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AT&T 2GB Data Plan Returns to iPhone Users

Do you remember those good AT&T 2GB data plan times? The U.S. carrier is getting back to this option and should soon start offering iPhone 2GB plans to all subscribers along with WiFi calling feature on iOS 9. The mobile operator seems to follow the steps of other companies and getting into the new big fight for iPhone 6S customers.

Previously you could order either 1GB or 3GB per month from AT&T. According to reports, AT&T data plan for iPhone called Mobile Share Value is revamped. All subscribers who believe that 1GB of data per month is not enough could instead sign up for the 2GB data plan and pay $30 a month for it. Unfortunately, the 3GB plan option was ditched by AT&T so you cannot order it any longer.

The company offers more data to those AT&T iPhone subscribers who are paying $100 a month. Users used to pay $100 for 10GB of data and they will now get 15GB of data for the same price. However there is no 20GB option any more. The U.S. carrier also replaced the 6GB plan [that was $70 a month] with 5G data plan option for $50 per month.

Are you excited about AT&T 2GB iPhone plan or not? The carrier stops offering some options but the new deals sound pretty cool. Still all new and current subscribers should know that AT&T offers all the options for a limited time. The company doesn’t say when the deal is over so no one can tell you how long the options are to be available and if they are still legit when Apple releases its new lineup of iPhones.

AT&T Lawsuit Against Apple: Text Message Issue

Two companies, Google and AT&T filed a joint lawsuit against the famous ‘fruit’ giant. This is a very interesting situation since AT&T lawsuit against Apple [the U.S. carrier sells Apple iPhones to customers for years in a row] will give a chance to see case documents and learn internal communications used by the ‘fruit’ giant.

The situation is caused by text message interception. Users who switch from iPhone to Android often have a problem with their text messages not being delivered to Android when sent from the iDevice. The U.S. Federal lawsuit states that the Cupertino-based giant wiretaps users who choose to get Android handset instead of the iPhone.

The accusations were made by two people, Adrienne Moore and Adam Bachaut, who failed to get messages after they began using Android instead of their iPhones. Such a procedure when phone number is transferred from iPhone to Android device takes over 45 days and drives users crazy. According to AT&T U.S. iPhone carrier and Google, the interception of texts send from iPhone to Android is done illegally by Apple. Such an act got in violation with the Stored Communications and Federal Wiretap Acts.

Apple didn’t make any official statements about the new lawsuit filed against the company. It only gave the permission for investigation.

Have you ever wanted to unlock AT&T iPhone using factory service? The lawsuit has nothing to do this however if you are currently using this U.S. carrier and would love to switch to a different network – it is possible to do so.

iOS 9 WiFi Calling Brings Support for AT&T iPhone 6 / 6S

A lot of users might have already downloaded iOS 9 beta 5 that was released in August by Apple and can be downloaded through direct no UDID links even though this testing version is meant for registered developers. This update brings AT&T WiFi calling 2015 support that was rumored to roll out and seems to be officially released soon.

iOS 9 WiFi calling has already supported T-Mobile and Sprint networks. Verizon is the only company that doesn’t hurry to support the new option. If you wish to use such an option this fall you might want to SIM unlock Verizon iPhone 6 even though this carrier also promises to offer full support sometime this year.

AT&T WiFi Calling iPhone 6 feature hasn’t been tested by users yet because it is not available to most of them. Still the new mobile platform does support the option. This means that AT&T iPhone subscribers should be able to make cellular calls using WiFi network when their cellular signal is too weak or absent.

If you have the AT&T iPhone that is running iOS 9 beta 5 you can launch Settings and take a look into your iPhone menu. You’ll find WiFi Calling feature there which you cannot enable at the moment but it should work once Apple officially presents the next operating system for mobile devices.

The U.S. carrier doesn’t say when it is going to roll out this feature. According to rumors, this should happen sometime in September however the option is already being tested in some U.S. regions. If you are lucky to live in the area where AT&T is testing WiFi Calling you might be able to actually turn it on right now even within the beta iOS 9 version.

Do you think iOS 9 will be cooler than iOS 8? We all know that Apple should still unveil iOS 8.4.1 as the company is testing this firmware along with future iOS 9.

AT&T iPhone Unlimited Data Throttle or Bad Business Idea

There are a lot of ‘fruit’ fans who are with Apple from the very beginning. Since the first iPhone 3 was sold by AT&T, a lot of customers purchased it and they didn’t even think about AT&T throttling iPhone issue in the future. Well, such an idea is surely doing bad business for this one of the major U.S. networks.

