<p>What do you guys think is better to have for a Wharton student? A blackberry or an Iphone? Is one more ideal for being a business student?</p>
<p>You definetly don’t need a blackberry or iPhone to survive in Wharton. It’s nice to have internet and email on your phone, not necessary. You should be perfectly fine with whatever phone you have now. </p>
<p>If your parents (or your finances) will let you purchase a data plan, go with whatever is cheaper. I wouldn’t break a 2 year contract and switch from another company to AT&T just to get the iPhone. A Blackberry will be fine. If you’re already with AT&T, you’ll find like I did that the old iPhones (3G) are the cheapest smartphones on AT&T for $100.</p>
<p>I don’t see why any student would need a Blackberry.</p>
<p>There are kids who survive college without a cell phone. Also, I don’t think you really can use either in class.</p>
<p>Both seem completely unnecessary</p>
<p>Both are very popular, and yeah, you can use it in class. You don’t need a smartphone to get through college, but recognize that almost everyone else will have one (especially the Wharton students). You definitely need a cell phone for college though, and I would say get one that at least does email. </p>
<p>As to which one to get, there’s plenty of people with either one. Pick the one you like.</p>
<p>hmmmm…well I’ve heard of people getting blackberries 4 $50, which is pretty good considering how useful it is…</p>
<p>Just keep in mind that the iPhone is a touchscreen…so you might want to see whether or not you can deal with having a touchscreen. (Personally, I can not.)</p>
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<p>I have to disagree, email on a phone is totally not necessary for college, you can get through without paying $15 dollars a month for email for sure. (just my personal taste: that is because I got through high school without a cell phone, I didn’t want one)</p>
<p>But I do say that having a phone in college is a good thing. Though there are some that don’t but it is highly advised to get one but a iphone and blackberry is totally not needed.</p>
<p>If I had to choose one, I’d get an iPhone.</p>
<p>Many people just have regular ol’ cell phones in Wharton and fare just fine.</p>
<p>Yeah…I feel like just because you’re entering Wharton doesn’t mean you need to also change your lifestyle. Deal with whatever cell phone you have.</p>
<p>you don’t need to get a blackberry and play businessman, but bring a reliable cell phone.</p>
<p>Personally, having used both, I’d get a blackberry. Iphones are much more fragile, and I know people who have cracked theirs right in the middle. Also, I prefer the nice tactile-ness of a blackberry versus the touchscreen of an iphone. of course, the blackberry doesn’t look as ‘cool’ as an iphone—but, whatever.</p>
<p>BlackBerry is plenty cooler than the iPhone (which, mind you, good ole Apple has to advertise its “coolness”).</p>
<p>Having graduated from Wharton, I can tell you that having a cell phone with email access was a lifesaver when trying to work on group projects, on-campus recruiting, or dealing with club activities. College is a different lifestyle from high school, which you’ll quickly discover, especially when every one of your group has a smartphone they’re using for email.</p>
<p>Have you ever waved your laptop in the air looking for wifi because you had an important email coming in? I love having email on my phone. A Blackberry or iPhone isn’t necessary. Email on a cellphone is a huge plus.</p>
<p>Matt, you working at Microsoft?</p>
<p>Venkat - starting soon. I’ll have more info to share next week.</p>
<p>It feels like just yesterday I was a prefrosh and you were helping me out on this site. Now you’re working and I’m scrambling for internships next summer. College goes by too fast.</p>
<p>Penn broadcasts the same wireless network campus-wide, right?</p>
<p>Short answer: yes, AirPennNet</p>
<p>Longer answer: they’re getting to the point where it’s all one network. AirPennNet covers most of the campus, and is also the most encrypted (and technically restrictive - but don’t worry, it works on smartphones). There are still a few other legacy networks around but I believe the university is trying to convert those over, but for all practical purposes its 99.9% airpennnet.</p>