iphone and att will returning costomers have a better deal?

[ajnittoli]

hey i was just wondering if anyone knew what the deal would be with a 3rd Generation Iphone. would att give a special deal to returning iphone customers or an option to extend their contract like they did with last years iphone.? thanks

 

[eastercat]

Probably not. iPhone v1 wasn't subsidized. So when you moved from v1 to v2, there was no contract issue to worry about.
However, now there is a committment to worry about. It's possible that AT&T might offer a middle tier of pricing for v2 owners wanting to upgrade. But, I wouldn't hold my breath.

 

[8767092]

Probably not. iPhone v1 wasn't subsidized. So when you moved from v1 to v2, there was no contract issue to worry about.
However, now there is a committment to worry about. It's possible that AT&T might offer a middle tier of pricing for v2 owners wanting to upgrade. But, I wouldn't hold my breath.

There wasn't a subsidy to worry about, but there was definitely a 2 year contract with the original iPhone to worry about.

at&t would make a lot of highly profitable iPhone customers very angry if they released a new device for a very high price for existing customers that wanted to upgrade. I imagine the phone will be available for around the same price it is right now for existing customers that want to upgrade.

We'll see when the time comes, but I expect Apple/at&t to keep the price about the same as it is now with existing customers eligible with certain conditions (account in good standing, appropriate plan, etc etc).

 

[ajnittoli]

thanks guys im ecited now ....the plans and everything r already expensive enough! ha

 

[TheMBC]

There's wasn't a subsidy, therefore the contract was not an issue. AT&T was not losing money on the deal. However, since you bought the iPhone 3G for $199/$299 instead of $599, it is yet to be known if AT&T has made its money back from that.

I don't see why AT&T wouldn't make you pay a higher price for the new iPhone...