If you just can’t justify the extra $20 a month that you’re spending for slow EDGE speeds, there’s good news. You can drop the data plan from your iPhone rate plan and save the $20. Of course, you’ll be paying through the nose for every kilobyte that you download from thereon, but if you’re almost always in range of a WiFi hotspot, this could be a great money-saver. Of course, without the iPhone data plan, you’re Visual Voicemail feature will be as good as dead. Such is the compromise that penny-pinchers must make.
To give hte data-portion of your iPhone’s rate plan, just log into your online account management – AT&T myAccount. Find the “Add / Manage Features” section and uncheck the box next to the “IPHONE DATA” option. Oh, and keep in mind that you’ll also lose the free 200 SMS text messages – so you’ll be paying through the nose for SMS text messages if you don’t get an additional text-messaging package.
We’re definitely going to be holding onto our free SMS text messages, Visual Voicemail, and unlimited EDGE data. But, if you need to save up a bit more dough for the possibility of a 3G iPhone next year, an extra $20 savings every month could be a big help.
[Via: TUAW]