If you add a line, wouldn't you have to switch to a family plan? The cheapest I see is 59.99, then you would add 9.99. If someone is already paying 39.99 for a single line how could you get away with paying just 9.99 without having to switch to a family plan?
With the iPhone on a Family plan, there is the $10 for the line then an additional cost for the data plan for each iPhone on the Family plan. Data is not shared on the Family plan. Then add on a messaging plan if it is not shared.
If you add a line, wouldn't you have to switch to a family plan? The cheapest I see is 59.99, then you would add 9.99. If someone is already paying 39.99 for a single line how could you get away with paying just 9.99 without having to switch to a family plan?
The $59.99 covers the first two lines. You pay $9.99 for each additional line up to a total of three with the $59.99 plan. You can add up to a total of five lines with the higher priced plans. The secondary lines cost more for unlimited voice plans.
Well he at&t guy said not only would it cost me $10 but I would be losing something from my current plan that would cost me $20 per month. So I went ahead bought a used phone from craigslist and went back to the old IPhone 4 instead of buying a new 4s.
The question is did my contract get restarted?
I've been doing this a while... It amazes me how the line "I was never told about insurance" comes up when a phone is damaged or lost. LOL. Yeahhhh ok.
Hey starfish I don't care what you think. I don't know why anyone would turn down insurance considering the price it would cost to replace my 4s. I said I never asked about insurance because I phones were never covered by insurance back in the day. Starfish your so wise.
I don't know why anyone would turn down insurance considering the price it would cost to replace my 4s.
I have had cell phones for 12 years and have yet to lose one. The cost of 144 months of insurance is more expensive than a replacement iPhone 4s. That is why some people don't pay for it.
I have had cell phones since the early '90s and have yet to lose or damage one. I have only insured 1 of the more than a dozen phones I have owned and never once had to file an insurance claim. I choose to not carry insurance and wouldn't expect my carrier to eat the cost to replace my lost or broken phone if I am not eligible for an upgrade.
I would object if my cell phone company added another $6 or more for insurance by automatically adding it to my account after I buy a new one. What about someone who brings their own device to avoid a contract? Should the provider add insurance upon activation?
The OP's situation is unfortunate, but not the fault of the carrier or the salesman who sold the phone. In addition to At&t insurance (provided by Assurion) there are alternative ways to insure a phone. Nobody's fault but the OP, don't put the blame on anybody else.
If I'm annoyed and you're annoyed, does that make us a paranoid ??
Sarcasm is a fine art...
"Don't believe everything you think"
It's not a matter of if you win or lose, it's how you assign the blame
I wonder why they wouldn't add insurance by default. Phones are easy to lose and no one would opt out of the insurance.
That premise is just plain wrong. Tons of people opt out of the insurance, because they're either careful enough with their phone not to lose or damage one, or they assume the risk and just replace it on their own if something does happen. To just assume that everyone wants insurance by default is completely misguided. I mean we're talking about a mobile phone here, not a house or a vehicle.
I am a little confused. My Verizon phone was able to roam on GSM because they used TDMA. Tell it was shutdown. The phone recognizes it as Analog. If PCS has TDMA, It could be technically be used on GSM.
Originally Posted by Tabla
Y'know, I'm used to hysterical 14-year-old ******** on the internet, but this is exceptional. Never before in human history have so many nerds hyperventilated so publicly over so little.
I was with my gf last week when she purchased her 4s and heard the rep ask if she wanted insurance (which she accepted). This was the first time I became aware att offered insurance on an iPhone. ( I live under a rock). I was not offered insurance when I bought my iPhone 4 on launch day, but would have accepted it as well if I had been
I don't know about them not covering the iPhone but if you pay for the insurance it is covered. With VZW i pay my fee but is covered by Asurian. If i pay for it, its covered. For att to offer the insurance but say we don't cover an iphone under our insurance plan could end up in some major law suits. Its kind of like saying Geico will cover a dodge but not a chevy, and still charge you for it... in the end its wrong
We will give you unlimited Internet but at slower than edge speeds. It's wrong but....you know the story.
Hey starfish I don't care what you think. I don't know why anyone would turn down insurance considering the price it would cost to replace my 4s. I said I never asked about insurance because I phones were never covered by insurance back in the day. Starfish your so wise.
I have had cell phones since 2003 and have upgraded almost every year or 1.5 years in that time and have always been offered insurance and I have always turned it down, and tons of other people do the same. The only reason I got insurance this time around with my iPhone was because of the remarkable value I got with AppleCare on my macbook; basically any and every piddly little issue that came up I could call up apple and they would help me through it, even if it wasn't a technical problem but just needing help to figure out how something worked, so now every apple product I get I get the insurance on solely for this reason and the hardware repair and replacement is just a great little added bonus. Anyway, the point is, TONS of people turn down the insurance, so don't say you don't know anyone who would because most people do. Especially when they get a cheap to free phone on a contract because the insurance is often more than what they paid for the phone.
Smartphones were not always eligible for insurance. The iPhone was first covered in June 2010. Other lower priced smartphones were covered at an earlier date.
Smartphones were not always eligible for insurance. The iPhone was first covered in June 2010. Other lower priced smartphones were covered at an earlier date.
Not exactly. Smart phones have been eligible for insurance for as long as I remember. Just not the iphone until 2010.
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