June 8, 2010 – When Apple introduced the iPhone three years ago, the naysayers said who would ever want a touch screen phone like that. Fast forward to today, the iPhone is one of the most popular Smartphone on the market and Apple’s partnership with AT&T all but saved the wireless provider from going the way of the dinosaurs. AT&T is not the perfect wireless provider by any means, but in most populated areas where their 3G service is available, the connectivity is more than adequate for a great user experience.
AT&T as with all wireless providers, locks you in to a service contract for a specified amount of time and in return sells you a very expensive phone at a reduced rate. Most mobile phone users have learned to accept this as standard practice and just sign the contract without ever fully reading it. As part of the agreement with AT&T, iPhone users are required to spend an extra $30 a month in addition to their calling and messaging plan for an “Unlimited Data Plan”. In the beginning a lot of people complained about the $30 price, but once they started using the phone to surf the web, check and send email, download apps, play games online, share photos, stream music and YouTube videos, that $30 price suddenly didn’t seem so bad. Read More→
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