ATT has two year contracts. You have to wait about two years before you can upgrade. Some people are less depending on how long they have been with ATT and how big your bill is. He would have to wait until March 2012 or at least mid 2011. They would not knock off more then a year off of the upgrade time. Plus the 6 months early thing was only for iPhone users who had their upgrade time occur in 2010. This is not a new policy and every one. I have friends who bought iPhones in January/February of 2009 who are still eligible in 2011, their time periods were not shortened.