This Is How… You Accrue a 50-Page Phone Bill

Apple likes big. Apple users like big. AT&T likes big. But this is a tad on the ridiculous side. Ben from Ars Technica recently received his first phone bill since purchasing the iPhone and was caught off guard when he noticed it was thirty-four pages long, riddled with needless entries of $0.00 sums. Another member of their staff received a fifty-two page phone bill. What a blatant waste of people’s time and a waste of paper! Ironic: The iPhone is a “simple” device that promises to make our lives “easier”.

The AT&T bill itemizes your data usage whenever you surf the Internet via EDGE, even if you’re signed up for the unlimited data plan. AT&T also goes into an incredible amount of detail to tell you—well, almost nothing. For instance, I know that on July 27 at 3:21 p.m. I had some data use that, under the To/From heading, AT&T has helpfully listed as “Data Transfer.” The Type of file? “Data.” My total charge? $0.00.

Source: Ars Technica