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iPhone/ATT with no contract?

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pyromaniaque

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Well..Ask your mother.
Is there any possible way, at all, that I can buy an iPhone and not have to have a contract agreement? I am not currently an AT&T customer. If I bought one from Apple at 599 or on eBay, would I have to have a contract?
 
But I mean, that's for existing customers. What I want to know is if I get my iPhone myself from a third party place not affiliated with att, such as ebay, will I have to entail in 2 year contract?
 
pyromaniaque said:
But I mean, that's for existing customers. What I want to know is if I get my iPhone myself from a third party place not affiliated with att, such as ebay, will I have to entail in 2 year contract?
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Quoted Article said:
AppleInsider is reporting that Apple retail stores are now offering the iPhone 3G with no contract commitment required. The 8 GB model is priced at $599 and the $16 GB model is priced at $699. The move comes just as AT&T deploys a similar offer, which was leaked last week and quickly confirmed by AT&T.

Apple's offer comes with fewer restrictions than AT&T's, as Apple retail stores are apparently not limiting sales to one per customer and are not requiring that purchasers be current AT&T customers.
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pyromaniaque said:
But I mean, that's for existing customers. What I want to know is if I get my iPhone myself from a third party place not affiliated with att, such as ebay, will I have to entail in 2 year contract?
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NO. Please read the entire text in that link. Direct quote from the link I posted:

Apple's offer comes with fewer restrictions than AT&T's, as Apple retail stores are apparently not limiting sales to one per customer and are not requiring that purchasers be current AT&T customers.
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Yes, if you get one off of ebay there's no contract requirement for purchase.
 
pyromaniaque said:
But don't I have to activate it with AT&T?
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Yes you have to activate your iPhone with an AT&T service.

The iPhone is locked to AT&T if you're gonna buy it within the US, unless you jailbreak/unlock it; but seeing how they are updating the OS on the iPhones, good luck with unlocking the new base band which came with 2.2.1 firmware
 
pyromaniaque said:
But don't I have to activate it with AT&T?
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Again, reading is FUNDAMENTAL.

Yet again, direct quote from that same link I gave you in the first place:

While the phones are still technically locked to AT&T service, it is possible (but not supported) to unlock the phones for use with other mobile service providers. In the US, that is largely limited to T-Moble and Metro PCS, although both GSM providers do not support the 3G network the iPhone 3G needs to connect at faster than EDGE speeds.
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Read read read read read read TFA. ;)
 
Rayfire said:
Yes you have to activate your iPhone with an AT&T service.

The iPhone is locked to AT&T if you're gonna buy it within the US, unless you jailbreak/unlock it; but seeing how they are updating the OS on the iPhones, good luck with unlocking the new base band which came with 2.2.1 firmware
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Wait, so 2.2.1 can't be jailbroken?
 
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