iPhone-How Will it Increase My Bill?

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I'm a current ATT subscriber. I've got a text message plan for 200 texts for $5. I have no data plan currently. If I were to get an iPhone, would the data charge of $30 be the only increase to my monthly bill? Does the data plan include texting?
 
Which means texting is not data? I haven't kept up-to-date on all the plan options.

But again, is the required data plan of $30 the only change I would see in my bill, if I made no other changes other than getting the iPhone?
 
if you get the iphone.. you will have the price of the phone and a 30 dollar a month data package charge. Texting is another added cost. per month. you probably have to add some taxes in on that
 
I've got the taxes already. I suppose they could go up a little because I'm buying more service, but it shouldn't be significant. Just trying to decide if the iphone is worth $30 a month to me.

Thanks for the info.
 
Text messages use the control channels of the voice service and not data. Multimedia messages use data but there is no charge to data.
 
So a multimedia message is not a text messsage? And there is no extra charge to send a multimedia message?

What makes a multimedia message, say attaching an image to a text?
 
Multimedia messages come out of your messaging plan. Multimedia files may consist of pictures, audio files, video files, text or a combination of those. The iPhone does not fully implement the multimedia message specifications. With the iPhone you can only send multimedia files if they contain attachments. With the iPhone all messages to email addresses are sent as multimedia messages regardless of the contents. Multimedia messages require a cellular data connection to send and receive. Those messages as well as text messages cannot be sent via Wi-Fi.
 
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