best way to get iphone 4 w/o signing up for contract?

[spitboy2000]

What can i do? i want it as early as possible. can i get my friends with at&T to buy two? say it's lost and get a replacement?

 

[KnowNol]

request a debug unit from Apple. It's the same thing but it just has a small sticker on the back saying debug unit.

 

[Roessnakhan]

If you're going to say its lost then you'd have to pay full price for a replacement. I'd just go to eBay.

 

[nburwell]

I'm willing to bet you're not going to be able to get the iPhone 4 w/o signing a two-year contract with AT&T.

 

[LoganT]

What can i do? i want it as early as possible. can i get my friends with at&T to buy two? say it's lost and get a replacement?

But it for 600 or 700 dollars

Or I guess buy it for 200 or 300 dollars then cancel the contract at 325 dollars

So either 525 dollars or 625 dollars.

 

[yg17]

What can i do? i want it as early as possible. can i get my friends with at&T to buy two? say it's lost and get a replacement?

You could hang around in some bars near Cupertino and hope some idiot Apple employee loses his.

 

[sniffies]

Open a new line with new phone number. Buy iPhone 4 for 199/299. Cancel the old contract with old phone number by paying $175 or less. Enjoy your new iPhone and new phone number! Voilà!

 

[marksman]

Open a new line with new phone number. Buy iPhone 4 for 199/299. Cancel the old line and new number by paying $175 or less. Enjoy your new iPhone and new phone number! Voilà!

ETF is 325 now.

 

[iMrNiceGuy0023]

Open a new line with new phone number. Buy iPhone 4 for 199/299. Cancel the old line and new number by paying $175 or less. Enjoy your new iPhone and new phone number! Voilà!

that $175 is now $325

 

[Carlos E]

The 32GB iPhone 3GS was sold at a no contract price for $799. That is how I bought mine. Hopefully, there will be a no contract price for the iPhone 4.0.

Hopefully the websites covering WWDC will ask.

 

[elephunkman]

that $175 is now $325

The ETF only applies to new contracts after June 1st. My ETF is now 120.

 

[sniffies]

ETF is 325 now.

that $175 is now $325

Wait a sec, isn't it $175 on old contracts??? $325 is NOT what my contract said when I agreed to it back in 2009.

 

[sniffies]

The ETF only applies to new contracts after June 1st. My ETF is now 120.

Thank you.

 

[spitboy2000]

thats an idea, but it would be 199 plus 325 (new higher drop fee) plus 70 bucks (monthly) = $595

 

[wineandcarbs]

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry9000/4.6.0.125 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/107)

I really hope the iPhone 4 is available outright. I'm in Canada and when its released I want to buy one but don't want to renew my contract for another 3 years (3 year terms on Rogers here).

 

[Press22]

I'm not sure about the new contract but the old one that I got with my 3G says that no cancellation fee will be applied if cancelled before 30 days.

 

[Gator24765]

ebay, craigslist

 

[sniffies]

I'm not sure about the new contract but the old one that I got with my 3G says that no cancellation fee will be applied if cancelled before 30 days.

You can. But then you have to return the phone too.

 

[Carlos E]

Can someone at WWDC JUST ASK if there is a no contract price for the iPhone 4?