I got my iPhone 3GS on, or very soon after, launch day in summer 2009 at the discounted price -- thereby triggering a new 2-year contract period -- and I am showing that I am already upgrade-eligible for the $199 iPhone 4. However, others, who seem similarly situated, are reporting different experiences in postings here and elsewhere.
I'm wondering whether one's upgrade-eligible date depends, in part, on one's monthly bill -- those paying for more expensive plans getting earlier dates? (I have a Family Plan with three users on unlimited minutes.) I'm not saying that this would or would not be a good thing, but simply that this might explain the discrepancies.
AT&T has clarified this afternoon that the "before the end of 2010" deal means that you get the low price on the iPhone 4 if your upgrade-eligible date was to fall before the end of 2010, not simply if your contract expires before then. That is consistent with the fact that I am showing eligible, even though my contract presumably runs into summer 2011 (i.e., two years from my discounted 3GS purchase).
I'm wondering whether one's upgrade-eligible date depends, in part, on one's monthly bill -- those paying for more expensive plans getting earlier dates? (I have a Family Plan with three users on unlimited minutes.) I'm not saying that this would or would not be a good thing, but simply that this might explain the discrepancies.
AT&T has clarified this afternoon that the "before the end of 2010" deal means that you get the low price on the iPhone 4 if your upgrade-eligible date was to fall before the end of 2010, not simply if your contract expires before then. That is consistent with the fact that I am showing eligible, even though my contract presumably runs into summer 2011 (i.e., two years from my discounted 3GS purchase).