Oh great... Time to go cell phone shopping...

[IamDavid]

Finally after 2yrs of Alltel screwing us month after months our contract is over. Thanks god. Unfortunately though I need a new phone and plan. I think I like used car shopping better.

So here is what I need:
Familly plan with Unlimited minutes, text or close to it. And a data plan I guess for the 1 phone.
Like to have one smart phone for me. Iphone, Touch, Storm.. Whatever...
2nd phone won't need to be to sophisticated. My wife will be using it.

Currently paying ~$110/mo and would like to lower it if possible..

Any idea's? Please don't make me go talk to a cell phone salesman.

 

[imported_Dingster1]

So I guess you wont be staying with Verizon?

 

[boomhower]

You want two lines of unlimited minutes for less than $110 an month? Good luck with that. You are going to have to be a bit more flexible on either the minute requirement or the price. Only unlimited plans I am familiar with are the $100 single lines but you can't add any additional lines to them. With Sprint you can get 2 lines of unlimited everything for $190. Do you really need unlimited minutes or would an amount covered in other plans be able to cover you?

 

[gorcorps]

Unless you mean unlimited minutes between the 2 phones. AT&T gives unlimited mobile to mobile minutes with almost all of their plans.

 

[boomhower]

Pretty much everyone does that. Verizon and Sprint I know do, not sure about T-Mobile.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: boomhower
Pretty much everyone does that. Verizon and Sprint I know do, not sure about T-Mobile.

Tmobile does too.

 

[Deeko]

I've had T-Mobile for almost 7 years now. My only complaint is the slow rollout of 3G, but that's going now. Their plans are by FAR the cheapest of the big carriers. I pay $39.99 for 1000 anytime minutes and unlimited NW. I'm not as familiar with their family plans though.

For a smartphone, I have the G1 and love it - they also have the usual compliment of Blackberry and WM phones.

 

[pm]

I pay $39.99 for 1000 anytime minutes and unlimited NW. For a smartphone, I have the G1 and love it - they also have the usual compliment of Blackberry and WM phones.

I thought T-Mobile required the data plan with the G1, Deeko.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: pm

I pay $39.99 for 1000 anytime minutes and unlimited NW. For a smartphone, I have the G1 and love it - they also have the usual compliment of Blackberry and WM phones.

I thought T-Mobile required the data plan with the G1, Deeko.

Yes, I have a data plan and text messaging plan on top of it - I was just referring to what I pay for the voice plan. I have the "combined" G1 data plan, which is really just a bundle of the $19.99/unlimited data and $14.99/unlimited text, both of which are pretty reasonable & at or below the cost of competing carriers.

 

[shortylickens]

As for plans I couldnt say.
Two people with unlimited minutes is going to cost you a little something.
If you wanna get a PDA phone I HIGHLY recommend unlimited data. You will use, I promise.
Between email, GPS and web browsing it will get used.

For phones I usually recommend http://www.infosyncworld.com/.
Their reviews are pretty brutal but thats a good thing. They dont give false praise.
http://reviews.infosyncworld.c...=smartphones&view=List
According to them only the Nokia N95 8GB NAM is better than the iPhone.
BUT, they dont write as if they were Apple fanboi's.