AT&T Alters Pricing In Wake of Verizon Announcement

I really cant believe that the biggest providers in the industry must copy each other at every turn. Att says nothing changed but the unlimited rate plan price drop, BS now with a qwerty key board phone or a simple touch screen unlimited data or text is now required.(same with verizon except a 3g multimedia phone now includes email and 25 MB of data) So the grandma that wants a touch screen phone and basic messaging will be forced to get a higher end rate plan that she may not want or need. One day my hope is that when one of the carriers change something they don't copy each other with in the same week. Be original, the only major difference with the two carriers is rollover, "all in favor or copying verizon identically" I...I....I...I...I....
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!!!!!WHY!!!!!! does it matter what device someone has as to how much voice costs, a qwerty frinkin keyboard has absolutly NOTHING to do with VOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Qwerty keyboards are for txt'g & emailing (and posting on Phone Scoop.)

I just don't get why someone has to pay more for voice on a smartphone, or a txt'g phone.

Maybe it's the same old simple answer: greed!

Fellow phone scoopers, remember when responding, I DON'T work in the wireless industry, I'm not brainwashed by a corporation, I am a CONSUMER.

And by the way $120 frinkin dollars for unlimited voice on 2-lines, that like what $50 MORE than what Tmo charges for the same exact thing?

Once Tmo gets a similar device to the Nexus One with a slideout keyboard I am very...
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AT&T offers $60 for 30 days prepaid unlimited. Why would anyone choose the postpaid plans. It's $30 more BEFORE they add taxes and fees. And no forced data plan on the phones you use for prepaid. Gotta love it.

T-Mobile USA is the only one that beats them all in the post-paid world.....period 😳

Ok Im gonna keep this as brief as possible. Both Verizon and Att have got to be nuts these prices are still ridiculous 70 for unlimited TALK and thats it. Come on already Im not saying the name beacause im not advertising but im using a prepaid provider hmm mmm cough cough under a certain network with a great phone and have unlimited talk text and like 200pics for 40 bucks. When are the contract carriers really gonna wake up. I mean when I heard an announcement was comming I really expected something better then this and they wanna charge data on the nokia twist and other phones so stupid!!! att;s own go phone service is cheaper for 60 they have unlimited talk and messaging what the heck????

But it seems that ATT is requiring texting on phones with full QWERTY keyboards.

Granted, this makes a lot more sense than Data on an 8360, I was just wondering if an ATT rep or someone else could clarify this for me?

When are people going to realize that competetive isnt as cut and dry as cheapest price. Cheap is cheap. Verizon and at&t may have the higher price plans but I feel have the better network and have the better selection of devices. People need to stop comparing postpaid and prepaid as well. A few years ago prepaid was frowned upon and it was for old people, little kids and people with crappy or no credit. no thank you....

ATT needs to come up with their own pricing strategy and quit leaching off of verizon.

lol,had to bring it up...

for some reason, phonescoop looks better viewing while surfing on my tethered pre, already did 5 gigs in a week 😁

these prices don't reflect me really cause I still have:
unlimited everything
500 mins landline or roaming mins
unlimited any mobile
unlimited nw
for 59.99 a month

waiting for the wimax to be upgraded in 2011 from e to m. It's a sleeper! Oh,and also to come to my area

Good job, idiots. Thanks for taking away the competitive advantage, even if it only would have been for a couple days.

Anyone believe we might see a price decrease for Simply Everything or perhaps a $49.99 or $59.99 Unlimited Talk plan from Sprint?

I keep hearing this. "Verizon has hidden fees". Or "Verizon charges more than any other carrier." Yet, whenever Verizon makes changes to their plans, ATT breaks the sound barrier to mirror it.

No way am I going to get a fancy new phone now. My old plan, now month-to-month, is much cheaper. If I were to be looking around now, I would go with a prepaid and be done with it. This is ridiculous.

VZW needs to step up and lower it $10 to match Friends and Family/Google Voice.

Since we are doing cell phone wars I wonder if ATT will alter the Iphone plans. Does anyone know?

Now I need to find some dancing shoes...

Hopefully this means that people will start competing again instead of just saying (we have cooler phones, come here)

Quick Messaging Device customers may choose unlimited talk and text for $89.99 per month. Quick Messaging Device customers with Family Talk plans may choose unlimited talk and text for $149.99 per month (for two lines). These prices include a required minimum of $20 per month for individual plans and $30 per month for Family Talk plans in texting and/or Web browsing plans for new and upgrading customers.

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Choose one or the other is better than what verizon is doing? Is that how you all read it? Plus no cap on dumbphone data.

At least they aren't requiring the 10 25MB pkg. Decent pricing for unlimited talk. Thanks for the favor VZW.

Now their pricing better reflects their service....actually I think this will adversely affect things with less revenue..