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If you already have an iPhone 3g, upgrading to the 3gs is $599/16gb and $699/32gb
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Yes, that's the point.
The whole thing with subsidized pricing is that the carrier is essentially eating the cost of the phone in return for having you on a 2 year contract. So once they've gotten 2 years out of you, you can get a new subsidized phone.
I think people are surprised because AT&T fortunately did allow iPhone customers to get "new" upgrade pricing on the iPhone 3G even though they'd only been customers for a year, so I think people expected something similar again. But realistically, AT&T (and no other carrier) could really justify that, at least not in full (which would be why the upgrade pricing they seem to be offering current iPhone 3G customers is $200 higher than the upgrade price).
This sucks i bought mine a week ago. 16gb for 299 now its only 199 WTF? Im so glad the "friendly" AT&T rep. couldnt tell me to wait a week. WTF?
It's a middle ground. As a subsidized price, you've had your iPhone 3G for about a year, so AT&T is basically offering an upgrade price that represents about half of the subsidy (with the other $200 counting what would have been subsidized if you kept your contract the full year).
If only there had been some sort of site, about rumors related to macs and iphones, where you could have gone and perhaps read about rumors about new iphones being released......
Technically, the $400 would put the new 3GS phone at the same price the upgrade is...
As a valued AT&T customer, AT&T can offer you an early iPhone upgrade with a new 2-yr commitment and an $18 upgrade fee. You may qualify for a standard iPhone upgrade on 09/30/2009.
* $299.00* 8GB iPhone 3G (black)
* $399.00* 16GB iPhone 3G S (black or white)
* $499.00* 32GB iPhone 3G S (black or white)
* $299.00* 8GB iPhone 3G (black)
* $399.00* 16GB iPhone 3G S (black or white)
* $499.00* 32GB iPhone 3G S (black or white)
so what this means for us 3g owners is we don't upgrade the hardware this year (cause att doesn't want us to) but we do get a lot of new software) and next year we get a new iPhone (with new features - oled?) on ...... Verizon? perhaps? thats fine by me.
Apple will not let at&t do this, trust me. Pricing will be the same as it was when the 3G came out. Meaning, all current iPhone owners will get the subsidized price.
I think you're within your timeframe to return it for an exchange since you just bought it. I remember Apple doing that for me when they released the 3G. Not sure if that is still something they offer.
Right. If you take advantage of this middle path, you will be signing a new two-year contract. Since that's an additional year past what you are committed to right now, AT&T is willing to give you half of the subsidy.
I think the 3GS is a great upgrade, but I'm perfectly content with my 3G for now. Maybe on December 12 I'll have some second thoughts.
The non-subsidized price of the top tier iphone 3G has always been US $700.
People have been paying well upwards of $500 for smartphones for years. It only seems to be the iphone crowd that thinks $300 is the outright cost of their phone.
People have been paying well upwards of $500 for smartphones for years. It only seems to be the iphone crowd that thinks $300 is the outright cost of their phone.
I'd say we'll see a lot of people canceling their AT&T contracts for the prorated ETF price which will still make it about $200-300 cheaper than the full retail price. The only downside is that you would lose your number.
Not if you "move" to another provider for a week... then port back