I suspect you are on to something. My wife bought the 3GS in November and her eligibility has not changed. She is only eligibile for the partially discounted price - $399.00 for a 16GB 3GS.
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At&t changing phone uprade eligability for many iphone users
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I suspect you are on to something. My wife bought the 3GS in November and her eligibility has not changed. She is only eligibile for the partially discounted price - $399.00 for a 16GB 3GS.
Nah? Do you have a November 2010 date that got pushed up?
Everyone from June-October had their dated pushed up.
For the longest time, my upgrade has been: "A full discount on a standard handset or iPhone upgrade is not available at this time but you may qualify on 11/20/2010. We can offer you a discounted iPhone upgrade at a higher price with a 2-yr commitment and an $18 upgrade fee. Please visit a participating iPhone sales location for pricing on this offer."
just checked this instant and it now says "As a valued customer, we can offer you an upgrade with a new 2-yr commitment and an $18 upgrade fee."
does this mean I'm eligible on launch day at the full upgrade price??
just checked this instant and it now says "As a valued customer, we can offer you an upgrade with a new 2-yr commitment and an $18 upgrade fee."
does this mean I'm eligible on launch day at the full upgrade price??
I checked my eligibility upgrade date yesterday and it was 07/07/2010.
I just checked it a min ago and it changed to NOW!
MAN! I am excited. I had planned to call AT&T to ask for it. But now I don't have to! Now if the new iPhone comes out tomorrow, I will be the first one be there!
I just checked it a min ago and it changed to NOW!
MAN! I am excited. I had planned to call AT&T to ask for it. But now I don't have to! Now if the new iPhone comes out tomorrow, I will be the first one be there!
I am thinking a different reason. I got a 3gs on release day last year and I spend greater than $100 and my date was 6/20/2010. Just checked and I am eligible now....If the plan was to release in July there was no need to move my date up. I would have been eligible come the 20th of June.
I fully expect the phone to be released the 11th or 18th of June
I just saw this story over on TUAW so I had to check it out. On june 3, it said i was only eligible for the slightly less discounted price until 9/19/2010. Just now it says I'm fully eligible. SWEET!! Time to put my 3GS on Craigslist 
If i can get enough for it, I may have to sell my wife's as well and get her a new one too and pocket the extra cash. It looks like the 3GS's are listing for around $400 here.
If i can get enough for it, I may have to sell my wife's as well and get her a new one too and pocket the extra cash. It looks like the 3GS's are listing for around $400 here.
i think last year the preorders began right after wwdc ended. hopefully this yeat will be the same!
This thread made me go check my account. So I have two AT&T phones. On my iPhone 3GS it says i "may qualify for a full discount on a standard iPhone upgrade on 7/16." That is the line that I upgraded with a new 2 yr contract sometime last november, going from the original iPhone to the 3GS one. Sounds dicey.... "may qualify."
On my other AT&T line, i am now just month to month on an LG CU515 because I still like the phone and as a second line and a non-smartphone, it's cheap and no commitment, so why upgrade it and make a new contract. Anyway on that one, it says "As a valued customer, we can offer you a discounted iPhone upgrade with a new 2-yr commitment and an $18 upgrade fee." So that sounds like "now" to me. As opposed to july 16 on the other one.
So I guess if I REALLY REALLY like what I hear and see of a new iPhone and cannot wait, then I could get a second iPhone on launch day by upgrading from my LG phone, instead of waiting until at least July 16 (assuming launch is in June). But why would I do that do myself?! I live in a dead zone, so having two active iphones with data plans would be stupid. It's close to stupid having the 3GS upgrade and the original iPhone around anyway... but one can use the original iPhone as a WiFi only device, so I do. It's like having an ipod touch with a camera.
So I will probably wait. Having an iPad coming in on June 9 (finally! - ordered it way back on May 22) should be plenty enough new gadget excitement for me for awhile anyway.
On my other AT&T line, i am now just month to month on an LG CU515 because I still like the phone and as a second line and a non-smartphone, it's cheap and no commitment, so why upgrade it and make a new contract. Anyway on that one, it says "As a valued customer, we can offer you a discounted iPhone upgrade with a new 2-yr commitment and an $18 upgrade fee." So that sounds like "now" to me. As opposed to july 16 on the other one.
So I guess if I REALLY REALLY like what I hear and see of a new iPhone and cannot wait, then I could get a second iPhone on launch day by upgrading from my LG phone, instead of waiting until at least July 16 (assuming launch is in June). But why would I do that do myself?! I live in a dead zone, so having two active iphones with data plans would be stupid. It's close to stupid having the 3GS upgrade and the original iPhone around anyway... but one can use the original iPhone as a WiFi only device, so I do. It's like having an ipod touch with a camera.
So I will probably wait. Having an iPad coming in on June 9 (finally! - ordered it way back on May 22) should be plenty enough new gadget excitement for me for awhile anyway.
In the same boat as the rest of people. AT&T is finally registering my account as eligible for a subsidized price on the iPhone G4 tomorrow. Asked a couple of friends and all of them are in the same situation. Up until today, all of us had our eligible date as 11/21. All three of us had purchased the original iPhone at launch for full price, got the 3G at launch for the discounted rate, paid the "full" price for the 3GS at launch.
Mine used to just give me a partial discount (399/499) and full discount in Nov. I just checked now and it says I'm eligible for full discount!!
There were a lot of shipping delays last year even for people who ordered within the first days of the announcement. So who knows?
Looks like the people that are getting moved up are within 2010. Anyone 2011 and out don't get to have a full upgrade, maybe partial.
yah thats what i was just gonna say. so insted of 3 months it looks like they are bumping up people within 6 months.
has anyone with a 2011 date got moved up?