Comments on: Activating iPhones. Two iPhones – one family plan http://hackertoys.com/2008/02/04/activating-iphones-two-iphones-one-family-plan/ Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:24:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Steve http://hackertoys.com/2008/02/04/activating-iphones-two-iphones-one-family-plan/#comment-68 Steve Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:12:46 +0000 http://hackertoys.com/2008/02/04/activating-iphones-two-iphones-one-family-plan/#comment-68 Scott...question... I am reading that you have two iPhones on one family talk accounton ATT. My wife has T-Mobile and I have ATT...her contract is up in May. My phone is eligible for upgrade in May also. We are going to switch her to ATT. I am thinking of getting us both iPhones. My question for you is about how much you pay per month for having both iPhones on one plan? Do you pay one $30 data fee? How many minutes? Text messaging, etc.? Thanks S Scott…question…

I am reading that you have two iPhones on one family talk accounton ATT. My wife has T-Mobile and I have ATT…her contract is up in May. My phone is eligible for upgrade in May also. We are going to switch her to ATT. I am thinking of getting us both iPhones. My question for you is about how much you pay per month for having both iPhones on one plan? Do you pay one $30 data fee? How many minutes? Text messaging, etc.?

Thanks

S

]]> By: Scott http://hackertoys.com/2008/02/04/activating-iphones-two-iphones-one-family-plan/#comment-66 Scott Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:58:14 +0000 http://hackertoys.com/2008/02/04/activating-iphones-two-iphones-one-family-plan/#comment-66 Wow, this is a pretty old post to be getting a comment. The family plan has worked out great. I originally posted this when we bought our first generation iPhones, and back then you didn't really have any restrictions on how many you could buy, and the setup was totally done through iTunes. <br /> We've since upgraded both phones to the 16gb 3G ones. We just walked into an AT&T store together and bought both 3G phones in one transaction. They restarted our 2 year contract and gave us the subsidized price on both phones, plus something around $18 upgrade fee or activation fee or whatever. Since the newer pricing plans are eligible for corporate discounts that the original ones weren't, the monthly service cost is pretty much a wash. I am paying $15/month more now, which is the same as the extra unlimited SMS charge I added on this time. <br /> Also, the old first generation iPhones sold for about the same price on Ebay as I paid for the 3G ones, so upgrading was nearly free. Wow, this is a pretty old post to be getting a comment. The family plan has worked out great. I originally posted this when we bought our first generation iPhones, and back then you didn’t really have any restrictions on how many you could buy, and the setup was totally done through iTunes.

We’ve since upgraded both phones to the 16gb 3G ones. We just walked into an AT&T store together and bought both 3G phones in one transaction. They restarted our 2 year contract and gave us the subsidized price on both phones, plus something around $18 upgrade fee or activation fee or whatever. Since the newer pricing plans are eligible for corporate discounts that the original ones weren’t, the monthly service cost is pretty much a wash. I am paying $15/month more now, which is the same as the extra unlimited SMS charge I added on this time.

Also, the old first generation iPhones sold for about the same price on Ebay as I paid for the 3G ones, so upgrading was nearly free.

]]> By: Terry Pearson http://hackertoys.com/2008/02/04/activating-iphones-two-iphones-one-family-plan/#comment-65 Terry Pearson Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:44:35 +0000 http://hackertoys.com/2008/02/04/activating-iphones-two-iphones-one-family-plan/#comment-65 To answer your last paragraph, when you port your cell phone number, you do not need to call your old phone company. So you are in the clear with getting T-Mobile canceled. I did the same thing from Verizon to ATT, and it was a pretty smooth transition. One question for you. How did the family plan thing work? My wife and I want to buy a couple Iphones and put them on a family plan, but ATT will only let you buy one Iphone online. Did they give you a hard time getting the family plan set up? Also, did you get the "Two year contract price" for both of them, or did you have to pay full price for one of them? To answer your last paragraph, when you port your cell phone number, you do not need to call your old phone company. So you are in the clear with getting T-Mobile canceled.

I did the same thing from Verizon to ATT, and it was a pretty smooth transition.

One question for you. How did the family plan thing work? My wife and I want to buy a couple Iphones and put them on a family plan, but ATT will only let you buy one Iphone online. Did they give you a hard time getting the family plan set up? Also, did you get the “Two year contract price” for both of them, or did you have to pay full price for one of them?

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