Apple and AT&T Finally Announce iPhone Plans
Written on June 26, 2007 by Jason Guthrie and 11 people have commented
If you haven’t heard yet, Apple and AT&T have FINALLY announced the phone and data plans that will be available to iPhone users on Friday. And true to Apple form, they have convinced AT&T to offer plans the “Apple Way.” The available plans are:
- $59.99 for 450 minutes
- $79.99 for 900 minutes
- $99.99 for 1,350 minutes
What? $59.99 is a little steep for 450 minutes? I guess I forgot to mention that each plan comes with:
- Unlimited data
- Visual voicemail
- 200 SMS text messages
- Roll-over minutes
- Unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling
Now, with data plans like that, I can buy an iPhone. And now that I’m switching carriers I guess it doesn’t matter much, but I sure hope other carriers wake up and smell the iPhone and offer similar simple plans with unlimited data plans built in.
Andrew Creek on June 26th, 2007 at 9:55 am
Yeah I wasn’t even considering buying an iPhone. This changed everything for me.
Ken on June 26th, 2007 at 10:59 am
I’m stunned.
Those are not bad prices. From AT&T? Am I awake?
And I read that you can activate the phone using iTunes. The manager at the local Apple store said that would save a bunch of time since they are only going to have today to practice setting them up.
steve on June 26th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Those aren’t bad but the family plans suck.
Kevin Zdyb on June 26th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Why do you say family plans ****? 100.00 for 1400 minutes, unlimited nights & weekends, unlimited data. I have verizon and I pay 130 for 3 phones and NO data. Does anyone know how many phones are in AT & T’s family plan? What about extra lines??
Moofius on June 26th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
well, that is really expensive =(
I personally use a stored-value card and pays 10 cent/minute (no idea about data) but I know a friend with an unlimited plan (sms, data, calls) for 30 dollars/month.
(I live in sweden)
isalex on June 26th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
me likes alot… i was going to wait but after seeing the iphone rates, i might just have to cancel my contract with sprint.
Galley on June 26th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
Too bad I have 9 months left on my Sprint contract. I’ve got $600 burning a hole in my pocket!
Honza on June 27th, 2007 at 3:36 am
Moofius, You can’t really compare Swedish prices to US. Most of Scandinavia had dirt cheap extemely fast internet access before most of Europe even heard about broadband ;-)
Brandon Eley on June 27th, 2007 at 4:35 am
I have said a couple times I thought AT&T/Cingular would release very competitive data plans since they aren’t allowed to subsidize the price of the iPhone. I currently pay $39.95/month for unlimited data and $5.95/month for text messages. The add-on AT&T plan is only $20/month and I get unlimited data AND 200 text messages. I’ll save over $300 a year just in the different. My iPhone has already almost paid for itself!
Dude on November 25th, 2007 at 11:04 am
I Want one but eith 17 months left on my alltel Plan I am out of luck until the Iphone 2 Rolls around
minikperi on December 12th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
I Want one but eith 17 months left on my alltel Plan I am out of luck until the Iphone 2 Rolls around