Can you buy an iPhone from AT&T without the plan?

[GFLPraxis]

There are no Apple Stores within two or three hundred miles and I'm starting to come down with a sore throat so I'm not app for any long driving trips.

I'm planning to buy an iPhone and unlock with ZiPhone for use on T-Mobile. I assume Best Buy doesn't sell iPhones, so the only store I can think of that would carry them is the AT&T store.

Can I buy an iPhone from a Cingular/AT&T store and leave without a contract, or will I have to order an iPhone from Apple?

 

[kster]

There are no Apple Stores within two or three hundred miles and I'm starting to come down with a sore throat so I'm not app for any long driving trips.

I'm planning to buy an iPhone and unlock with ZiPhone for use on T-Mobile. I assume Best Buy doesn't sell iPhones, so the only store I can think of that would carry them is the AT&T store.

Can I buy an iPhone from a Cingular/AT&T store and leave without a contract, or will I have to order an iPhone from Apple?

you can go to the store, and buy an iPhone and walk right out.
iPhones are to be activated at home through itunes.

 

[SFStateStudent]

Also check out the...

AT&T "Go Phone" which you have no contract, and you pay by the month.

 

[TXCraig]

They will want to pre-qualify you for service if you purchase at the AT&T store... its not a requirment. To save yourself some time- just tell them its a gift for someone else.