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All iPads (AT&T) My iPad 3 LTE qualifies for...a...full upgrade?

mikeydeezy

mikeydeezy

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I was managing my AT&T account online when I decided to check my upgrade eligibility (I've been debating ditching my iPhone 5 for a Galaxy Note II) and I, kind of as a har-har, checked the eligibility on the iPad.

And I qualify for a full upgrade!

What the hell? Is this normal my fellow AT&T users?


I would capitalize on this but:

1. I worry about them catching on and manually adjusting the price.
2. Be obligating my iPad to some higher-than-$10-a-month plan.
 
any device with a cellular connection gets assigned a phone #. That number can be used for an upgrade to get something like a new iPhone subsidized. Wont affect the iPad at all.
 
mikeydeezy said:
I was managing my AT&T account online when I decided to check my upgrade eligibility (I've been debating ditching my iPhone 5 for a Galaxy Note II) and I, kind of as a har-har, checked the eligibility on the iPad.

And I qualify for a full upgrade!

What the hell? Is this normal my fellow AT&T users?


I would capitalize on this but:

1. I worry about them catching on and manually adjusting the price.
2. Be obligating my iPad to some higher-than-$10-a-month plan.
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why to worry as its not gonna affect your iPad at all
 
mikeydeezy said:
I was managing my AT&T account online when I decided to check my upgrade eligibility (I've been debating ditching my iPhone 5 for a Galaxy Note II) and I, kind of as a har-har, checked the eligibility on the iPad.

And I qualify for a full upgrade!

What the hell? Is this normal my fellow AT&T users?


I would capitalize on this but:

1. I worry about them catching on and manually adjusting the price.
2. Be obligating my iPad to some higher-than-$10-a-month plan.
Click to expand...

You can use your iPad eligibility to upgrade your phone at the fully subsidized price. It's called a Cross Upgrade.
 
My only concern is: Will I be effectively be signing another 2 yr contract?


As in I'll have to pay the $10 on my Mobile Share plan for tablets for two years?

Or is this just AT&T saying "Hey come get a subsidized phone bro!"?
 
mikeydeezy said:
My only concern is: Will I be effectively be signing another 2 yr contract?


As in I'll have to pay the $10 on my Mobile Share plan for tablets for two years?

Or is this just AT&T saying "Hey come get a subsidized phone bro!"?
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Yes, you will be signing a two year contract for the number associated with the iPad line that used the upgrade.
 
Say you use the iPad line to upgrade to an iPhone 5 for another line (upgrade swap), do you still get to keep the iPad line data only + 2yr contract?
 
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