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Our two-year contract with ATT is finally up and we can get new phones. Two years ago when we signed up, I wanted something I could sync my Outlook to and went with a Samsung Blackjack (3 months before the Blackjack II came out) and have regretted it since. My wife got the V3 RAZR which she is no longer happy with due to call quality (she can hear fine, but she sounds like she is breaking up about half the time).
My job finally decided that they would reimburse me for a phone that I use for business, to the tune of a flat $75/month. Considering 80% of my phone calls are business related and they really want me to have access to email at all times... that means I still need a smartphone.
Right now we only pay $70/month for both phones (no data, no text, 700 shared minutes). Our choices are ATT or Verizon (Sprint reception at home is ziltch) because I get corporate discounts with those companies. With my reimbursement, it should cover a data plan and text, with a little left over for minutes (even with business calls I only use about 10-15% of the monthly minutes, my wife uses about 70%, and the rest go to roll-over).
I'm leaning towards an I-Phone since my options are basically I-Phone or Blackberry. I need something that gets email, qwerty keyboard (touch or physical), has GPS navigation, Wi-fi, and hands-free dialing (something the Blackjack lacks and I've been missing for 2 years). I noticed that the I-Phone isn't listed as a ATT Navigator phone, so I guess I would have to purchase a GPS software for that in addition to the phone
Being able to listen to audiobooks/podcasts/music while commuting with the device would also be very handy (1 to 1-1/2 hour commute each way), but I do have a Zune that can handle those needs... just means an extra device to take with me in the car. I am a little dissappointed in the stories of battery life for the I-Phone, but after talking to fellow workers with Blackberries they don't seem to do any better. I'm just used to going 3-4 days between charges on my Blackjack.
My wife has no idea what she wants, except a phone with excellent "phone" capabilities. She is tired of me making her repeat things 2-3 times I'm thinking about paying the $5 for 200 texts just because we are tired of telling people over and over not to text us If she decides she wants texting, I'm pretty sure she will want a qwerty keyboard... but hey I may be wrong. She won't use a data plan or anything like that so we can keep the costs down... otherwise I would just pick up the older I-Phone 3G for her and be done with it but my understanding is that ATT requires a data plan with any I-Phone.
I know that was long, but any advice from fellow ATT users would be helpful. I think the Wi-fi feature will keep me from Verizon, since they seem to be lacking in any Wi-fi capable phones. I guess my wife's phone will be the harder choice between the two
My job finally decided that they would reimburse me for a phone that I use for business, to the tune of a flat $75/month. Considering 80% of my phone calls are business related and they really want me to have access to email at all times... that means I still need a smartphone.
Right now we only pay $70/month for both phones (no data, no text, 700 shared minutes). Our choices are ATT or Verizon (Sprint reception at home is ziltch) because I get corporate discounts with those companies. With my reimbursement, it should cover a data plan and text, with a little left over for minutes (even with business calls I only use about 10-15% of the monthly minutes, my wife uses about 70%, and the rest go to roll-over).
I'm leaning towards an I-Phone since my options are basically I-Phone or Blackberry. I need something that gets email, qwerty keyboard (touch or physical), has GPS navigation, Wi-fi, and hands-free dialing (something the Blackjack lacks and I've been missing for 2 years). I noticed that the I-Phone isn't listed as a ATT Navigator phone, so I guess I would have to purchase a GPS software for that in addition to the phone
Being able to listen to audiobooks/podcasts/music while commuting with the device would also be very handy (1 to 1-1/2 hour commute each way), but I do have a Zune that can handle those needs... just means an extra device to take with me in the car. I am a little dissappointed in the stories of battery life for the I-Phone, but after talking to fellow workers with Blackberries they don't seem to do any better. I'm just used to going 3-4 days between charges on my Blackjack.My wife has no idea what she wants, except a phone with excellent "phone" capabilities. She is tired of me making her repeat things 2-3 times
I'm thinking about paying the $5 for 200 texts just because we are tired of telling people over and over not to text us If she decides she wants texting, I'm pretty sure she will want a qwerty keyboard... but hey I may be wrong. She won't use a data plan or anything like that so we can keep the costs down... otherwise I would just pick up the older I-Phone 3G for her and be done with it but my understanding is that ATT requires a data plan with any I-Phone.I know that was long, but any advice from fellow ATT users would be helpful. I think the Wi-fi feature will keep me from Verizon, since they seem to be lacking in any Wi-fi capable phones. I guess my wife's phone will be the harder choice between the two
