New iPhone info annoucend today - Page 5

Alex · 06-10-2009, 02:46 PM

Oleo is also an old fashioned word for margine. I will now assume iPhone's are scared of margarine.

How helfpul will the find thing be? 90% of the time I lose my phone, I know it is in my apartment but not where, I need pretty specific location information.

Andrew · 06-10-2009, 03:53 PM

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How helfpul will the find thing be? 90% of the time I lose my phone, I know it is in my apartment but not where, I need pretty specific location information.

It beeps, loudly, even if you have the sound turned off.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-10-2009, 04:03 PM

Still fails to address the problem that 90% of the time I lose my phone it's off or the battery's dead.

innerSpaceman · 06-10-2009, 04:23 PM

Yeah, mine's always off when I lose it. Otherwise, I can find it by calling myself and hearing it ring. Wow! Because if I lose it anyplace other than my home or in a friend's car or home, a ping is not going to get it back to me any better than a ring.

Nice try though.

Admittedly, I'm one of the last people on earth with both a land line and a mobile phone ... so I guess the option to call your cell if you lost your cell is not so easy for a lot of people.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-10-2009, 04:50 PM

The remote data wipe is a good feature I suppose.

It turns out that all of the carriers are now forcing you to select one of their all-inclusive plans if you're getting a smartphone. No more getting away with not paying for nav. if you don't want to use it, or only paying for 300 texts instead of unlimited because that's all I'll ever use. That's pretty sh*tty.

innerSpaceman · 06-10-2009, 05:03 PM

I guess I'll go broke going for broke. I feel like such a dork with a cell phone. I'm embarrased by it.

Stan4dSteph · 06-10-2009, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

It turns out that all of the carriers are now forcing you to select one of their all-inclusive plans if you're getting a smartphone. No more getting away with not paying for nav. if you don't want to use it, or only paying for 300 texts instead of unlimited because that's all I'll ever use. That's pretty sh*tty.

Not all. I don't have a text plan at all with AT&T. Data plan is $30 and I get my company discount on that and the call plan too.

Not Afraid · 06-10-2009, 05:54 PM

Chris doesn't have unlimited text either.

innerSpaceman · 06-10-2009, 06:23 PM

Yeah, but if Greg's research is correct (and if someone coud confirm, I'd appreciate it), even AT&T is now requiring full-service packages for new sign-ups with the iPhone.

I'd hate for that to be true, but I was already prepared to get butt raped on the service plan anyway.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-10-2009, 06:37 PM

Yeah, but (barring company discount) the family version of that plan used to be more at AT&T than the same plan at Sprint. $20 or $30 more depending on your exact plan. Now, the Sprint unlimited plans cost the same as the AT&T plans that aren't unlimited, so they still have the competetive advantage, I'd be paying the same montly for as an iPhone but for a more inclusive plan. But I literally have zero use for those extras and surely, for my use, not worth the $500-$700 it saved me over the 2 year contract. It's still a great price, Sprint is still $10 lower than T-Mobile and Verizon, but more plan than I need.

This might finally trigger the inevitable dropping of Netflix. Time to stop paying $15/month to store DVDs in our tv cabinet for months. We can always rent from TiVo in a pinch.

ETA: Oh yeah, actually, I don't know what the family plan options at AT&T are. For some reason they don't let you buy more than 1 iPhone at a time online, you have to call or go to a store.

ETA more: From what I can gather looking at their non-iphone smartphone family plans, They do still have the options to not do unlimited but costs the same or more than Sprint's unlimited.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Oleo is also an old fashioned word for margine. I will now assume iPhone's are scared of margarine. How helfpul will the find thing be? 90% of the time I lose my phone, I know it is in my apartment but not where, I need pretty specific location information.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Still fails to address the problem that 90% of the time I lose my phone it's off or the battery's dead. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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06-10-2009, 04:23 PM	#44
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yeah, mine's always off when I lose it. Otherwise, I can find it by calling myself and hearing it ring. Wow! Because if I lose it anyplace other than my home or in a friend's car or home, a ping is not going to get it back to me any better than a ring. Nice try though. Admittedly, I'm one of the last people on earth with both a land line and a mobile phone ... so I guess the option to call your cell if you lost your cell is not so easy for a lot of people.
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06-10-2009, 04:50 PM	#45
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	The remote data wipe is a good feature I suppose. It turns out that all of the carriers are now forcing you to select one of their all-inclusive plans if you're getting a smartphone. No more getting away with not paying for nav. if you don't want to use it, or only paying for 300 texts instead of unlimited because that's all I'll ever use. That's pretty sh*tty. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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06-10-2009, 05:03 PM	#46
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I guess I'll go broke going for broke. I feel like such a dork with a cell phone. I'm embarrased by it.
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Chris doesn't have unlimited text either.
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06-10-2009, 06:23 PM	#49
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yeah, but if Greg's research is correct (and if someone coud confirm, I'd appreciate it), even AT&T is now requiring full-service packages for new sign-ups with the iPhone. I'd hate for that to be true, but I was already prepared to get butt raped on the service plan anyway.
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06-10-2009, 06:37 PM	#50
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Yeah, but (barring company discount) the family version of that plan used to be more at AT&T than the same plan at Sprint. $20 or $30 more depending on your exact plan. Now, the Sprint unlimited plans cost the same as the AT&T plans that aren't unlimited, so they still have the competetive advantage, I'd be paying the same montly for as an iPhone but for a more inclusive plan. But I literally have zero use for those extras and surely, for my use, not worth the $500-$700 it saved me over the 2 year contract. It's still a great price, Sprint is still $10 lower than T-Mobile and Verizon, but more plan than I need. This might finally trigger the inevitable dropping of Netflix. Time to stop paying $15/month to store DVDs in our tv cabinet for months. We can always rent from TiVo in a pinch. ETA: Oh yeah, actually, I don't know what the family plan options at AT&T are. For some reason they don't let you buy more than 1 iPhone at a time online, you have to call or go to a store. ETA more: From what I can gather looking at their non-iphone smartphone family plans, They do still have the options to not do unlimited but costs the same or more than Sprint's unlimited. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ Last edited by Ghoulish Delight : 06-10-2009 at 06:45 PM.
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