Apple and AT&T Announce iPhone Service Plans

daveschroeder writes "Apple and AT&T today announced service plans for iPhone, 4 days before its release in the US at 6pm local time on Friday, June 29. The plans are $59.99/mo for 450 minutes, $79.99 for 900 minutes, and $99.99 for 1350 minutes, and all include unlimited data, 200 SMS messages, rollover minutes, and unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling. Any other standard AT&T service plan may also be used. A two year service plan is required, with a $175 cancellation fee if terminated early. In addition, activations are done via iTunes, so only the hardware is purchased in the store. Interestingly, activation of a contract via iTunes is required to enable the iPod/syncing functionality of the phone as well. (It will remain to be seen whether there are workarounds for this for those who only want the iPod functionality of iPhone, and whether the iPhone is easily unlockable for those who wish to try it on alternate carriers, and so on.)"

Comments

Unlimited Data Transfer, eh?

[ronadams]

Imagine a mobile Beowulf Cluster of these...

A few MORE notes

[UbuntuDupe]

-Dave Schroeder found a great opportunity to nab some karma.

-Slashdot is partly an advertisement site, as nothing else can explain this "story". Remind me how many other advertisers get to have every new detail about upcoming products made into a /. story?

-Dave Schroeder has a deep, abiding fear of using "the".

Re:A few MORE notes

[UbuntuDupe]

My karma is already excellent,

So? Some people need to build up karma buffers for when they want to criticize sacred cows. I would know. Nothing wrong with building up karma of course, but there's a reason they call them "karma whores".

If you're talking about my post, it contains more detailed information that wasn't appropriate for the submission.

Right, because there has never been a story that had a "read the remaining 28084 bytes" on it.

I apologize for posting something that others considered informative, and will refrain from doing so in the future.

Strawman. The problem wasn't that you posted something informative, but that you intentionally delayed it for a vanity/karma post. It's not something you necessarily should apologize for, but intentionally withholding information from the original posting -- that most people will read -- so you can post it later and get karma, is sleazy.

This has been one of the most anticipated pieces of information dealing with a product which has dominated this any many other news sites. I fail to see how it isn't a valid piece of information that many people were curious about.

Yes, it's anticipated because some sites hype it up. As an advertiser I would love for my product to have this kind of free promotion. It necessarily has a network affect whereby hype generates hype.

Wow, now that one stings! It's almost like you found something factually incorrect with the content of the submission!

I'm just saying, maybe work on including definite articles in your writing?

waste of money!

[Anonymous Coward]

guess i'll just have to carry both my ipod and razr...and wait till i'm home to watch the latest youtube video. Stupid people, $600 phone.

Re:Slashdot is against the wrong monopoly

[neuroklinik]

Vendor lock-in... thy name is Apple. Stupidest comment I've read all day.

You don't have dealings with many companies, do you?

Apple is the picture of openness compared to some.

Re:Who came up with these prices?

[the_wesman]

I'm not fucking around anymore - the next time someone says "my bla bla bla does JUST ABOUT everything the iPhone does" I'm going to smack him/her - cut it - your phone doesn't do dick compared to the iPhone - it's not about you being a feature douchebag or a nerd - quite simply: the iPhone isn't for you because you don't get it - just because you don't get it doesn't mean anyone wants to hear about your problems

Re:Alternate carriers

[Mattintosh]

I explicitly left out voice mail on my current cell phone account. It was $1.00 to add it, and I purposefully unchecked the box when I filled out the signup form. Reason: I don't want to be bothered dialing some retarded voice mail system to get someone's mostly-useless message. The phone itself registers missed calls; I'll call you back if/when I give a damn.

So no big loss if I don't have visual voice mail (like I need to see you when you're rambling for an hour into a networked recording device). I'll be happy without any voice mail at all.

We'll see if it can be unlocked, with or without voice mail. Just as long as the web stuff still works and the syncing with iTunes/Address Book/iCal/Mail works, I'm happy. Oh, and phone calls. But that should be a given.