Currently, AT&T offers 200 texts with the iPhone plan. I guess it depends on how much you want to text but overall, the iPhone plan is costing me about $40-50 less than the equivalent BlackBerry plan I was getting from Verizon. 900 minutes, full data, and unlimited texts were costing me ~140/month from Verizon where my iPhone bill clocks in at around $90-100.
Considering how much the iPhone kicks the ass of anything offered by Verizon, I found the extra $200 for the iPhone (bought mine for $400) worth it.
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