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#151
#151
milohimself said:
If there are only two people using their upgrades regularly, definitely go with it.

On your current plan, you're continuing to pay the subsidy for new phones whether or not you choose to purchase them.

If you can get me a quick rundown of exactly what your plan contains, I can give you an accurate breakdown. Minutes, texting and data add-ons, and employer discounts are the relevant information here.
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I would be more than happy to send you a screen shot of my plan from ATT if you think that would help. Can I do that in a pm? Hell, could send you a pdf of the bill even ;)
 
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#152
#152
VolnTitan said:
I would be more than happy to send you a screen shot of my plan from ATT if you think that would help. Can I do that in a pm? Hell, could send you a pdf of the bill even ;)
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If it's all the same to you, I'd rather you just put up the relevant info. Or post a screen shot, but black out any identifying info.
 
#153
#153
I worked for AT&T as recently as three weeks ago, I'd be glad to explain the savings you get for NEXT or if it's better to switch or not, but its really a case by case basis, and I can say that 9/10 times, its going to be cheaper in the long run to do NEXT, even if it makes your monthly bill go up.

This is a great tool to use just to see an idea for prices of individual devices of plans.

AT&T Value Calculator


For those who don't want to click the link, for example, you save 180$ over two years on next for an S5 active on a 10gb or higher plan.
 
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#155
milohimself said:
My AT&T rep showed me that. I've never used it. It doesn't compare legacy plans against Mobile Share.
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Unless you have unlimitted data, old plans aren't worth it. If you want to compare those though, try this site.

AT&T Rate Plan Calculator

It does everything, MSV plans, old MS plans, Family Talk plans (what you might have), and even lets you factor in business or discounts on top of tablets/WHP/Insurance/etc.
 
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Daloth said:
Unless you have unlimitted data, old plans aren't worth it. If you want to compare those though, try this site.

AT&T Rate Plan Calculator

It does everything, MSV plans, old MS plans, Family Talk plans (what you might have), and even lets you factor in business or discounts on top of tablets/WHP/Insurance/etc.
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The first link doesn't have old plans, the old link doesn't include device costs on two year contracts. It leads people to just look at the monthly amount, rather than the actual two year cost.

It's really an exercise best done with pen and paper.
 
#157
#157
In recent years I can't recall any of the newer plans being better for the consumer than the older plans. They tried to push the NEXT plan on me a couple times. No thanks.
 
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#158
milohimself said:
If it's all the same to you, I'd rather you just put up the relevant info. Or post a screen shot, but black out any identifying info.
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OK...Here you go: Our total bill was $219 including a $10 credit for this month, so after that credit ends, it will go up to $229ish. We get a 17% discount for employer.

Phone 1 (Primary)

FamilyTalk Nation 700 with Rollover $60.00

FT Msging Unl with Mobile to Any Mobile Calling $30.00

Data Unlimited for iPhone on 4G LTE with VVM $30.00

National Account Discount  −$15.30

Total Monthly Plan Charges $104.70


Phone 2

FamilyTalk Nation 700 with Rollover $9.99

Data Unlimited for iPhone on 4G LTE with VVM $30.00

National Account Discount  −$5.10

Total Monthly Plan Charges $34.89


Phone 3

FamilyTalk Nation 700 with Rollover $9.99

Data Unlimited for iPhone $30.00

National Account Discount  −$5.10

Total Monthly Plan Charges $34.89


Phone 4

FamilyTalk Nation 700 with Rollover $9.99

DataPro 2GB for iPhone on 4G LTE with Visual Voicemail $25.00

National Account Discount  −$4.25

Total Monthly Plan Charges $30.74


Here is the usage for last year for the 2 heaviest users:

Phone 1 - 2.17 over 13 months avg. Hi-3.7 low - 1.6

Phone 2 - 5.47 Hi - 7.1 Low - 4.4

These are the 2 lines that would change the most often. My mom would likely get a new phone, but just would be the cheapest Iphone 5 available or one of ours. Phone 2, my daughter, uses alot of data. Phone 3 & 4, went over 1 gb once last year, otherwise, hovers btwn .1 to .5 usage.


Thanks! ;)
 
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#159
#159
milohimself said:
That's a big problem with Apple, in a nutshell; there is ZERO inter-connectivity with other types of devices. I do, occasionally, find myself in a computer lab on a PC, with an Android device. I also own a PC desktop.

I can hop on Google Drive, Hangouts, Chrome, etc. from literally any device out there. If I kept all my files, notes, bookmarks, contacts, etc. on Apple platform, I would be SOL if I ever needed to retrieve those things on anything other than an Apple product.

Short story: Apple only works on and between Apple devices. Google works on everything.

