WiFi hotspot feature for Verizon iPhone will cost you
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The Verizon version of the iPhone is the first of to have the WiFi hotspot capability. Other devices on the Verizon lineup with this capability have an additional charge, so it should come as no surprise that the iPhone does as well.
The ability to use the iPhone as a WiFi hotspot will run you $20 monthly. However, this is not an unlimited plan as Verizon will be implementing a 2 GB data cap. If you go over that limit, it will cost you another $20 for each extra GB of data used. The iPhone can be used to provide internet for up to five devices at once, so if you want to use the feature proceed with caution
Any surprise about the pricing for the hotspot feature on Verizon’s Apple iPhone 4? How about the price for going over your monthly data allowance? Tell us what you think in the comments below.
source: Slash Gear
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1. Tre-Nitty posted on 25 Jan 2011, 18:15 5 0
Well that doesn't surprise me. They aren't gonna give the service away.
2. therygy posted on 25 Jan 2011, 18:17 0 6
HAHA that was the only plus verizon had on their iphone over AT&T's and it sucks, they could have taken advantage of the feature. if they made it ten dollars and unlimited it would have been amazing, but that unrealistic. And this is an example of how AT&T's talk and surf the web at the same time comes is handy. My mom has the iPhone and i use it while she drives in the car and she has bluetooth so when someone calls her i can still go on the internet. Im not leaving AT&T its the best.
5. DF334 posted on 25 Jan 2011, 18:36 0 6
Don't Upgrade to the Next iPhone...If you do Your unlimited data will turn to 2GB..haha! What are you like 10 yrs old...My mom has an iPhone...really dude?? Let grown folks handle this one!!
7. networkdood posted on 25 Jan 2011, 18:47 2 1
WRONG!! You can keep your unlimited 30.00 data plan when upgrading to any other smartphone, if you had it originally....next?
22. PapaJay224 posted on 25 Jan 2011, 23:23 1 0
I seriously cant read another article, people are so seriously missing some brain cells. WiFi hotspot has ALWAYS been seperate to the MAIN data plan. 20$ 5 gigs, or 20 in this case. so
WRONG!!! YOU CANT READ!!
10. jd829 posted on 25 Jan 2011, 19:02 1 0
@DF334 if therygy is a 10 year old kid, then you're the douche that just picked on a 10 year old. Good job out of you fella
23. DF334 posted on 25 Jan 2011, 23:39 0 1
Oh well he shouldn't enter or talk about something he doesn't really know about!!
14. QuikNui posted on 25 Jan 2011, 19:58 2 0
Pull your head out. 2GB is just for the Hotspot!!! You still get Unlimited for $30
6. networkdood posted on 25 Jan 2011, 18:46 2 1
Why the "-"s on this post? With AT&T, you get a ton of mobile hot spots for free with the service...but the plan is not unlimited unless you are grandfathered....ah well, get a DROID phone, rooted with free wi-fi tethering, or do the same with your iphone.
9. narley posted on 25 Jan 2011, 19:01 5 1
you mean your mommy isnt leaving AT&T so you dont have a choice...
3. misteranderson (unregistered) posted on 25 Jan 2011, 18:31 3 0
Considering that's the same plan as any other phone that offers the same feature thru Verizon, I'm not sure how this is news. So exciting.
4. wow (unregistered) posted on 25 Jan 2011, 18:32 2 0
You are using your moms iphone while she drives.....
you lose
8. boxrocket (unregistered) posted on 25 Jan 2011, 18:51 0 2
So it's the same price as a 2GB plan with Tethering on AT&T, but you can "tether" up to 5 devices, which will really use that 2GB stupidly fast. What's the point? Get a MiFi with 5GB or more instead if you insist on tethering/WiFi hotspotting, or get with a carrier that offers soft-cap unlimited with tethering (i.e. T-Mobile). My G2 can be a mobile hotspot, and it doesn't cost me any more than my usual charges. And that's at "4G" speeds (14.4 in my area), too
11. njcizzle (unregistered) posted on 25 Jan 2011, 19:03 2 0
plan will still be 30 dollars for unlimited data use on device, 20 for hotspot, big deal.
15. goatelope (unregistered) posted on 25 Jan 2011, 20:14 0 0
its the same as hotspot has been on everything except Palms. And they were only cause they didnt sell without it
41. christinamg83 (unregistered) posted on 13 Feb 2011, 15:16 0 0
how can jailbreak fix this??? I jailbroke my iphone 4 and when I get to the personal hotspot (which I had to get to through network settings not on the main general settings tab) it says I have to add the feature either call verizon or go online
17. Sniggly posted on 25 Jan 2011, 21:32 1 1
Not a surprise. Even less surprising is the fact that yet another article about the Verizon iPhone on this site has a decidedly anti Verizon slant. "You can't talk and browse at the same time," "Verizon's plans cost more," "Verizon's iPhone is fifty bucks more at full retail price," and now "the Verizon iPhone's Wifi hotspot plan will COST YOU." DUN DUN DUN.
It's starting to get old, Phonearena.
