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iNeed iNsight about iPhone vs iPad
We’re almost ready to pull the trigger on an iPad at our house. Carolyn and I are going to “share” one as our 18th anniversary present. But we’re selling stuff first.
Here’s where we need help… With the new data plans from AT&T announced this week for iPhones and iPads, should we:
1. Get rid of one iPhone and get iPad 3G data plan
2. Keep both iPhones and get iPad WIFI with no 3G
3. Get iPad 3G AND get a Verizon mifi which would give us Internet for up to 5 devices (we could also discoonect an iPhone)
4. Jump down, turn wound, pick a bale of cotton.
5. Other
Go.
Go out this weekend, buy and activate new iPad with unlimited data before AT&T makes the shift on Monday.
Or, go with the Wi-fi only iPad, if there’s enough Wi-fi in the life you lead.
Doug
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If you are still jailbroken on your iphone get a wifi ipad and use the myfi app to turn your iphone into a wireless router.
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Hi Jeff. I know that data plans and pricing will be very different in the US than it is here in the Uk, but this is what we’ve done. First of all Anne doesn’t have an iPhone, so what to do with two iPhones doesn’t come into our equation. However, I think I would probably have made the same decision even if Anne had an iPhone. I bought the 32GB wi-fi version of the iPad. In the Uk there is a £100 difference between wifi only and wifi+3G. The current cheapest data plan that I can find is £7.50 a… Read more »
Thanks for such a great, thought out reply, Richard. We’re still mulling over things. Main goal is to cut monthly costs while getting an iPad. So we’re wondering of the $25 3G plan isn’t the best for us. While the Verizon MIFI. Is great, it’s $60. While it would give us more devices, it still wouldn’t replace our home Internet. If we dump an iPhone for the time being, we’re still saving $5 a month (data plan is $30). On the other hand, it would be nice for at&t to wake up and allow iPhone WITHOUT data plan. Since it… Read more »
To quote Lucille, “I don’t understand the question and I won’t respond to it.”
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Oh, but make the wise best choice, because I usually just piggyback on your research.
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Thanks, Amy. I decided that you should present me an iPad if I beat you in three consecutive games of Words…
I’m doing the MyWi app through the Rock store. It’s 9.99 and allows my iPhone to operate as a wifi hotspot with its own ssid and encryption. I connect my laptop and my iPad to it and get decent speeds on all 3 places in Kentucky where AT&T has 3g data. I’m actually thinking about dumping my $40/mo home internet and just doing the MyWi. If I need to download big stuff, I can just do it at work or at the church. FYI, last check, i’ve only used 2gigs download on my iphone data since 3.1.3 came out. For… Read more »