[ale] HOW2 choose an organizer/phone ?

[Geoffrey]

Jerald Sheets wrote:
> Wow, man..  
> 
> I've got two teens, one with an iPhone and one with a 3G handset, my own 
> iPhone, 1300 minutes, family shared minutes/data for the iPhones and 
> unlimited MediaNET for the handset, and only pay about 150/mo.  Are you 
> utilizing extra services?

Those numbers don't make sense to me either.  Two 3G iPhones with 
unlimited data, one 2G iPhone with unlimited.  A fourth generic nokia 
cell, all for under $200/month.

> 
> --j
> 
> 
> On Apr 20, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:26, scott mcbrien <smcbrien at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:smcbrien at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> The iPhone 3G is $10 less per month for an all you an eat data plan 
>>> than a
>>> BlackBerry
>>
>> The individual per-item costs are not necessarily a good way to
>> compare usability.  In my experience, having (over a 2 year period)
>> paid for both an iPhone and a Blackberry (both with unlimited data)
>> saw that the Blackberry was consistently cheaper over all.   The
>> iPhone averaged $150/mo (service+data+features) and the Blackberry
>> averaged $130/mo (service+data+features).
>>
>> -Jim P.
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