The ONLY inconvenience for me is that I have to take the extra step of logging into Google, and plugging in my authentication code. 15 seconds, tops.
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You can log on to iCloud.com and access everything you just mentioned from any non Apple device. Until I recently bought MBA I was using a Toshiba Laptop and did it all the time.

Apple crosses platforms more than some think.
 
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#160
Your two year billing cost to AT&T w/ current plan: $5874.48
Two new smartphones a year (assuming $200 price point and $40 upgrade fee): $480

Total: $6354.48

Mobile share billing with 15GB, just to be safe: $4,029.6
Two new smartphones a year (assuming $650 price point): $1,300

Total: $5,329.6

So the difference with the new one, even on 15GB, is a little over a grand every two years. If the other two lines also got top of the line new smartphones every two years, then I would stay where you are. But if they're cool hanging on to what they've got for a few years, then the new one is absolutely the way to go.

Just see if you can get by with 10GB first.
 
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#161
burntorangeVOLffle said:
You can log on to iCloud.com and access everything you just mentioned from any non Apple device. Until I recently bought MBA I was using a Toshiba Laptop and did it all the time.

Apple crosses platforms more than some think.
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Used it plenty, but it still doesn't hold up to Google's multi-platform cloud services at this point. Google Drive vs. Pages/Keynote/etc. via iCloud.com isn't even a contest.
 
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milohimself said:
Your two year billing cost to AT&T w/ current plan: $5874.48
Two new smartphones a year (assuming $200 price point and $40 upgrade fee): $480

Total: $6354.48

Mobile share billing with 15GB, just to be safe: $4,029.6
Two new smartphones a year (assuming $650 price point): $1,300

Total: $5,329.6

So the difference with the new one, even on 15GB, is a little over a grand every two years. If the other two lines also got top of the line new smartphones every two years, then I would stay where you are. But if they're cool hanging on to what they've got for a few years, then the new one is absolutely the way to go.

Just see if you can get by with 10GB first.
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I'm right in saying thou that if each person pays their portion seperately, then the ones who get new phones will be paying more per month, correct. Where it is $57 per month per individual now, if we went mobile share 10gb, it would be $40 ($160 split 4 ways) plus the monthly charge for the phone, say $35 for the 6. Is this pretty accurate? I'm looking at this as 4 seperate people sharing one plan.
 
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#163
So talked to my daughter and I think we will switch to the mobile share. She was shocked at her data usage. She said she doesn't really watch videos...certainly not full shows or anything like that. She uses it like me...navigation (she probably does more than me), streaming audio in the car, email and surfing. So she isn't sure what is using so much data.

ON the 15gb share plan, what is the monthly rate you were basing it on?
 
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#164
milohimself said:
Used it plenty, but it still doesn't hold up to Google's multi-platform cloud services at this point. Google Drive vs. Pages/Keynote/etc. via iCloud.com isn't even a contest.
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I agree that the browser versions of iWork are not the best but personally I'm not a fan of Google Docs either. They are all pretty clunky. I use dropbox for docs anyway.

My point was you said you would be SOL on computer lab workstations if you did everything through Apple and that just isn't the case.

If running Google apps on all Apple products sans the iPhone works for you then thats thats great. By all means keep it up. But you haven't really given a compelling reason why its a better solution.
 
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#165
VolnTitan said:
So talked to my daughter and I think we will switch to the mobile share. She was shocked at her data usage. She said she doesn't really watch videos...certainly not full shows or anything like that. She uses it like me...navigation (she probably does more than me), streaming audio in the car, email and surfing. So she isn't sure what is using so much data.

ON the 15gb share plan, what is the monthly rate you were basing it on?
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If she is streaming audio in the car, say Pandora radio, that will eat some data up fast. Also just for everyone to know one thing that has come up is Facebook. If you've noticed lately on Facebook a lot of videos play themselves when you scroll over them. If your using your data network and on FB a lot this is killing a lot of data. I work for AT&T and we've noticed since the FB updates people's averages have went up quite a bit.
 
#166
#166
I also have the pricing for the new iPhones for AT&T on NEXT if anyone wants a Bill calculation with this included. I would also recommend if you're wanting a New iPhone do the preorder on Friday. We essentially do the full upgrade and you pay for it and we ship it straight to your house. Just make sure you have everything backed up on icloud and it's an easy transition.
 
#167
#167
B-Stizzy said:
I also have the pricing for the new iPhones for AT&T on NEXT if anyone wants a Bill calculation with this included. I would also recommend if you're wanting a New iPhone do the preorder on Friday. We essentially do the full upgrade and you pay for it and we ship it straight to your house. Just make sure you have everything backed up on icloud and it's an easy transition.
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What about new customers? Say switching from Verizon?
 
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