Do you think this is a good idea or am I an idiot for considering this way of using the iPhone? And where can I buy a $99 iPhone?
How much is the service if you just use it for WiFi?
I bought the refurb from ATT and what a piece of crap. Apple sent me a new 16gb iphone which has made me happy ever since EXCEPT for the piles of government taxes.
You will not be sorry. It is awesome.
But you will soon want the voice component.
Or you can get a small netbook for about $250. The iPhone is probably cooler and a bit easier to carry around though, but netbooks are pretty darn small and probably more useful.
Bookmark for the wife.
PJ...when you hear where to buy a $99.00 I=phone..let me know...
I have friends in Honduras who want these...for wi-fi
You might want to search the net for some useful hacks out there to get away from ATT.
Isn’t $99 the AT&T-subsidized price for an iphone with a service agreement? If you just want to use wifi, why not get an ipod touch?
iPhones require a 2-year AT&T contract. The iPod touch does wifi just fine (no GPS, magnetometer, microphone, camera or 3G/EDGE, though)
My aversion is that when you lock yourself into these plans, you really get screwed if a new phone that is great comes out. You can’t move to the new phone without paying a penalty, even if it’s the same provider.
I pay list price for my phones and leave the discounts in the dust. I purchased a new phone one time, and about a year later a great phone came out that I couldn’t guy.
I don’t know what Apple is planning to do over the next year, but my guess is there’s something better than the current type of iPhone on the way. Perhaps that new tablet will have iPhone capabilities. I’d shoot myself if I had to wait eighteen months to buy that if it pans out.
I know some people love these things. However, a big “one year” warranty is a warning sign. And isn’t this something that you have to ship back to Apple to change the battery once it dies?
Could you just buy data and then use SKYPE (or a similar VOIP) for voice?
The Iphone is cool and I own Apple stock but:
In reading an article about the new Iphone, it seems to have no features beyond teh LG phone I got for free with my Verizon contract, and it now has a GPS app but lacks voice directions, which my phone has.
The Apple stuff is just cooler, trendier, people have to own one. Fine with me.
If I had any money, I’d buy one to use as an RPN calculator!
Go to an AT+T store. Pay $99 plus the $175 contract cancellation fee. ...or you can buy an iPod Touch for $229.
An article... FWIW...
I think you have to pay for a multi-year data plan when you buy an I-phone.
The iTouch 32G is awesome!
Why don’t you just get the IPOD Touch?
I’m sure that’s with an AT&T contract. So no way, they intentionally steal money from their subscribers.