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So I may or may not have just gotten an AT&T Rep to confirm the iPhone 5 date in Sept

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aevelasquez

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I was on the phone with an AT&T rep to check if i could replace my water-damaged iPhone for $199. He told me that my upgrade became effective on 10/19/11, one year after i bought it. He then went on to say that if i replace it now, then I won't be able to use the upgrade in the future. I told him that I knew the iPhone 5 was just around the corner and that if he thought getting a temporary prepaid GoPhone for that month and a half in waiting was a good idea. He told me that that was my best bet, that the iPhone 5 was in plans to be announced in September and that AT&T would definitely be carrying it by the time my upgrade came into effect, so if i just held off buying the iPhone 4 Replacement, as he said he was, then I would be able to get the newest edition in about a month.

Thoughts?

P.S. Feel free to doubt, disbelieve, and troll. I couldn't give less of a *****.
 
It's not like the rep pinned down an actual date of release. Anyone that has been paying attention to the news knows the new iPhone 5 is coming soon. I saw it on FoxNews.com the other day, so I'm sure CNN had it too, CNet, etc, etc.
 
Applejuiced said:
The question is what the hell are you talking about?
No AT&T rep knows any more than you and me about when the next iphone is coming out.
Believe what you want.
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i definitely just posted this as an informative retelling. You can take from it what you will, feel free to call *********. I couldn't really care less. What I don't see, though, is why he would rather have me spend 10 dollars on a goPhone than 199 on an iPhone 4 unless there it was a sure thing that i was going to spend more on the iPhone 5 in a month or so.

And yeah, I'm pretty sure the people who are official carriers of the damn thing would know a bit more about it than you, I, or any other consumer
 
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aevelasquez said:
You just contradicted yourself...what the hell are you even talking about?
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I think he's saying that the AT&T rep has seen the same rumors as the rest of us. It's a pretty good guess that it's coming, but he doesn't know more than the rest of us.
Anyway if you want a water damaged phone replaced for the subsidized price take it to Apple and do an out of warranty replacement, its $199 and you don't waste an upgrade.
 
mrkramer said:
I think he's saying that the AT&T rep has seen the same rumors as the rest of us. It's a pretty good guess that it's coming, but he doesn't know more than the rest of us.
Anyway if you want a water damaged phone replaced for the subsidized price take it to Apple and do an out of warranty replacement, its $199 and you don't waste an upgrade.
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Oh I gotcha, yeah but if i do that then I won't have the money for the 5 if and when announced in a month or so.
 
aevelasquez said:
And yeah, I'm pretty sure the people who are official carriers of the damn thing would know a bit more about it than you, I, or any other consumer
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The management doesn't tell them things like that, since Apple is very secretive. I was in an Apple store recently, and the salesperson was talking to someone about an iphone, and when the person mentioned the possible release of the iPhone 5 in the fall he confirmed that that's what the rumors are saying, but they aren't told anything officially.
 
Tell your story to digitimes since they seem to consider anyone a "source" lol

The guy was speculating just as much as anyone else TS, he probably reads about iPhone rumors too :cool:
 
Carlanga said:
Tell your story to digitimes since they seem to consider anyone a "source" lol

The guy was speculating just as much as anyone else TS, he probably reads about iPhone rumors too :cool:
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He very may well have been, i was just telling you guys about what went on, not really going one way or the other.
 
vincebio said:
you know nothing about apple if you really believe that....
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It's not just not knowing anything about Apple. Since the launch of the first iPhone we've never been told anything by an AT&T employee that panned out. Bottom line is AT&T employees are no more knowledgable than the mass majority members of this board. It's all speculation.
 
FYI AT&T doesn't do anything with repair or exchanges replacements unless it's renewing a contract. Go talk to Apple about your phone. It's been confirmed many times AT&T at least retail wise is kept in the dark.
 
aevelasquez said:
P.S. Feel free to doubt, disbelieve, and troll. I couldn't give less of a *****.
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It's nothing against you. It's just that the second to last people to be notified (besides us, the consumers) will be carrier customer service reps.
 
bigsexyy81 said:
It's nothing against you. It's just that the second to last people to be notified (besides us, the consumers) will be carrier customer service reps.
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Probably so, man. I was legitimately just posting about it to show that even AT&T reps are prepping for an imminent launch, to add to the likelihood of its happening.
 
aevelasquez said:
i definitely just posted this as an informative retelling. You can take from it what you will, feel free to call *********. I couldn't really care less. What I don't see, though, is why he would rather have me spend 10 dollars on a goPhone than 199 on an iPhone 4 unless there it was a sure thing that i was going to spend more on the iPhone 5 in a month or so.

And yeah, I'm pretty sure the people who are official carriers of the damn thing would know a bit more about it than you, I, or any other consumer
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lol

yup im sure apple trusts people that work at the mall to keep their information confidential
 
aevelasquez said:
i definitely just posted this as an informative retelling. You can take from it what you will, feel free to call *********. I couldn't really care less. What I don't see, though, is why he would rather have me spend 10 dollars on a goPhone than 199 on an iPhone 4 unless there it was a sure thing that i was going to spend more on the iPhone 5 in a month or so.

And yeah, I'm pretty sure the people who are official carriers of the damn thing would know a bit more about it than you, I, or any other consumer
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I work for AT&T as a Sales Rep, and guess what? We don't know anything special about when the iPhone 5 is coming out. No one does, except for insiders at Apple.

Do you know how I know this? Because if there was an official release date that AT&T employees knew about, it would leak so fast, your head would spin.

Do people not realize that if there isn't a solid release date online from reputable sources, then its still up in the air?

I had one friend, a couple months ago, telling everyone that there was going to be an "iPhone Nano" and an iPhone 5 coming soon. I told him that nothing of that sort had been confirmed, and I looked like an a**hole for it. It's astonishing how gullible people are.
 
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