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As an "early adaptor", I've had a new iPhone each year from day one and I plan to order the #4 next week. However, this time I'll be giving my wife my 3GS and bringing her over from Verizon, putting the 2 iPhones on a family plan. I've been to AT&T's website to learn how they work the Family Plan but as one would expect there is much fluff and little substantial information.
If you have experience with a 2 iPhone Family plan with AT&T could you let me know how they "share" minutes, text messaging and data? Any tricks or traps in getting the best deal?
Thanks, denny

OK, so the minutes are shared, the data plans are separate (we could each use the lowest $15 one) and texting could be separate or shared. That is about what I had thought.
One last question just occurred to me: Since I'm eligible for the discounted iPhone 4, I'll get the lower cost. If I were to get my wife an iPhone 4 also, could she also get the lower price - all assuming a new 2 year contract of course. I'll give AT&T a call next week to learn for certain as they should have the newest information by then, but I was curious if anyone knew.
Thanks, denny

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