Since the Samsung Galaxy SIV was announced, I was pretty much waiting on baited breath for its release for Verizon customers; I was so excited I went out and picked it up the day after it was released, the soonest I could (I had actually pre-ordered it on May 18th through Amazon, but due to some issues I cancelled the order and picked it up at my local Best Buy). I really liked the form factor, features, and of-course, the amazing 13MP camera it touted. So does the phone live up to my expectations? Let’s see.
At the beginning of this month, Verizon announced their brand-new “4G” LTE network, boasting speeds of up to 12mbps, or about 12x faster than their 3G network. This sounds awesome for us bandwidth hogs, but there is a bit of a trade-off. Before the announcement I was considering holding off on my end of December upgrade if it meant I’d get a shinny new LTE capable phone. Here’s why I am waiting.
I was talking to a friend yesterday who told me his parents booted him and his brother off their family plan and set them each up with their own, and how much more expensive it is. Let’s look at some numbers. I am on a family plan so I pay: $10 for my line + $10 for unlimited texting + $3.50 for visual voicemail (which I need to cancel) + $30 for the data plan. Thats $53.50. Assuming he is doing the minimum number of minutes, with text, and data (he’s getting the Droid 2), his plan looks like this: $60 for talk and text + $30 for data. That’s $90. Of-course, with Family Plan with his brother, his plan would look like this:
$100 for talk and text + $30(x2) for their data plans = $160 or $80/person. $10. Big Whoop. However, if you bump it up to the next plan for each person, it would be $110 vs $90. $20/month saved. Close to (essentially) a free data plan. If they add one more person to the plan, it would be $170/mo ($10 for the extra line), which divided by 3 is $56.60 per person. Plus, monthly charge savings tend to add up!
Seems like a no brainer at that rate. You will save a good amount of money by playing your cards right with a family plan.*
*note: These numbers are using Verizon Wireless’s plans. Results from other providers may vary.
Google’s response to the Aforementioned Article: A few days later, Google released this statement trying to clear up some of the “misconceptions” propagated by HuffPo, FreePress, and others. Strangely enough, this one went unnoticed by HuffPo. So weird!
It must be that time of year, because I’ve been getting a lot of questions from people about what cell phone they should upgrade to. This is likely because I switch phones entirelyoften, so I’ve seen my fair share. I will generally ask whoever is asking me to consider the following (after the jump of course).
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