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That's a bare minimum of $39.99 monthly for AT&T's basic 450-minute plan and an additional $20 for AT&T's cheapest, 300-megabyte data plan
Wow really? I used to think us in the UK got screwed on contracts. Just picked up a 600 minute, 1GB unlimited Text plan for ?28.50 and a free Xperia S
Wow really? I used to think us in the UK got screwed on contracts. Just picked up a 600 minute, 1GB unlimited Text plan for ?28.50 and a free Xperia S

Yeah, you can about double that for the US. Our cell companies screw us every possible way they can.

plans in Canada are pretty rough too. However, they do have some nice ones. For example I have the "Fab10" plan. Which is unlimited local and long distance, unlimited picture, text, etc with any 10 numbers. Then I have 200 minutes, 1gb data, unlimited text/pictures/video/social networking. But I pay 80$ a month.

Blah I know the contract is what makes the phone so cheap, but if they had a way to get the phone "somewhat" cheap without one, I'd be buying every one of these phones up :p

Yeah,no contract price is pretty much same.

Lumia 900 : $449

iPhone 4S : $649 (16GB)

HTC Inspire 4G : $449

HTC Titan : $549

plans in Canada are pretty rough too. However, they do have some nice ones. For example I have the "Fab10" plan. Which is unlimited local and long distance, unlimited picture, text, etc with any 10 numbers. Then I have 200 minutes, 1gb data, unlimited text/pictures/video/social networking. But I pay 80$ a month.

That's not too bad. I have T-Mobile unlimited plan for 50 a month. But i didn't have to buy the phone :)

That's not too bad. I have T-Mobile unlimited plan for 50 a month. But i didn't have to buy the phone :)

I got the Atrix, had to pay 85$ for it, plus all the activation fees and such. Ended up being about 130$ total. And because it's NOT a blackberry I don't have to pay the 15$/mo Blackberry Service fee. so I ended up saving 15$ a month from my previous phone.

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