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Early Upgrade for iPhone 4

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dr2323

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Jul 11, 2008
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Well I have a problem right now, I thought that Apple said AT&T was going to allow anyone with an upgrade in 2010 to Upgrade for the iPhone early.

I went to an Apple store to upgrade to the iPhone 4, when my upgrade isnt due until September 19th. Basically a Month from today.

My question is, has anyone recently got At&t to attest and stand with their claim to allow early upgrades, and secondly has anyone been able to get an upgrade when you only have 1 month left on your contract? Cause I have been able to do this in the past with both Verizon and T-Mobile. I would expect At&t to do the same. Should I call At&t or attempt to go to another At&t store?:apple:
 
Go to the apple store, to check when your eligible, call *NEW# on your phone and it will send you a text with details on when you can upgrade.

Although I'm pretty sure September 19th IS the early upgrade for you, and you contract ends 6 months from then, (some time in 2011)
 
dr2323 said:
Well I have a problem right now, I thought that Apple said AT&T was going to allow anyone with an upgrade in 2010 to Upgrade for the iPhone early.

I went to an Apple store to upgrade to the iPhone 4, when my upgrade isnt due until September 19th. Basically a Month from today.

My question is, has anyone recently got At&t to attest and stand with their claim to allow early upgrades, and secondly has anyone been able to get an upgrade when you only have 1 month left on your contract? Cause I have been able to do this in the past with both Verizon and T-Mobile. I would expect At&t to do the same. Should I call At&t or attempt to go to another At&t store?:apple:
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Are you currently an iPhone user?

its my understanding that if you currently own a previous generation iPhone (3G or 3GS) and your contract is going to end in the next 6 months, then you are allowed an early upgrade now. But if you own any other phone on AT&T, you must wait for your contract to end.

The 6 months early agreement is only for current iPhone owners.
 
I am a current iPhone user with a 3G. And to the other poster, no my actual 2 year contract ends September. I can switch to another service provider at that time if I choose to do so. So going to Apple is the best way to go about it?
 
dr2323 said:
Well I have a problem right now, I thought that Apple said AT&T was going to allow anyone with an upgrade in 2010 to Upgrade for the iPhone early.

I went to an Apple store to upgrade to the iPhone 4, when my upgrade isnt due until September 19th. Basically a Month from today.

My question is, has anyone recently got At&t to attest and stand with their claim to allow early upgrades, and secondly has anyone been able to get an upgrade when you only have 1 month left on your contract? Cause I have been able to do this in the past with both Verizon and T-Mobile. I would expect At&t to do the same. Should I call At&t or attempt to go to another At&t store?:apple:
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FYI - my date was September 26th, and I was not a previous iphone user (I had a razr 2). I went to an ATT Corporate store on 7/16 and the manager at the store approved me to upgrade over 2 months early. The only issue was, I had gift cards to pay with, so I couldn't order the phone - they had to be in stock. Fast forward to this past Tuesday, August 11th, still over a month from my normal update date (47 days to be exact) and the store got some 32GB phones in and the manager held 2 for me. I got EXTREMELY lucky - however if you are a good long-time customer with no payment history issues, they WILL extend an EXCEPTION upgrade, which does NOT incur and "early" upgrade fees. I paid $299 plus tax for the phones - there were no $75 early upgrade fees or anything (aside from the standard $18 upgrade fee that goes on the first bill). I hope that helps!
 
saving107 said:
Are you currently an iPhone user?

its my understanding that if you currently own a previous generation iPhone (3G or 3GS) and your contract is going to end in the next 6 months, then you are allowed an early upgrade now. But if you own any other phone on AT&T, you must wait for your contract to end.

The 6 months early agreement is only for current iPhone owners.
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This isn't correct. I'm a Blackberry user at the moment, and I have an early upgrade. My upgrade happens to be a year early.
 
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