It’s true that a big number of Americans have had nearly every smartphone model released by Apple and they kept staying with the AT&T carrier being locked to this network and grandfathered on the unlimited data plan. Well the fact that AT&T iPhone data limit exists even for unlimited plan users is real since the mobile network is being often accused of throttling its subscribers and lowing down their speeds.

Are you also ‘grandfathered in’ that old unlimited plan from AT&T? This actually wasn’t such a huge problem with previous phones however iPhone 6 and 6 Plus need way more data than earlier Apple handsets. Thus AT&T iPhone unlimited data throttle becomes a big problem right now when users need more than the data allotment per month and as a result they get throttled by the company.

What is better: using unlimited plan and getting a ‘crawling’ phone or connecting to a different network with faster speeds and no throttling? Being slow on the iPhone 6 Plus is really annoying. With the iPhones 6S and 6S Plus coming soon users might think about ordering AT&T iPhone factory SIM unlock and getting away from this network. Once you are unlocked you are free to choose your carrier and switch between mobile operators as often as you wish.

Getting SIM freedom is surely worth losing your unlimited data plan since staying all the time too ‘slowed’ by the carrier is no good. All heavy data users are starting to rethink their network choice and this is something AT&T has to think about as well.

AT&T iPhone WiFi Calling Support Comes in the Fall

While AT&T iPhone WiFi calling is about to arrive to iOS 9 platform [the latest iOS 9 beta 5 already shows that both T-Mobile and AT&T support iPhone 6 WiFi calling option] some other U.S. carriers don’t even think about being poised by the new opportunity. For example, Verizon is still MIA. By the way, AT&T is raising iPhone activation fee this August.

Sprint is also supporting the new option. Thus three U.S. major carriers are poised with the new service: AT&T support WiFi iPhone hotspot added to the list that earlier included Sprint and T-Mobile. All the companies are preparing for the next launch of the iOS 9 and new line of ‘fruit’ iDevices.

AT&T iPhone 6 WiFi calling support should bring more customers to this carrier that is often accused of unlimited data users throttling and expensive services. T-Mobile started to support this feature in 2014 and Sprint quickly joined its rival this April.
At the same time AT&T is believed to have to best coverage [over 300 million people] within the U.S. It also calls itself ‘the most reliable 4G LTE’ carrier with the strongest signal. Now it will addd WiFi calling support in the fall. Will Verizon also come on board for this or not?

The new iOS 9 should bring a lot of new features as well as the next-generation iPhones. Apple is also rumored to launch e SIM cards sometime in the future however this fall customers would most likely have to buy iPhone 6S and 6S Plus from AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile or get a never-locked model from Apple.

You can easily SIM unlock your AT&T iPhone 6S or other model using factory unlocking service that is the most popular and reliable method of turning your gadget into all-netwroks-friendly iDevice.

The final AT&T iPhone 6S pricing policy is still unknown.

Strong AT&T Outage in Southeast U.S. Experienced by iPhone Users

Do you live in southeast U.S.? Local iPhone users get no ATT signal. The same problems occur to T-Mobile, Verizon and Sprint coverage. All the biggest American carriers suffer strong outages recently and customers have to deal with the issues and wait until all the problems are solved.

Unfortunately you cannot fix AT&T outage southeast issue by ordering factory IMEI iPhone AT&T unlock since other major mobile operators also get the similar issues. Users of course wish to rely on their network and not get downtime errors while trying to use their mobile operator they are locked to or just subscribed to.

Unlocked iPhone users could at least select a different smaller company for a while but everyone who is locked to their AT&T or other network only have no choice but to sit and wait hoping for the positive results asap.

In case you get no AT&T coverate in area you might be locked to a different carrier. Use iPhone IMEI network checker to figure out what your original mobile network is since you could be just locked to Sprint or Verizon and this could be the reason why you get no signal.

If you made sure that your mobile operator was AT&T and you still have no signal in southeast – just wait till this is fixed. A lot of big carriers take advantage of using AT&T-based landline and once this company gets the issues they also suffer as well as their subscribers.

The service should be restored quickly since all the companies are interested in getting the signal back to their users. The problematic areas are Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama and Indiana. Have you had any issues with the major carriers in these U.S. states or were you lucky to get no problems at all?

iPhone AT&T Upgrade Fee Raised by U.S. Carrier

Apple is expected to release two new smartphones in the fall. Users are already looking for the iPhone 6S or AT&T iPhone 6S Plus [or next-gen iPhone 7] and mobile operators are already getting prepared for this launch. AT&T upgrade fee will be increased on August 1st and subscribers will have to pay additional charges if they choose to update to a newer model.

