i don't need or want another cell phone but i would love to get this just for the ipod and the internet features. does anyone know if it is required that you purchase a 2 year plan with it?
Where have you been in the past month?!
You will not be able to buy it unlocked at all.
As previously mentioned, if you're willing to part with $800 for it, you can skip the contract part.i don't need or want another cell phone but i would love to get this just for the ipod and the internet features. does anyone know if it is required that you purchase a 2 year plan with it?
No, it has not been released at all. It has only been introduced....
...its only been released for about a week and a half.
If you don't care about the phone features, what it is or isn't locked to doesn't really matter. Further, as soon as someone solves how to unlock it, even that won't matter. It is illegal to enforce SIM locks in the United States (though not illegal to use them).Hi
Not even canceling will do you much good as it is locked to Cingular.
It will probably be unlockable sometime but it's going to be tougher than doing a phone from Nokia, Motorola, ...If you don't care about the phone features, what it is or isn't locked to doesn't really matter. Further, as soon as someone solves how to unlock it, even that won't matter. It is illegal to enforce SIM locks in the United States (though not illegal to use them).
I agree, but the OP seems to have a different view. Rather than tell him it would be silly and overpriced, I thought it best just to give him the information he requested and let him decide for himself whether it would be worthwhile.Seems senseless to me to purchase such a device if you don't plan on using all / most of the features, after all, the primary function is a phone.
As previously mentioned, if you're willing to part with $800 for it, you can skip the contract part.
You can buy the iPhone and service, and then cancel the service, paying a $200 cancellation fee. If you cancel service within 14 days, they may even waive the fee, as this is their usual policy, but the fee waiver may also require you to return the iPhone. No one knows for sure yet.
Yes. There's no way to pay $800 outright for it. You have to buy it for $599 (or 499) and pay the $200 cancellation fee.if i get the iphone and the contract then cancel it, it'll end up costing about 800 dollars anyway... wont it?
As with most contracts, the iPhone unit will remain the property of Apple/Cingular until you have paid the 2 years contract - at which point it will become yours. If you cancel, you will have to return the phone (and get your $500 back).As previously mentioned, if you're willing to part with $800 for it, you can skip the contract part.
You can buy the iPhone and service, and then cancel the service, paying a $200 cancellation fee. If you cancel service within 14 days, they may even waive the fee, as this is their usual policy, but the fee waiver may also require you to return the iPhone. No one knows for sure yet.
No, it has not been released at all. It has only been introduced.
Didn't they say something like the price indicated in keynote includes the two year contract? Or did I get it wrong?
I'm not sure what kind of contracts you're signing, but when you buy a phone, it's yours. The carrier may only require you to return the phone and accessories if you cancel in the first 30 days (thereby waiving the cancellation fee). Your contract is a service agreement, not a financing agreement for a purchase; the phone is not the property of the carrier. If you exercise an option to terminate your contract and you pay the penalty for doing so, they have no further financial obligation to collect from you.As with most contracts, the iPhone unit will remain the property of Apple/Cingular until you have paid the 2 years contract - at which point it will become yours. If you cancel, you will have to return the phone (and get your $500 back).
I'm not sure what kind of contracts you're signing, but when you buy a phone, it's yours. The carrier may only require you to return the phone and accessories if you cancel in the first 30 days (thereby waiving the cancellation fee). Your contract is a service agreement, not a financing agreement for a purchase; the phone is not the property of the carrier. If you exercise an option to terminate your contract and you pay the penalty for doing so, they have no further financial obligation to collect from you.
This may be the case in the USA but not in Britain. Here, if you get a phone contract (with monthly line rental fees and limited free minutes/texts/data), the phone is usually free. That's a £300 ($500) phone for nothing. But the minimum contract is 12/18 months and if you terminate before the contract, you have to return the phone. Otherwise you would get a free phone.I'm not sure what kind of contracts you're signing, but when you buy a phone, it's yours. The carrier may only require you to return the phone and accessories if you cancel in the first 30 days (thereby waiving the cancellation fee). Your contract is a service agreement, not a financing agreement for a purchase; the phone is not the property of the carrier. If you exercise an option to terminate your contract and you pay the penalty for doing so, they have no further financial obligation to collect from you.
And therein lies the fundamental difference. There are no free phones in the United States. Some phones are free after instant or mail-in rebates, but apart from those loss-leaders to get people onto contracts, cell phones are purchases.This may be the case in the USA but not in Britain. Here, if you get a phone contract (with monthly line rental fees and limited free minutes/texts/data), the phone is usually free.