Couple questions about iPhone upgrade

[Silofolous]

K, I've never upgraded a phone before, never had an iPhone, so I have a couple questions.

First one, to upgrade to the iPhone 4 with a full upgrade eligibility, would it be just the $18 upgrade fee, or the fee and the $199/299 for the phone? I can't imagine AT&T would give iPhone 4's for a measly 18 bucks, but it isn't clear to me and hey, truth is stranger than fiction.

Second, They said that anyone who is eligible for an upgrade in 2010 gets bumped up. I am eligible on 12/8/10, but I haven't been bumped. After watching the keynote, I discovered that it said 6 months earlier for eligiblity. So would that mean that I would be eligible next month?

Thanks for helping an iPhone newbie.

 

[Mercaptan]

K, I've never upgraded a phone before, never had an iPhone, so I have a couple questions.

First one, to upgrade to the iPhone 4 with a full upgrade eligibility, would it be just the $18 upgrade fee, or the fee and the $199/299 for the phone? I can't imagine AT&T would give iPhone 4's for a measly 18 bucks, but it isn't clear to me and hey, truth is stranger than fiction.

Second, They said that anyone who is eligible for an upgrade in 2010 gets bumped up. I am eligible on 12/8/10, but I haven't been bumped. After watching the keynote, I discovered that it said 6 months earlier for eligiblity. So would that mean that I would be eligible next month?

Thanks for helping an iPhone newbie.

To the first: it'll be $199/299 for the phone, plus $18 upgrade fee (which just seems like gravy for AT&T).

To the second: I don't know but, that raises an interesting question of whether eligibility dates already include the 6 month shift or not.

 

[Silofolous]

Thank you for answering the first question.

As for the second, I will say that it had said 12/8/10 for the past 6 months at least, so it's not already bumped up.

 

[saving107]

To the first: it'll be $199/299 for the phone, plus $18 upgrade fee (which just seems like gravy for AT&T).

To the second: I don't know but, that raises an interesting question of whether eligibility dates already include the 6 month shift or not.

one thing nobody has mentioned here on the board yet is that AT&T and Apple charge you tax on the full retail price of the phone ($599/$699), then drop it down to $199/$299. last year I paid $250 + $18 upgrade fee ($18 was on my bill, not up front) for my iPhone 3GS 16gb.

So just an FYI if you trying to budget correctly.

 

[Mercaptan]

one thing nobody has mentioned here on the board yet is that AT&T and Apple charge you tax on the full retail price of the phone ($599/$699), then drop it down to $199/$299. last year I paid $250 + $18 upgrade fee ($18 was on my bill, not up front) for my iPhone 3GS 16gb.

So just an FYI if you trying to budget correctly.

That did not happen when i bought mine in Georgia, although this may certainly differ state by state. My phone was $299 with $20.93 tax (which is the 7% for combined state and county sales tax).

 

[Tara Luvs Apple]

one thing nobody has mentioned here on the board yet is that AT&T and Apple charge you tax on the full retail price of the phone ($599/$699), then drop it down to $199/$299. last year I paid $250 + $18 upgrade fee ($18 was on my bill, not up front) for my iPhone 3GS 16gb.

So just an FYI if you trying to budget correctly.

I have mentioned tax in other threads, just not how much!!