Att new plans: Buying full price off contract day one

[metsjetsfan]

With att getting rid of the subsidy for those going to the new plans, as it stands now there will be no way for us to purchase the iphone 6 at full price on day one. For those that dont want to use NEXT. The full price off contract phones dont come out until much later.

Also if you were to buy the off contract what is the process to do this? Buy from apple the go to an att store to activate?

 

[maflynn]

Are the stopping subsidies outright because I see they're still offering them.

 

[Bacong]

just buy it on apple.com

 

[swordfish5736]

With att getting rid of the subsidy for those going to the new plans, as it stands now there will be no way for us to purchase the iphone 6 at full price on day one. For those that dont want to use NEXT. The full price off contract phones dont come out until much later.

Also if you were to buy the off contract what is the process to do this? Buy from apple the go to an att store to activate?

Off-contract sim free phones don't get released till later but you can still purchase an AT&T phone off contract at full price. I've done this multiple times with pre-orders and on launch day.

 

[Bacong]

Off-contract sim free phones don't get released till later but you can still purchase an AT&T phone off contract at full price. I've done this multiple times with pre-orders and on launch day.

you're not paying full price for a locked phone, are you?

 

[T5BRICK]

The full price off contract phones dont come out until much later.

The full price unlocked AT&T phones are available on day one. You're thinking of the SIM free model, which is also full price and unlocked, but not normally available until later.

Also if you were to buy the off contract what is the process to do this? Buy from apple the go to an att store to activate?

Walk into an Apple store or AT&T store(or probably even a Verizon store, they should work on AT&T too), and ask for an off contract phone.

 

[metsjetsfan]

Are the stopping subsidies outright because I see they're still offering them.

Only for those on the new plans

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you're not paying full price for a locked phone, are you?

Think swordfish is. I guess its that or wait. If you dont travel abroad i guess it doesnt matter.

Hopefully by the time the 6 is out they will offer off contract sim free on day 1.

Thanks to all for the helpful responses

 

[Bacong]

man, that would be terrible to pay full price for a locked phone.

 

[alent1234]

unless you absolutely have to have an iphone on day 1 its better to wait
last 2 years third party retailers had some awesome deals on iphone 5S starting in November
now with NEXT and JUMP turning 1 year old and the first phones coming off contract and the price of the bill dropping expect full price phones to start dropping in price a month or two after release as well

 

[barkomatic]

you're not paying full price for a locked phone, are you?

No, if you buy at an Apple store you can choose to pay full price for an unlocked AT&T or T-Mobile phone (which will run on AT&T's network).

In years past however, AT&T will refuse to sell you an unlocked full price iPhone at launch at either a retail store or online. Now that they've introduced Next, that will change I bet.

 

[Bacong]

No, if you buy at an Apple store you can choose to pay full price for an unlocked AT&T or T-Mobile phone (which will run on AT&T's network).

In years past however, AT&T will refuse to sell you an unlocked full price iPhone at launch at either a retail store or online. Now that they've introduced Next, that will change I bet.

well, yeah, I know that, I just didn't know what AT&T sells on their site.

 

[swordfish5736]

Only for those on the new plans

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Think swordfish is. I guess its that or wait. If you dont travel abroad i guess it doesnt matter.

Hopefully by the time the 6 is out they will offer off contract sim free on day 1.

Thanks to all for the helpful responses

man, that would be terrible to pay full price for a locked phone.

I pre-ordered my 5 first day it was available and paid full price thru apple.com. The phone came factory unlocked.

 

[Bacong]

phew

 

[metsjetsfan]

I guess we will have to see. I bet there will be yet another new set of rules by the time the 6 comes out

 

[GadgetGeek407]

unless you absolutely have to have an iphone on day 1 its better to wait
last 2 years third party retailers had some awesome deals on iphone 5S starting in November
now with NEXT and JUMP turning 1 year old and the first phones coming off contract and the price of the bill dropping expect full price phones to start dropping in price a month or two after release as well

I liked reading your post that full price phones would drop but as much as I want that I think that is wishful thinking isn't it? Where have you ever seen a current model iPhone cheaper than 650? If anything besides apple store everywhere else its actually more lol