tilt, bjII, and data

[dirtroad]

Hello all! I'm a new poster here so please forgive me if I'm in the wrong place. I'll be upgrading from my cingular 2125 in January. Right now I've got my eyes on the AT&T Tilt or the Blackjack 2. I also heard there will be another MotoQ with wifi being released. Right now I have a mediamax 200 bundle with my 2125. It gives me 200 texts & unlimited internet for the reasonable price of 19.95 a month. Depending on where I go, I hear that I'll be forced to go to another higher priced plan with either of the phones I am considering. WILL my current plan work? If anyone can shed some light on this for me I'd appreciate it.

[Sven Johannsen]

The plan you have will work. It is what I am using on my Tilt. AT&T wants you to upgrade to a higher priced plan with no differnt features, and they will do what they can to assure you that you need to, to get the full benefit.

My recommendation is to do your upgrade on-line at AT&Ts site. If you are eligible to upgrade, you select that option, select the device you want and watch the options provided very carefully. There is a a selection provided to upgrade the hardware with no change in plans. That's what I did this time and have done so in the past. You will ge the new phone delivered to your door and it will likely have a new SIM with it. That is to take advantage of the 3G features. There will be instructions to call a 1-800 number to activate the new SIM. They will get the IMEI number of the phone and I think the number off the SIM IIRC. They wiill have you turn off your old phone, and turn on your new one, so obvioulsy call from a landline, or another cell.

When this is all done, your old SIM will be inactive and your number will be associated with the new one. You should even be able to put that new SIM back in your 2125 if you needed to for something. Went through this a couple of months ago. Oh, and you'll be contracted with AT&T for another two years.

You can try going to an AT&T store, but be prepared to just say, no thank you, and leave if they won't do the new phone and leave your plan alone. Try another store if you want. I've found significant differences locally in how accomodating different individuals are. Wouldn't hurt to at least know where the nearest T-Mobile store is too. ;)

[dirtroad]

Thank you for the reply! That really helps! Now to decide which phone to go for.....tilt or the bj2...is the tilt worth the higher price?....is at&t worth staying with? lol