Pay as You Go Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

iPhone 5 appears temporarily on Cincinnati Bell website (Updated)

by Steven Sande (Oct 1st, 2011)

TUAW reader Cory L. sent us an image today that he had captured from his web browser while perusing the i-Wireless prepaid cell phone section of the Cincinnati Bell website. The screenshot shows a placeholder for an iPhone 5 with no image and no "Add to basket" purchase button. A quick look ...

Unofficial iPhone PAYG app lets you monitor usage

by Erica Sadun (Aug 16th, 2011)

A few days ago, I posted about using AT&T's inexpensive Pay as You Go services on newer out-of-contract equipment. One of the commenters on that post pointed me to Dynamically Loaded's Pay As You Go Balance and Feature Pack Monitor. For US$0.99, the application scrapes the account balance ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: What is this cheap iPhone data plan you speak of?

by Erica Sadun (Aug 10th, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, What is this "cheap" AT&T SIM with data for the iPhone that you often speak of? You've written about it numerous times. Please dish. Fondest regards always, Mister Humann Dear Humann, Auntie is talking about AT&T's standard PAYG plans. She usually buys the ...

Unlocked iPhone FAQ, including AT&T plan info (updated)

by Erica Sadun (Jun 14th, 2011)

Updated with information about AT&T plans. As we posted earlier, Apple is selling an unlocked version of the iPhone in the US starting at US$649. To help clarify questions about this development, we've put together this little FAQ. We'll explain what the unlocked iPhone means to you as a ...

TUAW Hands On: Trying out the $20/month contract-free unlimited data iPhone

by Erica Sadun (May 13th, 2008)

Yesterday, I wrote about AT&T's new $20/month unlimited data feature pack. Today, my daughter was home sick from school. Why is that important? Because we gave her a cheap AT&T Pay As You Go phone, which she uses to keep in touch when her bus is late or if she needs to contact us for some ...

Prepaid Data Packages and the iPhone

by Erica Sadun (Sep 24th, 2007)

I recently had the chance to sit down with my iPhone and a prepaid SIM with a $50 account balance. I really got a chance to see how the iPhone would function with a pay-as-you-go plan and its data plan. What I learned was this: although using iPhone with pay-as-you-go means you can make ...