I am about to start a new contract on At&t and was wondering if anyone has taken advantage of buying a subsidized phone prior to 'upgrading' to the iphone. Since there is no discount on the iphone, purchasing one just extends your current contract 2 years from that point. Therefore, if I bought a discounted phone on amazon.com and then a few days later bought and activated an iphone, it should theoretically be ok. However, my question is in regards to this paragraph on amazon.com:
Conditional $250 Equipment Discount Included: Your price paid includes an equipment discount of $250 that has been provided to you in exchange for either activating a new, non-substitute line of service or renewing an existing line of service with AT&T and your agreement that for the 181-day period following such activation or renewal you will: (1) pay your balance due to AT&T each month and otherwise maintain your account in good standing; (2) not disconnect this AT&T line of service; (3) not transfer this equipment to another AT&T line of service; (4) not change your AT&T service rate plan to a lower monthly service rate--this includes canceling or removing required PDA, BlackBerry, or smartphone features after your product has shipped; (5) not use this line of service to replace an existing account with AT&T. If these conditions are not met, you hereby authorize Amazon.com to charge your credit card $250 as reimbursement of this equipment discount without need for further approval.
I was thinking about buying the new "htc tilt" from amazon for $175 and then later getting the iphone. I can understand amazon getting upset about buying the tilt and then downgrading to a regular phone (thus ditching the pda plan). However, has anyone just moved to the iphone after buying a PDA from amazon? If so...how has amazon reacted? Did they recharge your credit card?
Thanks for any info...
Conditional $250 Equipment Discount Included: Your price paid includes an equipment discount of $250 that has been provided to you in exchange for either activating a new, non-substitute line of service or renewing an existing line of service with AT&T and your agreement that for the 181-day period following such activation or renewal you will: (1) pay your balance due to AT&T each month and otherwise maintain your account in good standing; (2) not disconnect this AT&T line of service; (3) not transfer this equipment to another AT&T line of service; (4) not change your AT&T service rate plan to a lower monthly service rate--this includes canceling or removing required PDA, BlackBerry, or smartphone features after your product has shipped; (5) not use this line of service to replace an existing account with AT&T. If these conditions are not met, you hereby authorize Amazon.com to charge your credit card $250 as reimbursement of this equipment discount without need for further approval.
I was thinking about buying the new "htc tilt" from amazon for $175 and then later getting the iphone. I can understand amazon getting upset about buying the tilt and then downgrading to a regular phone (thus ditching the pda plan). However, has anyone just moved to the iphone after buying a PDA from amazon? If so...how has amazon reacted? Did they recharge your credit card?
Thanks for any info...