The news comes from unnamed sources. The Big Blue operator hasn’t confirmed this information yet. As rumors state, this year AT&T upgrade to iPhone 7 option will be more expensive than it was to upgrade to iPhone 6 a year ago. The company is planning to add $15 activation fee and customers who subscribe to BYOP or Next plan will have to pay this extra charge in addition to the regular fee.

If you want to upgrade in July you’ll have to pay $40. But in August you’ll be required to pay $45 for the same service plus some users will have to pay extra $15 on top of that. Other carriers [for example, Verizon Wireless] will have lower rates compared to the Big Blue U.S. carrier this fall.

Not all users will have to pay the $15 fee. It will only be introduced to Next data plan subscribers and customers who bring their own device and activate it under AT&T network.

It also looks that all current subscribers will be grandfathered and won’t have to pay the extra fees for activation and upgrade. Still new users might think about choosing a different company or have to unlock AT&T iPhone right after purchase to avoid future fees.

What do you think about such possible changes? Once again, everything will be confirmed in August only.

AT&T Increases Activation Fee For iPhone Users

Trusted source reported about ATT activation fee increase in very short time. U.S. carrier AT&T is going to increase activation fee for new Next customers and contract subscribers.

The new activation/upgrade fee for one and two-year contract will be $45(the previous fee was $40). This iPhone ATT activation fee increase gives AT&T the highest activation fee in the industry (Verizon is still at $40 for now). As if that weren’t enough, the carrier will impose an all-new $15 activation fee on Next and Bring-Your-Own-Phone customers beginning August 1.

This doesn’t look good as Verizon, which typically has one of highest contract upgrade fees in the industry, currently charges $40 in upgrade fee cost.

The report says that due to AT&T Next installment plant, beginning August 1 new iPhone owners customers will have to pay a one-time $15 activation fee. This fact is really break up as for the present time AT&T Next is 100% free to start the plan. The new fee will also apply to those who bring their own iPhone and sign-up for a new line of service.

Current AT&T Next customers who have an active installment plan prior to August 1 will not be charged the $15 fee on their next upgrade. AT&T has said that they may change this option. In other words, you may not have to pay the $15 fee at your next upgrade, but don’t be surprised if you have to after that.

It’s now July 23, and you have week before iPhone ATT activation fee increase, so if you need to upgrade, now would be the time.

AT&T Presents New iPhone Mobile Share 7GB Value Offer in February

U.S. Apple fans who have an AT&T iPhone 6 or any other smartphone model locked or connected to this network might have already heard about the new AT&T Mobile Share Value plan that was introduced in February, 2015.

The new data plan is already official. This 7GB data option is available for a limited time for Mobile Share Value subscribers. According to AT&T iPhone data plans, the latest offer comes with unlimited text and talk and it allows sharing data allotment with other lines on the same account.

Earlier AT&T unveiled Rollover Data option that allows to bring unused data from one month to the next one for usage. This feature is also available to 7GB Mobile Share Value users.

The plan costs $75 a month. Does the U.S. carrier offer anything on top of this? As the report goes, the company has decided to include a monthly access charge for only one device on the line which usually runs $40 a month if you are on a 2-year agreement. It will now cost less, $15 a month for users who are purchasing and upgrading to AT&T Next plan that comes with installment option.

It is not clear when the option expires.

AT&T Throttling Data News for GoPhone Prepaid Plans

I remember when AT&T promised to throttle unlimited plan users with iPhone and other smartphones in the U.S. but then the company seemed to change its mind about this. Now it looks like AT&T throttling data plan is set for GoPhone prepaid data plan users. There are people, even AT&T iPhone owners, who prefer going with prepaid plans.

The most recent changes added by the Big Blue mobile company are related to AT&T GoPhone throttle “improvements” as the carrier decides that it’s time to offer its subscribers some “happy holiday” season greetings with low 128kbps download speeds. According to the new report, AT&T is no longer planning to cut off any GoPhone prepaid user if he or she reaches the certain data allotment [this relates to those people who use too much data within the billing period].

AT&T throttling prepaid plan can be implemented as follows. Let’s say you have the AT&T iPhone and you are a prepaid use with 2.5GB of data plan. Once you reach your 2.5GB data you will not be cut off even if you still have 7-12 days left on your bill, but your download speeds will be throttled. Previously you would have been capped by AT&T once reaching your data plan limit.

The changes are applied to both 1GB prepaid plan that costs $45 and 2.5GB data plan that costs $60 per month. You still have unlimited data but only a certain amount of it is now high-speed.