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rtabdo

macrumors 6502
Jan 26, 2010
475
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I'm not eligible till Feb 2012. I'm on the phone with AT&T now asking why that's the case.

I'm all for upgrading, but I'm not gonna pay $250 extra to do it.
 

riverwater

macrumors member
Aug 24, 2010
58
0
My wife has a iphone4 from AT&T, and won't be able to upgrade $199 until next March. If I buy a new iphone 4S next Friday, and join her as a family plan. How much will I pay for the iphone 4S? $199 or $449?
 

rayyu882

macrumors member
Jan 18, 2010
95
3
My wife has a iphone4 from AT&T, and won't be able to upgrade $199 until next March. If I buy a new iphone 4S next Friday, and join her as a family plan. How much will I pay for the iphone 4S? $199 or $449?

To add a new line then you should have the full upgrade discount price for the new line.
 

phreebsd

macrumors regular
Aug 6, 2010
225
1
the main line on a multiline contract with a bill over 150 gets 12 month upgrade cycle.
 

rockyroad55

macrumors 601
Jul 14, 2010
4,152
59
Phila, PA
My wife has a iphone4 from AT&T, and won't be able to upgrade $199 until next March. If I buy a new iphone 4S next Friday, and join her as a family plan. How much will I pay for the iphone 4S? $199 or $449?

If you're talking about opening a new line on her plan, it will be 199 for you.
 

rayyu882

macrumors member
Jan 18, 2010
95
3
the main line on a multiline contract with a bill over 150 gets 12 month upgrade cycle.

hmmm... We didn't get that. My wife's line is the main line and we are over $150/month, but her upgrade time is like 17 months (June 2010 to 11/2011) and it's still say +$250 for all of our 4 lines.
 

Wicked1

macrumors 68040
Apr 13, 2009
3,283
14
New Jersey
Full Discounts for me if I decide to upgrade which I may not

$199 for 16GB
$299 for 32GB
$399 for 64 GB

I think I will stick with my 4 which is 32GB, not sure I want to go with the 4S
 

iamse7en

macrumors member
Original poster
Jan 9, 2007
90
8
Why so much discrepancy of dates AND prices among people who bought their i4s on launch day? Does it depend on monthly charge, type of account, how long you've been with AT&T, or combination of all?
 

neenja

macrumors 6502
Jul 17, 2008
292
0
How do people get this? I bought mine on launch day and mine is Feb. 2012. :mad:

if youre the primary line in a family plan contract with a high enough monthly bill, a 1 year contract fulfillment is enough for you to upgrade again
 

admanimal

macrumors 68040
Apr 22, 2005
3,531
2
Interesting, I always just assumed that all lines were on equal footing as far as how long they had to wait for upgrades.
 

oripaamoni

macrumors member
Aug 25, 2009
32
0
... Bought iPhone 4 on launch day, bill is about ~180 every month i am the primary number and it says Nov. 25th... for full discount otherwise +$250
 

alphaod

macrumors Core
Feb 9, 2008
22,183
1,245
NYC
$399 for the 64GB; weird my contract has only passed 10 months (must be that I pay $400 a month for service), but I'm buying it unlocked, so it'll most likely be $849.
 

Chaos123x

macrumors 68000
Jul 8, 2008
1,698
34
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AT&T is putting the screws to it's loyalist iPhone customers this time.

I guess it's punishment for not switching to Verizon earlier in the year.
 

rockyroad55

macrumors 601
Jul 14, 2010
4,152
59
Phila, PA
$399 for the 64GB; weird my contract has only passed 10 months (must be that I pay $400 a month for service), but I'm buying it unlocked, so it'll most likely be $849.

Yeah same here, my main company line is about $300/month with those global data and talk plans and such, but I'm saving that line for something better next year.
 

riverwater

macrumors member
Aug 24, 2010
58
0
Can I just pre-order an iphone 4s tomorrow from Apple.com, after receiving it next Friday hopefully, just call AT&T to add an additional line to my wife's plan?

If you're talking about opening a new line on her plan, it will be 199 for you.
Originally Posted by riverwater View Post
My wife has a iphone4 from AT&T, and won't be able to upgrade $199 until next March. If I buy a new iphone 4S next Friday, and join her as a family plan. How much will I pay for the iphone 4S? $199 or $449?
 

Xirian

macrumors member
Sep 17, 2007
80
47
Can I just pre-order an iphone 4s tomorrow from Apple.com, after receiving it next Friday hopefully, just call AT&T to add an additional line to my wife's plan?

If you buy a phone without having a line on the account you'll pay full retail for it. I don't know if it lets you switch to a family plan when preordering, but you can probably just get a sim only line today and then preorder for that line when the preorders go up.
 

rkahl

macrumors 65816
Jul 29, 2010
1,021
0
I hope this changes?? Got my 4 on launch day:

Before Nov 16, 2011
$449.00

$549.00

$649.00

After Nov 16, 2011
$199.00

$299.00

$399.00

Got my iPhone 4 on launch day as well, but I paid $299 for the 32gb 4S. I even asked an AT&T rep about this. She told me there were 850 variables determining who gets an upgrade with payment time being one of the big ones. LOL, I had an overdue balance I had to take care of before I upgraded 2 days ago.
 

slippery-pete

macrumors 68020
Jun 23, 2007
2,135
1,046
299 for 32g

Almost find it comical how mad people are that At&t didn't bump up their eligibility date.
 
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