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AT&T has decided to be a little less evil than usual today. It turns out that if you’re lucky enough to still have AT&T’s old unlimited data plan tied to your account, you’ll still be able to use that plan with the 4G LTE-compatible iPhone 5.
“We offer customers the flexibility to keep the iPhone data plans they already have or choose any of our individual or new Mobile Share plans,” said AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega. “We’re proud that more customers choose AT&T for iPhone than any other U.S. carrier and look forward to making iPhone 5 the newest addition to our lineup.”
There’s a bit of a catch though. While the unlimited data is in fact unlimited, your 4G LTE data will max out at 5GB before AT&T starts throttling the data speeds. Most customers won’t even come near 5GB of usage so it shouldn’t be much of a problem.
Verizon on the other hand isn’t being so nice. You can choose to keep the unlimited data plan on the new iPhone 5, but you’ll have to pay full retail price for the device without any carrier subsidies.
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George has followed technology news for quite some time, but he only started writing about it a few years ago. He particularly enjoys covering Apple, but that doesn't stop him from reporting on a wide range of topics in the mobile area. When he's not reporting for IntoMobile, you can usually find George listening to a wide array of music, trying to be funny and sarcastic, eating, or voicing his opinions about all things tech on his personal blog, GT Daily.
