12.16.07
My New Phone - Blackberry Pearl 8130
Your first thought might be, he just got a new phone in March... and you'd be right.. (See this post). I've been having battery issues with the UTStarcom and even after having the battery replaced under warranty, it just wasn't doing it for me.. On top of that I got an amazing deal.
My setup was as follows:
- 2 Phones (in use)
- UT Starcom 6700 (mine)
- Nokia 3200 (Fiance's)
- Share Plan (Total:$55)
- 40 (me)
- 15 (her)
- 4MB Data Plan (Total: $25)
- Total Cost: $80
- Total Minutes: 425
New Setup:
- 3 Phones (in use)
- UT Starcom 6700 (spare)
- Blackberry Pearl 8130 (mine)
- Blackberry Pearl 8130 (fiance)
- The Nokia 3200 (and a Samsung A670) are used as alarm clocks
- Share Plan (Total: $70)
- 30 (me)
- 30 (her)
- 10 (spare)
- Unlimited Data Plan (Total: $30)
- 15 (me)
- 15 (her)
- Total Cost: $100
- Total Minutes: 450
So... we're up a few minutes and we have a spare phone... for $20 + a system access fee... so we'll call it an extra $30/month... Or so it would seem. The fiance had to go to a Share 30 plan in order to get her phone, which would have added $15/month and she would have had her data which would have added $15/month. That makes $30... The same as the difference in my bill will be next month. The difference... I got a new phone and unlimited data for three years out of the deal.
Now I am concerned that when the bill comes in, I'll discover that it didn't actually include web (The contract calls it unlimited email / IM, however I double checked several times that the browser was included). If the web ends up not being included, then I'll get to have some fun at Telus' expense...
Anyways... I've found it pretty addictive already, and I want to go and play some more... just wanted to mention the new phone.
