Finally got an iphone, now how I use it to save money/etc

[Phatoomch]

I agree that is a reasonable bill for 5 iPhones.

We have unlimited data from AT&T for two of our smart phones because we were also grandfathered in. I can't ever cancel those plans!

Agreed! They will have to pry those plans from my cold dead hands

 

[SaraJayne]

Here is how I am saving money with my iPhone.

I was using an HTC Evo on Sprint and the bill was about $70/month for unlimited everything. (I signed up for the plan when it was about $50/month when my husband had an employee discount...then they stopped offering it to me.)

I just bought a used iPhone 3GS on eBay for about $130 that works on the AT&T network. Yes, I know that there is an iPhone 4 and 4S, but I am not a techy person at all and basically just want the phone for a few fun apps, email, texting and calls. I am now going to purchase the $45/mo pay-as-you-go SIM card from StraightTalk that included unlimited talk, text and internet.

So...my monthly bill will be dropping by $25.00. I should recoup the cost of the phone in several months, then from there, it will just be a savings compared to being on my contract.

You'll have to jailbreak your iphone in order to use the multimedia or picture messaging feature.

Updating your APN settings does not guarantee MMS (Multimedia/Picture Messaging) will work. MMS is dependent upon your phone model’s limitations. If you have an iPhone and you would like to use MMS, you will need to Jailbreak* your iPhone in order to update your MMS settings. *Search “Jailbreak iPhone” on-line for more information.

 

[Lucille1963]

I feel like I save money every time I call ahead to check to see if a business is open or check the info on the internet. Or use the GPS to get exact directions instead of just getting to the general area and driving around.