Seven 9s and 10s

Dilemma

Verizon. iPhone. Finally. Great. Hooray.

But, here’s my issue…

Todays reports are that Verizon will be offering an unlimited data plan for $30/month, but that this offer will only exist for “a limited time” - the duration of which will surely be kept secret from customers.  Obviously I’d want to jump in on an unlimited data plan and potentially grandfather myself into unlimited data for the life of my contract, especially if I plan to use the iPhone as a wireless hotspot.

However, I’d prefer to wait until July to buy the likely-to-be-released iPhone 5. Obviously it doesn’t make much sense to buy an iPhone 4 now and then have to shell out full price in a few months for an upgrade to the latest and greatest.

And so… buy iPhone 4 now and secure myself with an unlimited data plan but then have to pay full upgrade cost to iPhone 5 in just a few months… OR… wait to buy iPhone 5 in a few months and run the risk of getting stuck with a crappy tiered data plan and have to pay frequent overages.

I hate decisions like this.

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    1. punkassjim reblogged this from clapifyoulikeme
    2. smartgoat reblogged this from steelopus and added:
      Here’s my thinking: Odds are, Verizon’s unlimited data plan will be available through the launch of iPhone 5. They’d be...
    3. digthecat said: Don’t forget that if you do buy early then upgrade you also get to sell of the old one. Contract free, hardly used. It should fetch a fair penny and cover a lot of the cost of a full priced 5.
    4. clapifyoulikeme reblogged this from steelopus
    5. onesmallfire said: I don’t know. Even if you wait for the iPhone 5, they’re going to release a newer one sometime within your 2-year contract. I was happy with my 3g well into last year. But, I’m not much for early-adopting.
    6. steelopus posted this