I Finally got the lowdown on the 3g iphone....The $199 or $299 price that you see online is a discount price for new customers or current customers that already have the first iphone. 2 year contract required. If you are a current customer but do not own the first iphone you can still buy the 3g iphone with a no commitment plan but the price of the 3g phone will be more than 199 or 299. Or you can wait until your eligable for a phone upgrade and still get the 199 or 299 price. ATT has not determined what the price will be for non iphone owners or owners that are not eligable for a phone upgrade when the 3g is realeased for sale. All will require a data plan.....boy o boy lets put this to rest.....thanks everyone. One other thing as far as activation im not to sure att told me they will be selling the phone on their web site and still will be able to activate wit itunes
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Iphone( purchasing/activation ) here is the scoop.Lets put this to rest
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I Finally got the lowdown on the 3g iphone....The $199 or $299 price that you see online is a discount price for new customers or current customers that already have the first iphone. 2 year contract required. If you are a current customer but do not own the first iphone you can still buy the 3g iphone with a no commitment plan but the price of the 3g phone will be more than 199 or 299. Or you can wait until your eligable for a phone upgrade and still get the 199 or 299 price. ATT has not determined what the price will be for non iphone owners or owners that are not eligable for a phone upgrade when the 3g is realeased for sale. All will require a data plan.....boy o boy lets put this to rest.....thanks everyone
Yeah pretty much what everyone assumed.
Although if other countries are any measure, expect the price of the iPhone out of contract to be very expensive. IE it might be much more than $200 more than the $199/$299 price.
I don't think we are gonna put this to rest because a person with 18 posts says it is true without stating a single source.
Srsly. There's plenty of people with tons of posts that are FOS. Quantity doesn't equal Quality.
What does matter is that you could have searched and found 390129342093123123 other threads covering the same exact thing.
yeah well I called at&t and they told me a completely different story, even they don't know what is going on
I am not saying you are wrong, its just no one really knows what the true story is
Oh, don't worry. It'll go on longer than July 11. Everyone claims to have spoken with someone high in the AT&T or Apple hierarchy, and yet they all manage to come back with different stories. Right...
I'm a current customer of AT&T, and I do not own the first iPhone, and I really doubt that the iPhone 3G will cost me more than 199 and 299.
I agree. I have spoken with several AT&T reps and have heard that:
1) everyone is eligible for upgrade
2) not everyone is eligible for upgrade
3) $199/299 is the price for everyone
4) $199/$299 is not the price for everyone
5) iPhones will be sold online
6) iPhones will not be sold online
7) they have final pricing information available now
8) they will not have final pricing information for a couple of weeks
Along with all the "you have no activate in-store", "no you don't" stuff I've read here. I've concluded that either only some employees have obtained information, or that they all know as little as we do.
Best post on the subject yet.I agree. I have spoken with several AT&T reps and have heard that:
1) everyone is eligible for upgrade
2) not everyone is eligible for upgrade
3) $199/299 is the price for everyone
4) $199/$299 is not the price for everyone
5) iPhones will be sold online
6) iPhones will not be sold online
7) they have final pricing information available now
8) they will not have final pricing information for a couple of weeks
Along with all the "you have no activate in-store", "no you don't" stuff I've read here. I've concluded that either only some employees have obtained information, or that they all know as little as we do.
Yet again, a pointer to the AT&T pricing memo of 06/09 - I would tend to believe this over word from a CS rep, but of course AT&T could change thier mind prior to 07/11 ...
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/06/09/iphone-3g-the-details-you-never-wanted-to-know/