long story short, my wife and i are moving back to the USA after years in Europe. We both need phones and plans, she wants something really simple, i want an iPhone. The question is what is the best way to approach this? Should we sign up for a standard family plan first. I was thinking maybe of getting 2 free phones and then buying the iPHone (like the next day)....can we do that? Or will i get hit with 3 activation charges? I have noticed that the iPHone family plan is more costly than if we got a 550minute family plan, and then just added the 20$ data to the new iphone as an "existing plan"....any thoughts out there on best practice in this pickle? If we get a iPhone Family line, then do we get to share the texts too?

I will use the data plan like crazy, and it defeats the point of the phone without it, but the lady needs the absolute opposite- simple phone, plan and texting...it is all so confusing.