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3G iPhone $199!!!
If the rumors are true, I am all over this when they come out in June.
That will be the last straw to dump my hard line and Verizon and go to Dry Loop/Line DSL and end up saving money in the long run, even at $60+ per month fees. If they would let me tether to it on the standard data plan, I'd contemplate dumping the DSL as well. |
I hear 3G coverage is sketchy.
and post link or said rumor. |
I assume it will fall back to Edge (2.5g) as needed.
linky to Fortune article picked up by everyone else. Coverage isn't that bad at least according to their map |
I personally am never going to get an iphone of any kind. 5 of my friends got them and IMO they get horrible reception and they are constantly dropping calls with me. I don't think its the network because this was not a previous problem.
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I just got one last week and I love it, my buddy at work will not put it down and is now getting one too. Haven't had a problem with any dropped calls or anything
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I love my iPhone and I cant remember life without it. I use it all the time. Especially the map portion great for finding places. I haven't been in sac long enough to know where everything is. As for coverage and quality of calls, this has been by best phone yet. I had a razor last and it was awful. It gave me the worst case of turrets syndrome ever! Josh wants the new one when it comes out. He says it is supposed to have gps as well.
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If it's in the $200-300 range I'll get one for sure. AT&T's coverage looks solid around my next base too.
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I have ATT, and a 3G compatable phone. The only reason I haven't gotten a Blackberry Curve, is because it isn't 3G capable. I might have to look into the iPhone as a replacement.
My current 3G phone will revert back to Edge and G connections depending on what is available in the area. BTW, you have 3G coverage from Gardnerville to Reno. Once you start heading out into the outer areas, you bump back to Edge. When I first got my LG phone, there was no 3G in the area. Then one morning I noticed it was connecting to something different. |
I've got a 3G RAZR. Pretty much anytime I'm using the interwebs I've had 3G access, plus some other times when I didn't really need it like sending picture or video messages.
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How fast is 3G? Would a 3G airport card for a laptop actually be useful, or are we talking wireless 56K?
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Especially not when that bandwidth is shared.
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Meh, doesn't sound worth it considering it's like what, $100/mo for access?
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How about a phone that's 3G with a bluetooth repeater that allows a laptop to get online through the phone's data plan? Or better yet, a 3G phone that's also an 802.11g wireless hub? :cool: |
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That might not be the included data plan, unless you fool them into thinking you actually surf that much bandwidth only off your phone. legitimate!! |
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But, in most cases, I've heard of stories of people getting their cell phone service canceled when they started to use their cell phone plan as a main internet connection. I believe the letter was something like "You've used too much data on your unlimited data plan, so we are canceling everything." I think we're talking gigs of data here (The one story I remember hearing was around 5gb/mo, and this was on Verizon). |
Yeah, I think they max you out at 5 Gigabytes/Mo.
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"Yes, exactly sir. Its unlimited up to 5gb/mo" |
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Unlimited data plans apply to phone requested/generated data. AKA SAfari, email and other phone based app data. |
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