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A few reasons...
Firstly, I had that iPhone before ANYBODY, pretty much. My iPhone was smuggled straight from China when they were first being produced, before most people knew apple was making a phone.
So, at this time, data plans wern't really available. They mostly charged by the kb, or were for blackberry only. Now, I don't want to add a dataplan to this puppy, because it's on the edge network, and it's old and beat up anyways. high probability of spontaneous combustion.
Lastly, up until this year, I had wireless internet at home, school, work, everywhere. Only time I didn't have wireless was when I was driving, so I didn't need it.
Now, my school internet is impossible to access with an iPhone, I bus/train/metro downtown daily, and have been getting a lot more emails that need attention in short time frames. Not to mention, I've started buying/selling stocks in the short term, so if (for instance) Google is imploding in on itself, SELL SELL SELL.
So, it all comes down to money...if it's worth the $25/month, locked in for three years.
Ionno what i'm looking for... maybe someone will say "with a data plan, my sex life has improved, I won the lottery, and I found chads gap from the bottom of alta...all thanks to data plan!"
That's great about the texts, and I was getting stoked on data reading your post, right until I hit the " I used 4.7 gb of data this month"....
That sort of data usage, in Canada, would run at about $120/month...unlimited data isn't easy to find. And if you do, you pay for it.
But yes, my life is similar to use. I sell 2-3 auctions on Ebay a week, short term stocks, and all that good stuff...not to mention I'm starting up a company, and trying to maintain the one I work for now..
Will have to do a cost/benefit..
But, maybe if I my buddy emails me a profitable short-term stock pick, or I ditch a stock while it's on the way down, or quote on a last minute contract at work, I could make that money back, over a three year period.
Looking at it like that isn't the best though...For instance, I buy a coffee every morning. $2 a day is nothing and I very much enjoy my daily purchase. But if I think solely about the long run of $1800for three years, then it isn't worth it, and I would skip out on this little want of mine.
I appreciate then input, thanks guys.
That's good to know, and has made me think of something;
- Right now, my XM Satelite radio runs me about $18/month tax and all that other shit in. Seeing as how I don't use my car much, besides the 5 minute drive to work in the winter, watch ski movies on the way to the hill, and use my motorcycle all summer long, my XM is more-less useless.
I think I will cancel that, and will go with a beefy data plan. This way, I can take the radio with me.
Now, the question is.. 3G iphone at $99, or 3GS at $199? Seems like a good gift to suggest to the parents/gf too.
Shawing! I'll be the most popular kid in university now! God bless you, apple.
You got me.
In reality, it was an exaggeration..I only buy coffee 2-3 days a week tops. It was more-less the only example I could think of.
Automatic millionaire can be both good and bad. A bad example that comes to mind is as follows;
We used to have this district manager, a really nice, brilliantly smart man. Unfortunately for him (please, forgive the generalization), he had a very jewish mentality. We would need supplies, desperately, to complete a contract, but he wouldn't get them, because the supplies needed wern't on sale.
This was fine in the short term, turning pennies into dollars and dollars into twenties, etc., but killed his reputation in the long run. He lost his job after about three years, and left the company dangling by a thread. Now the managers give us petty cash accounts of $500, and never second guess a purchase. The company picks up new contracts on a monthly basis now, and has turned a net profit for the first time, in years.
Back to this old district manager. He's now retired, and without a doubt is a millionaire. But, because he's adopted this penny pinching mentality, he's stuck in his own world. He doesn't eat out, he doesn't travel, and he most definetly, would never buy a coffee (in fact, he calculated that to drive to work is about $.85, while brewing a pot at home runs at about $1.12, so he would drive to work to get a free coffee, then go home...he came literally for the coffee, didn't say hi to anybody or anything). So, was it worth his savings all along?
Who gives a shit if you have a million in your bank account...chances are, the day you die, is the day your kids buy a Ferrari.
In Quebec, we need 100% focus while driving...hitting one pothole with a slammed car and low profile tires would be disastrous.
I will check about that though...that'd be a superb feature on the bus with my laptop.
Fellow Canadians: Hope is here.
Basically, If you've been with any service for a while, call them up, and negociate.
You don't have to start yelling and screaming at people, that wont get you any further than talk nice to someone.
I just phoned them up, saying I'd like to get a dataplan, but money's in the way...
Long story short, iPhone will cost me $125 instead of $400, and from $40/month I'm going up to $60/mth, with 1 GB of data. I'm signed for three years, but I"ll take that deal, I'm happy. Phone arrives in a few days.
Yea, I asked about that.
I had just missed out on said promotion. F. Oh well, next time it comes around, I'll call again.
1GB should be sufficient for me though...I think? How much data does email, a little internet browsing and google finance use?
With any luck, I'll get a chill dude like today when the promotion comes back.
