06-26-2007, 04:21 PM
[quote chuck_k][quote (vikm)]I like how on the Apple site under "Family" plan there is a tiny little asterisk after it that states that under the shared family plan...
*Includes one line. Additional iPhone lines are $29.99 each.
It'd be a hell of a family plan with only one line, eh? I know everyone does this sort of thing when they are laying out pricing structures on things like this but it's still annoying. At least display the full price for minimum requirements for making use of a shared family plan.
Inane grumbling aside, these rates are pretty good. Not just "fair" or ok". They are actually pretty attractive considering what you get.
It's not a "one line family plan," it's a one iPhone family plan. Your other phone can be anything else, and you share your voice minutes.
Read it carefully, and understand how Cingular does business. It's still a family plan. But not everyone in the family will have an iPhone. In fact, very few families will have more than one iPhone. The other phones will be normal phones.
My wife won't let me get one though unless she also gets one. $1000 is steep for the hardware, but we're none too excited about paying an additional $50/month on our phone bill either (existing cingular customer adding iPhone data plan for $20, plus another iPhone line for $29.99)
*Includes one line. Additional iPhone lines are $29.99 each.
It'd be a hell of a family plan with only one line, eh? I know everyone does this sort of thing when they are laying out pricing structures on things like this but it's still annoying. At least display the full price for minimum requirements for making use of a shared family plan.
Inane grumbling aside, these rates are pretty good. Not just "fair" or ok". They are actually pretty attractive considering what you get.
It's not a "one line family plan," it's a one iPhone family plan. Your other phone can be anything else, and you share your voice minutes.
Read it carefully, and understand how Cingular does business. It's still a family plan. But not everyone in the family will have an iPhone. In fact, very few families will have more than one iPhone. The other phones will be normal phones.
My wife won't let me get one though unless she also gets one. $1000 is steep for the hardware, but we're none too excited about paying an additional $50/month on our phone bill either (existing cingular customer adding iPhone data plan for $20, plus another iPhone line for $29.99)