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What's a jailbroken one.

How much does an Iphone cost ( for service), not the phone itself.

Can I get Iphone service for comparable to cellphone ( $70/ month, like 1500 minutes/month) ?

What are the disadvantages, if any ?
 
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What's a jailbroken one.

How much does an Iphone cost ( for service), not the phone itself.

Can I get Iphone service for comparable to cellphone ( $70/ month, like 1500 minutes/month) ?

What are the disadvantages, if any ?


JailBroken is a IPhone that you can use with Any Provider ( verizon, Etc )

The cost of the service depends on which company......$39.99 for Internet, Plus your Phone Plan
( Also answers your Next question )

No Real disadvantages.....Unless you get your IPhone from AT&T
That is, Unless that's the Service You want to begin with.
 

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Pretty sure iphone can't run on verizon or sprint as neither use sim cards. If jailbroken/unlocked you can use the iphone on tmobile.

Jailbreaking an iphone will also allow you to install apps that may be acquired illegally (ie: without paying on itunes).

If money isn't an issue I'd check out the nokia n900 - that thing is sick and is unlocked to begin with.
 

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JailBroken is a IPhone that you can use with Any Provider ( verizon, Etc )

The cost of the service depends on which company......$39.99 for Internet, Plus your Phone Plan
( Also answers your Next question )

No Real disadvantages.....Unless you get your IPhone from AT&T
That is, Unless that's the Service You want to begin with.


Let me clarify things a bit.....

I know Iphones exist Don't really want one, for myself, or any cell phone, beeper,etc. for me personally.

Wife requires a cell phone, just wondering if an Iphone can be cost competitive with a normal cell phone.

She'd never be able to use the apps.
 

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Let me clarify things a bit.....

Wife requires a cell phone, just wondering if an Iphone can be cost competitive with a normal cell phone

Definitely not cost competitive through att because you have to have a specific data pan. Not sure what t-mobile plans are like these days. But, I guess the short answer is no.
 

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I have the instinct through sprint, close to the iphone but probably not as good. I never use my laptop anymore. I post here, place bets and surf the web straight from phone.
 

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iPhone is best phone in there. If you know how to unlock it and get all the apps for free it can be great. Also, other neat little tricks you can do with it. For instance, if you are in an area with no wireless internet, you can use your iPhone to get you wireless coverage.
 

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HW, you know how to unlock it and get apps for free? If so, I might need to drive over and buy you some dinner for a class.
 

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iPhone is best phone in there. If you know how to unlock it and get all the apps for free it can be great. Also, other neat little tricks you can do with it. For instance, if you are in an area with no wireless internet, you can use your iPhone to get you wireless coverage.
Come again. Where can i get the instructions on that? I hate this thing. Wife had to have one, Was satisfied with my non smart phone. I have to go to the AT%t shop once a week to try to get someone to show me something else.I hate all the new gadgets. Shows how old i am. Got a new car last week and i have been to the dealer five times to go over all the elctronic features. I just want to get in and drive.I don't care to start it while im showering or shaving. Came out of a store yesterday and car was running and there was a guy looking inside.:smoker2:
 

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JailBroken is a IPhone that you can use with Any Provider ( verizon, Etc )

The cost of the service depends on which company......$39.99 for Internet, Plus your Phone Plan
( Also answers your Next question )

No Real disadvantages.....Unless you get your IPhone from AT&T
That is, Unless that's the Service You want to begin with.

Just to clarify, jailbroken Iphone means you can install 3rd party apps and customize your Iphone. You can only use your phone with ATT.

Unlocked means you can use it with any provider such as T-mobile or overseas.

You can't use the Iphone with Verizon. Even if it's unlocked. Different network meaning the Iphone uses a SIM card. Only T-mobile and ATT use a sim card. There have been rumors that Verizon will get it next year.
 

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HW, you know how to unlock it and get apps for free? If so, I might need to drive over and buy you some dinner for a class.

There is a program you can install on a jailbroken Iphone and then you can download apps for free. Because I don't like on the Iphone you download apps but can't try them out. Once you buy them then you're stuck with them.

Also love my IPhone. Best phone I've ever had.
 

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I am thinking about picking up the Iphone myself because my bill wouldn't increase at all because I am currently using the Blackberry Curve.

Was told my cost would be

8G 3G $99
16G 3GS $199
32G 3GS $299
 

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Screw the Iphone get a Palm Pre..I have had an iphone and the Pre is the best phone I have ever had. If you like to get on the net alot get the the Pre. Also Sprint is alot cheaper, you can get You can get unlimted calls to ANY cell phone and unlimted text, pics, data.etc all for just 69.99. In the nexst month the Pre will have FLASH and it will be the shit..(soemthing the iphone wont have).

PALM PRE is the SHIT!
 

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Just picked up a 16GB i phone 3GS. It is pretty sweet. I jailbroke it with blackra1n and am getting some good free apps.

Only things that suck is I have to create my own ringtones through a backdoor from my music in my itunes folder or pay the apple store fee for their own ringtones. Also I haven't figured out a way to personalize my sounds when receiving text messages, emails and yahoo IM's.
 

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Ohh yeah with the jailbroken phone if I turn my phone completely off it goes into "Recovery Mode" so I need to plug it in my computer and run blackra1n again to recover it and not lose anything. I am not a fan of keeping my phone in "sleep mode" when not in use because it means more charges to the battery.
 

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