Ok, so let's brake this up in numbers.
Considering you're like me and don't want to sell you soul for 2 years to AT&T, here is the pricing:
So, to get a netbook with a cellphone, it will cost $1,200 USD + taxes and activation, easily another $100.
So, a total of $1,300 for a cellphone and a keyboard with a shitty-ass screen that you have to haul around.
Oh, and don't forget the extra $45 per month (!!), which, considering you'll own this combo for at least a year, will come to additional $540 for year of ownership. That's on top of whatever wireless plan you have. So a total of $1,840 for a year of owning this thing. That's $153 USD PER MONTH.
If you want to get the 2 yr plan, it comes to $1,140 for a year of ownership, on top of whatever your current charges are.
To get this into perspective, let's look at what's in the market.
For the price of the dock ($500) I got myself an Acer AS1810TZ netbook/notebook hybrid about 4 months ago. It has:
If you don't want the laptop dock, then why even get Atrix 4G?
Think about it:
I think conclusion is pretty obvious. It's quite entertaining to watch how AT&T keeps building itself a coffin, while repeatedly shooting itself in a leg, while drinking poison by the gallons.
Considering you're like me and don't want to sell you soul for 2 years to AT&T, here is the pricing:
- Phone - safe to say, off contract, will be about $699 (+tax, activation, etc)
- Dock - $500
- Tethering - $20 per month
- DataPro - $25 per month
So, to get a netbook with a cellphone, it will cost $1,200 USD + taxes and activation, easily another $100.
So, a total of $1,300 for a cellphone and a keyboard with a shitty-ass screen that you have to haul around.
Oh, and don't forget the extra $45 per month (!!), which, considering you'll own this combo for at least a year, will come to additional $540 for year of ownership. That's on top of whatever wireless plan you have. So a total of $1,840 for a year of owning this thing. That's $153 USD PER MONTH.
If you want to get the 2 yr plan, it comes to $1,140 for a year of ownership, on top of whatever your current charges are.
To get this into perspective, let's look at what's in the market.
For the price of the dock ($500) I got myself an Acer AS1810TZ netbook/notebook hybrid about 4 months ago. It has:
- 4GB RAM
- 320 GB HDD
- 1.3 Intel Pentium DualCore CPU
- Easily handles 1080p video
- Battery lasts for EIGHT HOURS (!!)
- Full Windows 7 Ultimate OS
- 1366x768 screen resolution
If you don't want the laptop dock, then why even get Atrix 4G?
Think about it:
- You DON'T need 1GB RAM, nothing to fill it with without the laptop.
- Camera is crap - 5MP
- Unable to do 1080p video. Maybe in 3 years it will, heh.
- Only capable of HSPA+. No LTE, obviously.
- FroYo. No word on GB update. Seiously, top of the line Android phone with 2.2 when 2.3 and 3.0 are out?
- Forced MotoBlur
- Probably a bootloader locked to HELL AND BACK to prevent hacking and free tethering
- Let's face it - phone's ugly and looks like an old fat iphone.
I think conclusion is pretty obvious. It's quite entertaining to watch how AT&T keeps building itself a coffin, while repeatedly shooting itself in a leg, while drinking poison by the gallons.