iPhone sinks from “maybe” to “probably not”.

Been thinking about this and the weight of the “no” has overrun the “yes” in determining whether or not I want an iPhone.

With the phone release yesterday, AT&T let go of more information. In my particular case I have two reasons to go with AT&T. The first is a dying cellphone, the second is that T-mobile won’t reach inside the building at work, meaning I basically can’t use the phone during the day. AT&T is the only provider that seems able to reach.

I was willing to overlook the fact that AT&T essentially *doubled* the cost of my phone bill for fewer minutes per month (especially considering rollover). However, in order to connect to the wifi at work which uses WPA2 encryption, AT&T wants to consider me a “corporate customer”. Not only that, but they want more money to add on text messaging (which is pretty much the biggest reason to have a smartphone)

So, considering that I normally use about 600 minutes per month, I’m looking at;

$89.99 for basic service (900 minutes)
$45.00 for “corporate” service
$5.00 for 200 text messages
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$139.99 plus taxes versus T-mobile’s $39.99 plus tax for 1500 minutes

In the end, I’m not willing to triple my cellphone bill just to have the iPhone. I could just as simply pay $200 for a new T-mobile smartphone and just forward messages to my work phone during the day..