This is completely retarded! People that have an iPhone already are being punished. It is tell me I have to wait until 12/12/2009 to be able to get the price of $199.99 and I got my 3G on launch day. My buddy bought his weeks after launch and he can upgrade on 8/30... what is that all about? This doesn't make sense at all and I will not be buying a iPhone 3GS at launch. There is no way I am paying $200 more just to have it at launch. Screw that.
Will there be an iPod Touch "S" with the video camera, compass, etc.?
In my case, they want $400 over the subsidized price: $699 for the 32 GB 3GS.
I call BS on AT&T. I've been a loyal iPhone customer since the beginning, bought each phone the day it launched, and they pull THIS on me? No way in hell am I shelling out $700 for a phone.
Apple really let me down today. Yeah, the new iPhone 3GS is faster and can record video, but c'mon, those aren't good selling points.
Wow, I can't believe all the complaining about the price of the upgrade. When you bought your 3G iphone last year, AT&T ponied up $400 for you to sign a new 2 year contract. That means that you agreed to keep your plan for 2 years. If you want to take advantage of the subsidy again, you have to sign a new 2 year contract. To do that, you would have to cancel your current plan, and pay whatever fees, then create a new account.
AT&T IS helping out loyal customers, but the deal is every 2 years. It is like that with any phone you buy from them, and they don't care about new stuff being released.
I work for AT&T at a corporate store and the internal memos basically say that if you have bought one of the original 3g iphones within 30 days you can either A) return it now and wait for the new ones, just paying a 10% restockign fee and buy the new one when it comes out, or B) if your still within 30 days on june 19th you can return it then and pay the 10% restock and get whatever model you want.
Wow, I can't believe all the complaining about the price of the upgrade. When you bought your 3G iphone last year, AT&T ponied up $400 for you to sign a new 2 year contract. That means that you agreed to keep your plan for 2 years. If you want to take advantage of the subsidy again, you have to sign a new 2 year contract. To do that, you would have to cancel your current plan, and pay whatever fees, then create a new account.
AT&T IS helping out loyal customers, but the deal is every 2 years. It is like that with any phone you buy from them, and they don't care about new stuff being released.
I enjoyed watching Apple completely steal every single last bit of Palm's steam they had "built up" over the weekend.
Too bad the Pasco guy doing the demo couldn't tap into some of it though
so I'm confused ... which shipping do I have to pick to get it on the 19th ... hmmm ... and what's the point of the preorder if it's not guaranteed to be in stock?
When I pick the regular shipping it says: "Estimated Ship: Delivers by June 19th "
Thats because last time Apple cost o2 an utter bomb. Doing early upgrades... just wait its not such a huge update anyway...