Buy regular contract phone, pay for 1 month (to avoid having to give phone back), pay $175 early termination fee

Result: Same phone for $100 less

T-Mobile. Best customer service of all US mobile carriers.

Yes, T-Mobile US rules. Much cheaper than ATT for the same service.

$599 minimum for an MP3 player with a substandard quality phone attached and you get to look like a gay estate agent into the bargain!

Amazing value.

You gotta hand it to Steve and his crew, they really do know how to find suckers.

Paris, the best sucker...

I've no interest in buying one but I'm still gonna read the article and post on it stating how disinterested I am and how much I don't want one.....

I've got telephones on both AT&T and T-Mobile. At first glance, AT&T and T-Mobile offer similar plans for the iPhone, but they don't perfectly overlap.

For people that use few minutes and much data, AT&T is probably better, especially with rollover. The in-network discounts and freebies make a bigger difference than you might think. The AT&T data network is noticeably faster and larger than T-Mobile. Both companies have soft caps at 5GB. Tunneled voip over 3G works fine in metropolitan areas

For people that do the opposite, the MyFavs plan is worthwhile. You can game the MyFavs contract by doing everything though a VOIP repeater. (eg: Buy a local VOIP DID. Forward DID to cellphone. Add DID to MyFavs. Add DID as outbound calling card. Put the DID on your business card and keep the actual cellphone number a secret. T-Mobile base plan + $5 VOIP buys unlimited minutes in most markets.)