I love my I phone. Except....for the fact that I can't send a text to multiple people. That stinks. A flash would be great for my camera and of course being able t send a photo.

How was it that your bill was so high? What type of plan do you have? My daughter is getting one and they quoted 3 plans, all were unlimited internet and a couple had limitations on texting, are there other charges I should be investigating? She's 16. Need to know.

Jean,
The outrageous bill Harry is currently paying off is from using his iPhone in europe. iPhone is a world phone, and is therefore capable of being used in pretty much every country world-wide, with the exception of Japan and Korea...they march to the beat of their own drummers there.

But, because you can use iPhone around the world, you are going to pay "roaming" fees out the wazoo anytime you make a call, send an email, surf the web, etc. when youʻre not in the US (Iʻm assuming that youʻre in the US, but correct me if Iʻm wrong) Being that iPhone is such a web-centric device, pretty much every application on it requires some sort of need to communicate with the internet. All those bits add up and are compounded by AT&T AND the carrierʻs network youʻre using charging you for using the phone in europe, in addition to international taxes and levies applied to foreign data useage. All in all, everyone gets a piece of the pie, except for you, and you end up paying the bill....at $15-$30 a webpage or google map. Not very fun.

To say that iPhone is the only phone that has this problem would, however, be misleading. Any phone you use in europe can just as easily rack up charges just as substantial as Harryʻs. The great thing about the iphone is that you do have the option to turn off your connection to the internet if you do happen to roam in, say mexico or canada, at some point. Harry kinda did it to himself, unfortunately.

But the things you should consider if you are purchasing for a teen are:

a decent texting plan-

200 texts a month for a 16 year old? forget about it! Iʻm 26, and i can go through 500 texts in a month, easy. Expect her to be able to double that. In the first 3 months of my plan, i just stuck with the 200 that came with the plan. But I would go through that allotment in about a week or so and would end up getting charged $.05/message. At then end of the month, Iʻd have an additional $20 tacked on to my bill that I didnʻt anticipate paying when I signed on. I sort of nipped it in the butt and got an additional 1200 messages for $10/month. Now I know what Iʻm paying each month, and I have messages to spare. Its still more than I expected to pay, but itʻs defiantly the lesser of two evils.

a good, sturdy case-

Ive already gone through one iPhone! My first iPhone didnʻt have a case and broke on its 13th day out of the box, ouch! I think itʻs because I didnʻt have a case when it slipped from my lap and onto the floor. Luckily, appleʻs warrantees are pretty lenient with their mobile devices and they sent me a new phone. But I learned my lesson the first time around...itʻs been case bound in heavy plastic ever since.

screen covers-

If your case doesnʻt have a built in screen cover, I would suggest getting one. The glass isnʻt nearly as scratch-proof as Apple would want you to believe. Theyʻre relatively inexpensive at walmart. No more than $3/cover. Stay away from covers @ the apple store, theyʻll unfortunately rip you off.

Apple Care (optional)-

I would also consider getting the extended warranty, it will cover you for an additional year of genius bar (appleʻs in-store repair techs), parts, and labor. At $69, itʻs kind of a good deal. The cost of replacing the battery alone costs more than the warranty extension. The great thing about apple is that you can also put off buying the extended warranty up until a year after you first purchase your iPhone, but after the year is up, youʻll have to pay out of pocket to get repairs done. I defiantly got apple care after my first iPhone broke! The piece of mind is reassuring to say the least.

Good luck with your iPhone purchase, itʻs a great phone and your daughter will LOVE it. I hope I was able to address any concerns you had.

Aloha!

Recently my iphone bill was well over $1500 through MUCH persistence i was able to get a $950 credit. Just remember that ATT documents EVERYTHING that you say on there systems so choose your words carefully.

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