Cheapest Way to Add Addl iPhone to Family Plan?

[gswilder]

I currently have an ATT/Cingular Family plan with 4 cell phones.

What is the cheapest way to buy an iPhone and add to my existing family plan? I am wanting to add another line (total of 5) - not to replace one of the existing 4 with the new iPhone.

Should I go online and add another family plan line for $9.99 a month. Then purchase the cheapest phone I can get? (I can get several good cell phones for $0 through our company ATT sponsorship plan).

Then order an iPhone or pick one up at local ATT store?

Then when I register the iPhone on iTunes, will it allow me to add it to the new family plan line? The additional cost will just be the data $20 dollars.

So if I can go this route, I can add an additional line and use the iPhone, and the total cost per month will be an extra $30 dollars.

Is this the best way? Thanks to all in advance...

Greg

[deftdrummer1]

sounds like you got it all figured out. Only thing I would worry about personally would be if there is a contract extension for that sort of thing. You have 5 phones though so I doubt you are concerned with that.

[chenyichung]

gswilder,
did you add a $9.99 plan first?
cause' i would think that when you go to activate your iPhone on iTunes, there would be an option to add a line during the iPhone activation process

[snowgirl87]

you could do it either way...when you activate the iphone through itunes, it gives you the option of creating a new line, or using a current one.

[joespod]

I was planning on opening a new account at the ATT store so I can get a free phone to use in certain situations/as a back up (I work in/around water sometimes) and then activating my iPhone right afterwards. So can I just activate my iPhone as soon as my ATT account becomes active or do I need to wait a couple of days?

Thanks,

~j

[snowgirl87]

you should be able to do it right away, I don't see why not

[csi24]

I currently have an ATT/Cingular Family plan with 4 cell phones.

What is the cheapest way to buy an iPhone and add to my existing family plan? I am wanting to add another line (total of 5) - not to replace one of the existing 4 with the new iPhone.

Should I go online and add another family plan line for $9.99 a month. Then purchase the cheapest phone I can get? (I can get several good cell phones for $0 through our company ATT sponsorship plan).

Then order an iPhone or pick one up at local ATT store?

Then when I register the iPhone on iTunes, will it allow me to add it to the new family plan line? The additional cost will just be the data $20 dollars.

So if I can go this route, I can add an additional line and use the iPhone, and the total cost per month will be an extra $30 dollars.

Is this the best way? Thanks to all in advance...

Greg

Hello there everybody, this is first post, glad to be here. And so on to the reason I'm posting this message. I also have a question about the family plan and the iPhone. I've had my family plan for a good few years now and I pay the $9.99 a month since I'm not the main line. I basically have the same question Greg or gswilder had except I want to replace my phone or line with the iPhone. Will I still be able to pay my $9.99 a month and the additional $20 a month for the unlimited iPhone data plan or will have to pay $59.99 for the 'cheapest' iPhone plan. Will I have any problems in setting this up since I already have a line or will I have to create a new line to get the $9.99 plus the $20 unlimited iPhone data plan? Sorry that the message is kind of long, but I want to buy an iPhone real soon and this would help me A LOT. Thanks!