Last year we sold our 3gs Iphones and got the Iphone 4 off Craigslist the same time the 4s came out (virtually we got a FREE upgrade!!!) . By buying your phones outright you have the freedom of leaving a cell phone company whenever you want. We had a 27% discount at AT&T with Tom's work + monthly credits as they were trying to keep us as clients. Side Note: If you are locked into a 2 year contract you have no negotiation room for credits and you have to pay a fee to get out of your contract!
My husbands fb status a month ago: We just switched cellular carriers. ATT was $145/month for two lines. Switching to STRAIGHT TALK we pay $90 and have unlimited, talk, text and 3G data Super easy to set up and your iPhone doesn't even need to be unlocked. We are going to save $600 this year! (Fyi: If you have a T-Mobile or AT&T phone you have a GSM phone. All other carriers are CDMA)
At first I was very skeptical about this because it wasn't a ''name brand'' service. But now after a a little over a month of using their services I am pleased to say, this service is wonderful. I love the fact that I don't have to call customer service and complain about the ''surprise'' charges At&t always seemed to put on our account each month. At the end of the month we go to online and buy our pre-paid cards and BOOM... you're done, no hassles, so simple, and great service!
Straight Talk not only works for AT&T customers, but for any other carriers. You can also buy their CDMA cell phones in your local Wal-Mart Stores.
Pro's:
*Pre-paid, can't go over and get crazy bills at the end of the month.
*NO CONTRACT!!!!!!!!!!!!
*SAVE MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!! Extra vacation anyone?
*Same coverage as AT&T
Con's:
*It says unlimited data, but if you read fine print you will see that it says ''no download streaming of video/audio content''. (Rumor has it if you stay around 2gb of data you are fine, if over it could throttle your usage.)Which if you are like any other american you probably have wi-fi everywhere you go so it is never an issue of going over!!
*MMS: Our experience was that it worked fine Iphone to Iphone, but sending and receiving from non Iphones didn't work. Thank goodness my genius husband found the fix to get pictures from EVERYONE (Steps below)!!!!!!!!!
Here is how to get your picture messaging:
- Start your iPhone with your Straight Talk SIM. (If you previously installed the cellular data APN Profile then you will need to remove it before continuing.)
- Open an app (such as notepad).
- Go into your Settings -> General -> Network menu. Make sure you have Cellular Data turned on.
- While still in the Network menu eject your Straight Talk SIM card and replace it with your extra SIM card.
- You will see a new Cellular Data Settings menu appear. Select it.
- Once the new menu opens swap your Straight Talk SIM card back into the iPhone.
- Double-click the home button and switch to the app you started earlier. Wait a few seconds, and then switch back to the Settings application. You should see the data fields update with information.
- Enter the correct settings for Straight Talk into the appropriate fields:
Cellular Data
APN: att.mvno
Username: <blank>
Password: <blank>
MMS
APN: att.mvno
Username: <blank>
Password: <blank>
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: 66.209.11.33:80
MMS Message Size: 1048576
MMS UA Prof URL: <blank> - Once you have entered the settings just exit the menu back to the Network menu. You will notice that the Cellular Data Settings menu has now disappeared.
- At this point your iPhone should be working with Straight Talk data and MMS services. To be sure you should toggle Airplane Mode on and then off to resync the signal. Test out your data and MMS (make sure that you have WiFi turned off so you know that you are actually using the Straight Talk data services).
- Reboot your iPhone and make sure everything still works once it turns back on. If so you're good to go!
(Steps from www.duglin.net)
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