Is owning a smart phone worth the extra cost? (coverage, website, keyboard)

[Cre8tive Apps]

I work in high tech and I use technology all day, every day. I currently have a laptop (work provided), a desktop (for personal use at home), a iPad and regular cell phone (work provided) an iPhone. I use all of them for different reasons.

I rarely use my work phone and instead push all those calls to my iphone. I don't think I could go back to a regular phone again. In my case it is clearly worth it because I do use it while I am on the go. I think I am paying about $200 per month for 3 iPhone plans (Mine, wife's, college student daughter). I don't recall how many minutes we have but in network calls don't count so we have plenty of minutes left over each month.

Wife and daughter are on 2GB data plans (more than enough for them) and I am unlimited.

I have recently started an app development business so the iphone and ipad are part of the cost of doing business as well, so there is a tax write off there as well.

I don't know that I can say it is worth the extra cost or not. But I will say that once you have a smart phone, it is hard to go back to a regular phone.

[buffalobrandon]

For the time being I can't seem to bring myself to paying $35 a month for internet at home. And $30 a month for internet when I'm not at home. Maybe if I find a cheaper home internet provider it will look more appealing.

[Peregrine]

I don't consider a data plan on my phone as "Internet when I'm not at home".
Yea, technically it is but it really doesn't feel like to me that I am paying twice for internet.
(For my wife's phone. As I've said my job provides my phone).

[Joke Insurance]

What are the comparisons between family plans for the IPhone and Android like?

[kazyn]

Plans are the same, not dependent on brands of phones.

[Joke Insurance]

Originally Posted by kazyn

Plans are the same, not dependent on brands of phones.

How about the costs for the data plans both under a family plan?

[Peregrine]

As Kazyn said the phone brand makes no difference. The plans aren't based on the type of phone.

[Joke Insurance]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

As Kazyn said the phone brand makes no difference. The plans aren't based on the type of phone.

Read my post again. I was asking for a price comparison.

[Peregrine]

I read your post just fine.
Let's repost it.

Originally Posted by Joke Insurance

How about the costs for the data plans both under a family plan?

I assume the BOTH there means for BOTH phones. It is the same.
Or did you mean to say:

"How much is a single data plan versus a family data plan?"

Here's a thought. Call Verizon.
1-800-256-4646

[kazyn]

Yeah, the prices are clearly posted on the sites (ATT/VZN/etc)