No it stands for Sh*t because that's what this upgrade was.
Great... just great... $700 for a compass and a better CELL PHONE CAMERA great....
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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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No it stands for Sh*t because that's what this upgrade was.
Great... just great... $700 for a compass and a better CELL PHONE CAMERA great....
The number of people on this board who don't undertstand the most basic concepts of cell phones (subsidized prices, contracts, etc) is astonishing and honestly quite disturbing.
No one gets subsidized phone prices whenever they want. You have to wait until you are eligible like everyone else. You are not special. You can't go into the AT&T store and demand free/subsidized phones whenever you feel like it.
When you bought your iPhone 3G, Apple billed AT&T for the phone at a certain price and then AT&T sold the phone to you AT A LOSS in exchange for a signed contract that would guarantee they would recoup their loss and make a profit.
That very few people here seem to grasp this concept is unsettling. Get over it! All I know is that my launch-day EDGE iPhone is ready for retirement and my 32GB $299 iPhone is ordered and on its way!
No one gets subsidized phone prices whenever they want. You have to wait until you are eligible like everyone else. You are not special. You can't go into the AT&T store and demand free/subsidized phones whenever you feel like it.
When you bought your iPhone 3G, Apple billed AT&T for the phone at a certain price and then AT&T sold the phone to you AT A LOSS in exchange for a signed contract that would guarantee they would recoup their loss and make a profit.
That very few people here seem to grasp this concept is unsettling. Get over it! All I know is that my launch-day EDGE iPhone is ready for retirement and my 32GB $299 iPhone is ordered and on its way!
THANK YOU!!! Finally someone with common sense!! When I 1st got my LG Voyager, if I wasn't eligible for an upgrade it was (at the time) almost $500.00. Do you people really expect to get a new iPhone every time it comes out for the subsidized price? If you do think that, you're an idiot. Try doing the same thing with any other cell phone carriers and you will get the same thing.
If you want an HTC Touch Pro with Verizon it's $560.00 if you're not eligible for an upgrade, at&t is no different than any other cell carrier.
A few things:
First I bought a subsidized phone a year ago at 10 bucks a month means att has recouped 120 bucks of the cost of my original purchase if they offered to pro rate I would be willing to pay an extra 80 bucks to get into a 3gS. Fair obviously, not in the contract true, as the contract is whatever bone att decides to throw us we eats.
But it would make sense:
First to "put att above" the other carries and if I'm going to buy a new phone I'm going to give or sell my iphone to a friend or family member...
That means that att is going to get another 30 bucks a month $10 of which subsidizes the cost of the iphone so.. not only is att getting the same $10 a month from me they are getting another 10 bucks a month from someone who would not otherwise own an iphone.
Is att acting just like any other phone company sure... Do any of the people posting to the forum care; NO.
Challenge the Status Quo...
Think different...
Expect extra-ordinary customer service...
These are what apple users expect.
You should not be able to get a better deal for not being a customer then being a customer. (period)
It's all about how long you've been with AT&T. Having been with them for substantial years before the iPhone even came out will make that discount available even earlier. For example someone I know just got a 3G December 2008, but is showing to be eligible for the $199/$299 upgrade on August 4th
Got my 3G last year and it shows that I am eligible on 7/14/09 for an upgrade again. Called At&T to confirm and was told I could purchase the new one on 7/14/09 for the $199/$299 price. She confirmed there are many factors that go into being upgrade eligible and in my case i was eligible after 12 months because I was considered a "high value client". Whatever that means
Sucks that I'll have to wait a month to get it, but that is better then the $499 I originally thought I would pay
Sucks that I'll have to wait a month to get it, but that is better then the $499 I originally thought I would pay
We understand, but if you were in line on day1 for each launch you get pentalized an additional $200.00. So I now have to wait 20 days after the lauch to get the 299.99 price. Just like a lot of people.
I was a limbo custom from april 08 until July 11th when I got my iPhone 3g and signed a full 2 year contract. I am also a premiere customer so not sure...
An upgrade is not available at this time. Please contact AT&T customer service at 611 for assistance.
* $499.00* 8GB iPhone 3G (black)
* $599.00* 16GB iPhone 3G S (black or white)
* $699.00* 32GB iPhone 3G S (black or white)
An upgrade is not available at this time. Please contact AT&T customer service at 611 for assistance.
* $499.00* 8GB iPhone 3G (black)
* $599.00* 16GB iPhone 3G S (black or white)
* $699.00* 32GB iPhone 3G S (black or white)
Again its not that we don't understand this practice its that it could equitable be set up under a prorated model and make a lot of existing CUSTOMERS happy. The difference is that the people on this forum haven't submitted to the status quo that dictates that meganational policy is a law of natural science.
I laugh at every single person here. I'm just going to get my brother to sign up for a new contract, give me the iPhone 3GS, and give him the iPhone 3G.
$400 well saved.
$400 well saved.
Not all of us here have brothers willing to take a year old phone instead of the latest.
You won't be able to sell one for 500 bucks any more. One could go buy a new 3gs for $199 cancel the contract for 175 and come out with a new iphone 3gs for 375 NO ONE, unless you are one lucky idiot magnet, is going to buy a 3g for 500 bucks.
I hate to say I told you so, but....
Again, I'm not sure why people are surprised by this. At the end of the day, the iPhone is a phone that AT&T carries. They don't offer this type of early discount for any other phone, there's no reason to expect it here.
Again, I'm not sure why people are surprised by this. At the end of the day, the iPhone is a phone that AT&T carries. They don't offer this type of early discount for any other phone, there's no reason to expect it here.
AT&T is telling me if you spend at or over $99 for one line - you are eligible.
I'm at $95. So I have to pay the big bucks. But he said there's an "early exception upgrade" I can do where I pay $75 for the priviledge of getting the phone at the cheap price. Else, I'd have to cancel contract for $125 and get the phone. LOL
Anyone hear of this one?
I'm at $95. So I have to pay the big bucks. But he said there's an "early exception upgrade" I can do where I pay $75 for the priviledge of getting the phone at the cheap price. Else, I'd have to cancel contract for $125 and get the phone. LOL
Anyone hear of this one?
WRONG.It's all about how long you've been with AT&T. Having been with them for substantial years before the iPhone even came out will make that discount available even earlier. For example someone I know just got a 3G December 2008, but is showing to be eligible for the $199/$299 upgrade on August 4th
I have been with AT&T since the StarTac was around and the company was called BellSouth Mobility.
Then Cingular...
Then AT&T....
So I have been with them what, since about 1997.
12 YEARS....
Eligible for what?
But, yes, I do hear of this spending over some limit that AT&T has set in place.
Here's the official pricing from AT&T:
http://i.gizmodo.com/5283568/real-cost-of-iphone-3gs-about-118-more-than-you-think
http://i.gizmodo.com/5283568/real-cost-of-iphone-3gs-about-118-more-than-you-think
He's young I doubt he'll care!Not all of us here have brothers willing to take a year old phone instead of the latest.
F*** ATT!!! They are the biggest rip off carrier out there!!! & S*** customer service.
I dont see why we need to pay that much to switch sim cards and get a new phone, other carriers dont do this!!! Its like you paying extra $200 for no reason! If there were changes in contract, or something then fine but still!!!
All i got to say is F*** ATT!
People need to not buy the iphone and ATT will drop prices!
I dont see why we need to pay that much to switch sim cards and get a new phone, other carriers dont do this!!! Its like you paying extra $200 for no reason! If there were changes in contract, or something then fine but still!!!
All i got to say is F*** ATT!
People need to not buy the iphone and ATT will drop prices!