300 page iPhone bill

[TexasRaceLady]

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3478095&page=1

If anyone got an iPhone, sure hope you opt for the "simplified" billing.

 

[Luis G]

huge bills that say nothing to you

AT&T also goes into an incredible amount of detail to tell you—well, almost nothing. For instance, I know that on July 27 at 3:21 p.m. I had some data use that, under the To/From heading, AT&T has helpfully listed as "Data Transfer." The Type of file? "Data." My total charge? $0.00.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070811-iphone-bill-is-surprisingly-xbox-huge-lol.html

 

[TexasRaceLady]

I'm concerned about the woman that claims she sends 30,000 text messages a month ---

She has no real life --- she exists only through her phone.

 

[Inkara1]

I'm a light texter... only about 3,000 a month or so.

By default, Verizon sends a simplified bill, while showing you an itemized statement online. I was glad when Verizon switched over so incoming calls are itemized too, with numbers, instead of just "incoming call."

 

[markjs]

You are a light texter? I pay for 50 a month, and never go over....

I have AT&T, but no iPhone, but their bills cover every detail. BTW, Verizon didn't change because they thought it would be nice, they changed because federal regulations mandated it.

 

[Inkara1]

I was being facetious a bit... thing is, when I got my text package, it came with 5,000... the next lower text plan was 1,500. It was cheaper to pay $5 more and have a few thousand unused texts than to get the lower plan and pay the overages.

 

[tonksy]

I hardly ever text. I'll answer my friend Pam when she texts me but that's about it.

 

[TexasRaceLady]

I don't think I've sent more that 10 texts in my life. If I want to talk, I'll call you. LOL

For me, that's easier than trying to type using those damned little buttons.

 

[POStech]

How the hell do you send 30000 text messages in a month? On an 18 hour day that would be close to 1 text per minute. Even if you're group texting (which you can't do with the iphone) that's still shit load.

 

[BlurOfSerenity]

i love texting. i wish my friends had as awesome a texting plan as i do (i think i get unlimited for like $5/mo or something ridiculous like that), so that they could text me more instead of calling me. i hate talking on the phone.

my coworker got an iphone the day it got out, and i think it's the stupidest thing ever, for many reasons, including this, but every time i trash-talk it, she probably thinks it's just sour grapes.

 

[StuTheWise]

Well, let me just say I'm with everybody else on the "WOW!" factor that sending 30,000 text messages in a month is even humanly possible.

I understand that there are times when the informality of text messages are nice, but when you are holding an hour long conversation, isn't it just easier to call? I harass my wife all the time because she'll text back and forth with one of her friends like 20 times trying to set up a lunch date or something. She always says, "She's at work," or something similar. At which point I just give a confused look and consign myself to an inability to understand the female logic.

I send maybe 5 a month. If somebody texts me with something that requires a response, I typically just call them back. I know, I'm crazy that way.

 

[pc_builder]

My gf is like ash. Hates to talk on the phone, but she'll text up a storm. So I got texting added to my phone. That's how we talk and set up our dates and stuff.