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I am here to help on clarifying on AT&T upgrade
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OH MY GOD KNOCK IT OFF ALREADY!
Dial *639# from your iPhone and you will get an alert back letting you know if you are eligible and under what conditions. It couldn't be simpler. If it doesn't work the first time and you get an error, try it a few times and eventually it will work.
Dial *639# from your iPhone and you will get an alert back letting you know if you are eligible and under what conditions. It couldn't be simpler. If it doesn't work the first time and you get an error, try it a few times and eventually it will work.
because you are the main line(assuming your the main line) and who ever is on the main line gets an earlier upgrade from what i understand. same case with me
That sucks and seems not to be fair! but oh well what you gonna do
What do you pay for the second line? $10? It's not enough to pay the subsidy. Therefore they can't afford to offer an early upgrade on the second line.
My husband is the primary and has the Razor. Our plan is the cheapest we can get and both of us are eligible for updates. I will update from the 3GS to the iphone 4. Since my plan costs more ($30.00 data and 15.00 for Texts) I would like to be the primary holder on the account. Can this be changed at AT&T?
Upgrade eligibility is determined on a line by line basis.
You more than likely are the primary account holder, right? This means that the charge for the family plan, the entire plan for the voice, your portion of the data and any txting you may have on your line counts towards you. Lots of people will easily hit over $99 by just adding a small txt package in this case.
On the other hand your wife would only have the $30 data charge. If this is the case, she lucky to be eligible for the 399/499 price in this case, because it doesn't conform with ATT's official upgrade policy. Add in perhaps unlimited text and...i dunno...an international data package (from 25-199/month), ATT Navigator, and Insurance (through ATT) and she'll be eligible too.*
*after 3 months when her monthly average expenditure changes.
I was under the impression that any one on an iPhone plan currently can upgrade to the iPhone 4 at the 399/499 price with a new two year commitment. Those who are upgrade eligible can get the fully subsidized price of $199/$299. However, when I try to get my upgrade eligibility, I am only getting the no commitment price of 599/699. I started off in August of 2008 with the iPhone 3G, and then did an early upgrade for the 3GS and now would like to do an early upgrade for iPhone 4, but it doesn't look like this will be possible, unless I am willing to pay the no commitment price.
If you think about it, that is basically common knowledge. (This is not to diss you!)
If your contract is ending in 2010, then you have successfully completed the two year agreement. Most upgrades are available before the contract ends. With this being said, most (if not all) of the contracts ending in 2010 should have been already eligible for an upgrade (I know that I have and my contract is up this month). They either just did not realize or were just waiting.
It is being said that it is a "bonus". The only real bonus is AT&T giving everyone who has an iPhone within the end of 2010 the chance to upgrade.