I'm considering replacing my iPod Touch, I mean my iPhone with AT&T. I have an old 3G, which is slow, and doesn't ever work as a phone thanks to AT&T's horrible service. I've been struggling with it for a year now, and the only reason I'm still hanging with it is because it's an Apple product.
My friends have been recommending the Incredible and the Evo 4G, but the fact that the EVO 4G can act as a MiFi device definitely started making me think.
Tethering is a big deal for me. I love to work on the go, and putting myself in weird spots to work somehow motivates me. I hate being constrained to an office, or a desk at home, to do all my work. Routine kills me. If I can sit in front of the 200,000 gallon reef tank at the California Academy of Science while coding, or at an awesome cafe that's void of people because it has no free WiFi, I'd be the happiest person ever. Unfortunately, my work consists of constantly using the internet. Tethering to devices with AT&T is unavailable now (without gross jailbreaking and unlocking that I still haven't figured out how to do successfully).
I came up with a few pros and cons using the iPhone as a basis for how I'm going to make a decision on whether to switch or not. Ditching an Apple product is going to be hard.
Pros:
- Tethering up to 8 devices
- It can be used as a phone with Sprint (hopefully)
- 1GHz processor: apps etc. will feel much faster than on my 3G
- Video camera (720p!) - my iPhone 3G doesn't have video
- $10 data plan as opposed to the usual $30 from AT&T
Cons:
- Not an Apple product
- $30 for tethering plan, same as the Sprint 4G Mifi device, so not that much more compelling other than it's just one phone device rather than two devices
- It's pretty wide (I already thought the iPhone was a bit too big)
The pricing will be: $69.99 (unlimited voice/txt) + $10 (data) + $30 (tethering) = $110 / month
My iPhone costs: $100 / month (no unlimited text, no tethering... hell no voice either most of the time)
Kind of a no brainer?
