3 Jun
The Price To Have iPhone Just Went Up For New Customers
Posted on 2010 under Breaking News | No Comment
The party is over for those who where tethering their iPhones or using lots of data. AT&T has officially announce data plan pricing changes.
They are claiming that only a very small percentage of users use more than 2GB per month. Honestly unless you only use your phone on weekends this might be true, but around here our iPhones are connected 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Anyone who only uses 2GB a month are not using the optimization the new Smartphones are designed for.
The AT&T DataPlus plan Provides 200 megabytes (MB) of data – for example, enough to send/receive 1,000 emails (no attachments), plus send/receive 150 emails with attachments, plus view 400 Web pages, plus post 50 photos on social media sites, plus watch 20 minutes of streaming video – for just $15 per month.** This plan, which can save customers up to 50 percent off their wireless data charges, is designed for people who primarily like to surf the web, send email and use social networking apps. If customers exceed 200 MB in a monthly billing cycle, they will receive an additional 200 MB of data usage for $15 for use in the cycle. Currently, 65 percent of AT&T smartphone customers use less than 200 MB of data per month on average.
AT&T DataPro Plan gives a little more flexibility for users. Provides 2 gigabytes (GB) of data – for example, enough to send/receive 10,000 emails (no attachments), plus send/receive 1,500 emails with attachments, plus view 4,000 Web pages, plus post 500 photos to social media sites, plus watch 200 minutes of streaming video – for $25 per month. Should a customer exceed 2 GB during a billing cycle, they will receive an additional 1 GB of data for $10 for use in the cycle. Currently, 98 percent of AT&T smartphone customers use less than 2 GB of data a month on average.
Using AT&T Smartphones or iPhone for Tethering. Smartphone customers – including Apple iPhone customers who choose the DataPro plan have the option to add tethering for an additional $20 per month. Tethering lets customers use their smartphones as a modem to provide a broadband connection for laptop computers, netbooks or other computing devices. Tethering for iPhones will be available when Apple releases iPhone OS 4 this summer.
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