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iPhone "No-Commitment" Option for AT&T

dom7 said:
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/specials/iphone-info.jsp

You have the option to purchase an early upgrade priced at $399 for 8GB (black) or $499 for 16GB (black or white). Two-year contract required. Coming soon, AT&T will offer a no-commitment option of $599 for 8GB and $699 for 16GB.


Has anyone seen this? This is really expensive!
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Yup, seen... That is high price. It would be cool if it was sim free but I don't think that is the case.

Interesting thing is it looks like that pricing isn't available on July 11th.
 
Wow. 7 Bill for an iphone. Thats the same price as a new Macbook. ($999 - free ipod which can be sold for $300 on ebay = $699 macbook)
 
I'm assuming this is for Pay As You Go customers? My boyfriend needs to be PAYG, but there's no way he'll be able to afford this now...
 
frosse said:
I dont know, I'm not american.
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lol now I look at your location. :D

To answer your question (after feeling like :eek:) no the phone should still be sim locked. I am not even sure if they will unlock the iPhone like they do other phones.

Side note: I am realizing that it would be cheaper for a European to come here and buy the iPhone than it would be to buy the iPhone there. I wonder if AT&T would up the price if they get too many people going for the no commitment price.
 
frosse said:
Do you think it will be unlocked??
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Definitely NOT. AT&T is the EXCLUSIVE provider of the iPhone.

ivnds said:
Gizmodo is reporting it will be unlocked.


http://gizmodo.com/5021047/everythi...uying-an-iphone-3g-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask
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FUD...

They will be locked and still REQUIRE activation before leaving the store...

No-Committment means you don't have to sign up for long-term service. You are just month-to-month... if you stop, you have an iPod Touch (or you can hack away).
 
diamond.g said:
lol now I look at your location. :D

To answer your question (after feeling like :eek:) no the phone should still be sim locked. I am not even sure if they will unlock the iPhone like they do other phones.

Side note: I am realizing that it would be cheaper for a European to come here and buy the iPhone than it would be to buy the iPhone there. I wonder if AT&T would up the price if they get too many people going for the no commitment price.
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Well its actually not cheaper in US than in EU. Carrier O2 in UK for example is said to sell their 16GB for £360 which is about $719. AT&T's 16GB is $699
+sales tax (like 7 per cent in NY,right?) = $747.

Reports say that O2's phone would be locked though so thats why I wanted to know whether or not the AT&T phone would be unlocked.

Whatever, I'll just hack it.
 
It doesn't make much sense to sell it locked with no-commitment as it will definitely be unlocked by hackers at some point.

The question is, will they sell it to non-American citizens?
 
yyy said:
It doesn't make much sense to sell it locked with no-commitment as it will definitely be unlocked by hackers at some point.
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Thats like saying that a car shouldnt have an alarm b/c anyone who intend to steal actually will.



The question is, will they sell it to non-American citizens?
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Well you dont sign anything do you? Not like they do a credit check on you for a prepaid phone, right?
What if I would stay in the US for a couple of months and needed a phone.
 
frosse said:
Thats like saying that a car shouldnt have an alarm b/c anyone who intend to steal actually will.
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It's different because the alarm would go off as soon as someone tries to break into the car and it is going to be more difficult for the thief to stop the alarm or drive with the alarm still playing.

If they sell iPhones which are locked to AT&T's network, people can safely get out of the store and hack them with no around to ever know anything about it.


Well you dont sign anything do you? Not like they do a credit check on you for a prepaid phone, right?
What if I would stay in the US for a couple of months and needed a phone.
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I don't know, maybe they'll ask people to prove they are American citizens before selling them the iPhone even if they don't have to sign anything.
 
These PAYG prices are almost identical to the leaked O2 prices in the UK. In the UK we are pretty happy, because we were expecting to get stung even harder.
 
a456 said:
These PAYG prices are almost identical to the leaked O2 prices in the UK. In the UK we are pretty happy, because we were expecting to get stung even harder.
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Indeed, this is the first major tech launch I can ever remember when the UK was not screwed over price-wise. We have arguably one of the best iPhone deals in the world, although of course this isn't really demonstrative of how good our deal is, just how bad the rest of the world's are.
 
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