Unfortunately, for your argument, AT&T is making comparisons when making pricing decisions.
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AT&T Begins Selling $99 (Refurbished) iPhone
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Unfortunately, for your argument, AT&T is making comparisons when making pricing decisions.
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Can you get the refurbs be bought with no contract. How much would the cheapest one be. Posted on my iPod touch!
Can you get the refurbs be bought with no contract. How much would the cheapest one be. Posted on my iPod touch!
Does anyone know if AppleCare can be added to a refurbished phone? It's available for around $50 in many places, and that would extend warranty to 2 years, right? So, in the end, you spend $50 less than a new phone and get twice the warranty.
Doug
Dropping the 2-yr AT&T contract requirements to 1-year, better yet zero ---- might get me interested. Maybe
A non-savvy non AT&T person here ready to take the plunge on a new iPhone (either this refurb, or possibly wait for what looks like an imminent new gen release).
Either way I would greatly appreciate guidance on where I can find the "rate codes" needed to get a comparable deal to what you outlined above.
Dropping the 2-yr AT&T contract requirements to 1-year, better yet zero ---- might get me interested. Maybe
Who does that?
We can get iPhones on 1 year contracts and also as outright purchases on zero contract.
Why does sit say that a refurbished iPhone 3G comes with a warranty of "90 days or more?" What the heck does that mean is it or isn't it 90 days?
I dont see this price when i want to renew my contract. And yes i am eligible for an upgrade. Anybody know why this is?
Um... how? I'm paying ~$66/month, all told, for 450 minutes/5000 N&W/200 text, and unlimited data - this on a 2G iphone. How on earth are you getting another 200 minutes, 1300 text, and 3G for essentially the same price? Please tell me, because if I can get that, I'm sure as hell buying an iphone 3G.
Rightly or wrongly, I don't think that's going to make a big difference in most people's carrier decisions. $5 on a monthly bill does add up, but I can't see people choosing or not choosing a provider on that basis.
...this is kind of like saying "Apple has the Mac Mini in the refurbished store, it must mean they're going to be releasing new ones," No it just means the iPhones are not exactly new any more and they've gotten back so many broken ones that they might as well fix them up and sell them at a discount.
Then you wouldn't ever need an iPhone, except as a toy, and you can buy better toys at the same up front price or cheaper without the monthly fee so I'm really not seeing your point here, you're not the market they're aiming at with the $99 price point.
Definitely. If they force people who pay full price for the device to sign a contract, why wouldn't they force people who buy refurbished devices on contract to sign an extension?
I believe you can still buy AppleCare extension to 2-years on refurbished phones, so that's not too bad. Anyways, I think refurbished devices (especially from Apple) tend to have higher quality control since they have to pick the good parts to remanufacture the refurbished device. Many times new devices have untested parts that result in DOAs.
This is the same model most printer manufacturers use and most consumers don't account for. Get a free printer and pay $20 for ink cartridges that print 100 pages.
When did MR become Engadget?
This means that enough defective devices have been exchanged for them to make refurbished phones to sell. No other conclusions can be made.
You need a FAN account and then if you're lucky a CSR who hasn't been told not to add codes. You can find a list feature codes on the HoFo wiki.
Dropping the 2-yr AT&T contract requirements to 1-year, better yet zero ---- might get me interested. Maybe
They even require people who bring their own devices to sign a contract [which is unheard of a fews ago], so again, unlikely.
A lot of discounts, haggling, and pleading.
wow, this sounds like a good deal. i'll have to start telling people that are in the market about this
My point is if the monthly fee were cheaper i'd get it.
I do have a cell phone even if I don't use it much. I also have a pocket PC and an ipod. Combining all of these things would be nice.
Ya i know that. Apple is the only one who does that...
Everyone else has a huge retail price tag.
Apple has one flat out rate if you have a contract or not.
Cocoa,
Where did you see/hear about the $199/$299 pricing for those not eligible?
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Sorry, thought you were a troll baiting and waiting for someone to mention "It's cheaper then verizon" and then point to lower plan prices at Sprint and /or T-Mobile. Look around the iphone forum ... it's full of similar 1-2 posts.
What makes it worse is they usually refer to deals that are hard to get / not common for the customer and my point was you can do the same with AT&T if you know how to look.
Apple already has "knocked" the price down a notch by allowing carriers to offer subsidy's. That is why Apple has sold millions .....
By offering a discounted refurb they are creating a form of price discrimination for more price sensitive customers. If they had lowered the original price for new phones they would just be hurting revenue.
I'm waiting for the next iPhone that will have CMDA 1xEVDO capabilities (Verizon, Sprint, US Cellular). I know a guy who works for Verizon who says that the iPhone would compete with their VCast music store crap thingy. Who the hell wants to pay TWO BUCKS for their Verizon-phone only music downloads? I say nobody gives a rat's hind end about Verizon's stupid soon-to-be-made-obsolete-by-the-iPhone VCast garbage. All we want and care about are their ultra-dense coverage and AT&T-pwning data speed. I have Verizon's LG enV2, and although it's a pretty good little phone in its own merit, it starts to look pretty pathetic when compared to the Jesus phone. lolAt this price they should be able to move some more phones, but mostly to people who loose or break them I suppose.
Well your 100% right minus the pleading part. I just know how to ask nicely the first time
The one year contracts are with Optus and both Optus and Telstra sell the phone outright. Apple do not sell the iPhone directly in Australia but rather through 4 different carriers.
I don't see why AT&T couldn't do 12 month contracts.
I'm eligible to upgrade and am 1 year into ownership of my 1st Gen iPhone (Dec 07) and my price on a refurb is $149 and $249 (16GB).
I really tire of the 'new customers get the best deal' crap that phone companies do. ATT in particular has NO long-term customer benefits.
I really tire of the 'new customers get the best deal' crap that phone companies do. ATT in particular has NO long-term customer benefits.