gap with the single plans.

Browser can be landscape or portrait. More fits on landscape so I wonder if I will switch to type or just learn.

And that graph only quotes the unlimited voice. I think all three carriers have different voice options.

You also have to account for any "in" features - do all providers now allow included minutes and texting for those within the same provider? And if they do, then are most of your calls or texts within the same network? That can cause a significant difference in the amount of minutes/texts you would need, and the cost of the plan.

I'm eager to try the new 3.0 iPhone OS, but will wait until the jailbreak software is released. Don't want to give up tethering, video recording, SSH etc .

Yeah, um, no thanks.


I mean, really, thanks for the chart. A good $1,200 cheaper for the phone I think is the ugliest (but, hmmm, the smallest). And seriously, $150 a month for iPhone service vs. the $50 I'm paying now. So basically, $100 a month for internet on the go ... when I spend 80% of my time where there's a computer already at my fingertips.


Seriously, not for me.

Thanks.

If you don't need unlimited voice, or unlimited text, the iPhone plan can be as low as $75/month. (450 minutes, 200 texts)

At Sprint it's $70 (450 minutes, unlimited texts).

I certainly don't "need" unlimited, but I love never having to be concerned about it. I guess I needn't be concerned about a text limit when tweeting is fast replacing texting anyway.

This could all be solved with a big fat raise from my employer. How can i convince them an iPhone is vital to my improved job performance?

CP and I have never surpassed our 300 text/each limit, but 200 is uncomfortably low. If we were to go iPhone I think we'd probably spring for the extra $10 for the 1500 text plan. But the fact that Sprint's cheapest includes unlimited text is a strong reason we'll be sticking with them over AT&T.

And what about these apps that make the thing worth the having? Are they paid monthly, too? Or do you just buy them once and then have them in perpetuity?

I don't know which ones I'd want, but chances are I want a good handful of them. And the availability of the wide variety is one of the major plusses to the iPhone, as I understand it.



If it happens, it's gonna be a birthday gift (to myself) - so I have a couple of weeks to work this all out.

I believe most if not all iPhone apps are either free or a single purchase. I haven't heard of any monthly subscription ones.

It's true that for now iPhone will have significantly more apps as it's got a wider user base and has been around longer. But, in the long run, if the Pre is as successful (and early returns look like it's going to be), I expect it to catch up and perhaps pass the iPhone since Apple is still tightly controlling what makes it into their App store while Palm is more likely to encourage a wide variety of apps one would hope.