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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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The thing that strikes me as curious (and I think it was mentioned before but nobody else commented) is that the $699 price point for upgrade-ineligible purchases still requires a mandatory 2-year commitment.
That means you're still not actually buying the phone outright, because a truly unsubsidized phone purchase from AT&T has always universally meant no minimum term commitment.
So the truly unsubsidized phone, if it were actually available for purchase, would actually cost some amount even higher then $699. Woah!
That means you're still not actually buying the phone outright, because a truly unsubsidized phone purchase from AT&T has always universally meant no minimum term commitment.
So the truly unsubsidized phone, if it were actually available for purchase, would actually cost some amount even higher then $699. Woah!
THIS IS FALSE
i just bought a 3g brand new about 2 months ago..with a contract.
paid 299 for the 16gb
i am able to get the 32gb gs for 499 according to apples site..
"iPhone 3g users stiffed" = iPhone 3g users held to contract they signed when given a $500 phone for an up front cost of $200.
I just sent a email to Apple about AT&T's upgrade policy. They are punishing the loyal customers who would buy iPhone every year. Maybe if enough people complain, they will change it.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
This is really bad. AT&T sucks. A friend of mine with the same exact iPhone just got quoted an upgrade price of 349, while I got 500. My upgrade date would be 12/13/09.
Forget it. Nice job, AT&T.
That 349 is the old 3G iphone and not the 3GS ... it's showing in my AT&T page too.
Don't know if this is all true because I have the iPhone 3G with no other phone and my upgrade states that I'm available for standard iPhone upgrade on July 17th, 2009.
Well you are getting the early upgrade price, and sounds like a loophole. I can get the 16GB GS for $200, and I got my 3G in January but that again is a fluke.
Your friendly ATT rep can't tell you what they don't know. And seriously? You visit Macrumors and yet you went and bought an iPhone 1 week before a MAJOR Apple event? Talk about WTF.
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if you think you're so smart, try looking at the 2 year contract price of any other phone on AT&T. I guarantee that the 3GS is the highest. This would be a resonanle price for no committment, not another 2 year contract.
macberry said:
if you think you're so smart, try looking at the 2 year contract price of any other phone on AT&T. I guarantee that the 3GS is the highest. This would be a resonanle price for no committment, not another 2 year contract.
? I believe you. I said its a fluke, because I am in the same boat, except I qualify for the full discount.
AT&T and Apple made a special exception for those who bought the 1st gen iPhones. The 1st gen iPhones were not subsidized. That is not the case with the iPhone 3G. If you were upgrade eligible (were within the upgrade period or had activated a 1st gen iPhone on your account prior to 7/11/2008) then you got the fully subsidized upgrade pricing. Otherwise you could do an early upgrade and pay more. I know this because I did it for 15 phones on my account. One got the $199/299 pricing (mine as I had activated a 1st gen iPhone on the account before the cutoff date) and the other 14 I paid the early upgrade pricing of $399/$499.
I don't mean to come across as an a$$ but if you think something is going to be different just because it's an iPhone you are delusional.
No kidding. We lost this argument more than a year ago. And as I recall then everyone was jacked that the prices declined so much, although you got locked in with the subsidy.
Yet, I bought my 3G on launch date and I have to pay the highest prices.
What gives??
I'd say "fronting" you the cost--you're paying back the cost of the phone over the life of the contract.
Mine is showing the same pricing ($499 for the 32GB), and I purchased my current iPhone 3G on Feb. 10, 2009. So this upgrade pricing eligibility seems a bit hit or miss. Coincidentally, it states that I'm eligible for the full discount price of $199/$299 on Feb 10, 2010. Which would be only 12 months after the start of my current contract. So is AT&T allowing full discounting after serving only half of the 2 yr iPhone 3G contract?
yeah i dont visit that often, some of us have lives, (working, etc.) so i cant just sit on rumor sites all day. A friend of mine informed me of rumors after the fact so thanks for the criticism, besides im pretty sure the store managers(the one who sold me the phone), would know what kind of merchandise they would be recieving since such measures require preparation.
Why? Because AT&T is holding you to the contract YOU agreed too?
Get over it folks, it's a phone. If you can't afford it (which I can't) get over it. Nobody forced you to buy an iPhone and sign up with AT&T (not that any other carrier would be doing anything differently). What is up with the sense of entitlement so many people have these days?
If you break your contract you cannot have an account with ATT for a period of time (maybe 6 months).
Great point, I believe I had my iPhone 3G replaced in March because of a defect. I'm checking my Bro's who also has got a 3G on launch day and hasn't had it replaced to see what his upgrade says.
I think that's it..
This is what my Bro's says for upgrade:
As a valued AT&T customer, you may be eligible for an upgrade on this line, with reduced equipment pricing when signing a 2-year contract. Click Upgrade Today to view your upgrade options.