Iphone 3G will be available from ATT without a contract.
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From what I understand you cannot simply extend your current ATT contract (start a brand new 2 year contract) if you are in the middle of it to get the $199 price. You would need to pay $399 for the 'upgrade'.
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If it's true thankfully my contract is up at the end of July. Although I'd rather get it on the 11th.
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If it's true thankfully my contract is up at the end of July. Although I'd rather get it on the 11th.
Please. Jack Bauer would torture Steve Jobs, shoot his family, and torch the homes of his friends. Jack Bauer could get one early, and G-D BLESS AMERICA!
But, more seriously, for $600, I'd be looking at the HTC Touch Pro or the Touch Diamond, too.
Originally posted by: corkyg
Basically all phones and connection cards are available without contracts if you pay full retail price for them. What's hard is to find employees who understand that and can deal with it.
Because they are like Geek Squad. They don't know more then what they have been told, and cannot think rationally on their own.
I am surprised that the no contract phones will still be "locked" to AT&T (3rd paragraph). That, to me, largely defeats the point of buying it without a contract.
The iPhone is a really neat device - I'm typing this post on one - but I really think Apple messed up with all of their restrictions on them. They had the opportunity to really dominate the industry if they'd just unleashed it on all networks worldwide. I believe that their revenue sharing plan is a good idea to boost profits in the short-term but in the long-term I think it's a strategic mistake. They could have had an "Apple ][" sized impact on the worldwide communications industry if they sold them like iPod Touch's (with internal cell radios) and opened thevfilesystem access wide open.
Instead they limit themselves to a much smaller number of higher income consumers... If they'd opened the apps wide open, unlocked it, let it be used as a tether, open the bluetooth stack (the A2DP limitation is a software thing)... It would have really shaken things up, and given Apple a huge strategic advantage as the world moves from cell phones to always enabled portable Internet mini-laptops.
The iPhone is a really neat device - I'm typing this post on one - but I really think Apple messed up with all of their restrictions on them. They had the opportunity to really dominate the industry if they'd just unleashed it on all networks worldwide. I believe that their revenue sharing plan is a good idea to boost profits in the short-term but in the long-term I think it's a strategic mistake. They could have had an "Apple ][" sized impact on the worldwide communications industry if they sold them like iPod Touch's (with internal cell radios) and opened thevfilesystem access wide open.
Instead they limit themselves to a much smaller number of higher income consumers... If they'd opened the apps wide open, unlocked it, let it be used as a tether, open the bluetooth stack (the A2DP limitation is a software thing)... It would have really shaken things up, and given Apple a huge strategic advantage as the world moves from cell phones to always enabled portable Internet mini-laptops.
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Who knows? They're forcing people to activate in-store at the time of purchase.. they can just make ETF's in-store only as well.
If they have an affordable pay as you go plan i.e. $40 for 250 minutes+unlimited data. I will be down in a heartbeat. I will be in wifi service 80% of the time, but that 20% will be very useful for EDGE and 3G. I don't want the obligation to pay all the time, but buy when I need it would be fine for me.
it's good that they are selling it separately, but i wonder how hampered the phone is without a data plan (which, given that it's still locked to the ATT network, would probably be the only reason to buy it separately)... i get the impression that much of its software just assumes you have one and tries to download stuff on the web, which without a data plan would either be very expensive or just not work...
anyone here using the original iPhone without a data plan?
anyone here using the original iPhone without a data plan?
Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
Originally posted by: corkyg
Basically all phones and connection cards are available without contracts if you pay full retail price for them. What's hard is to find employees who understand that and can deal with it.
Because they are like Geek Squad. They don't know more then what they have been told, and cannot think rationally on their own.
Not at all, we have a right to deny business especially on such a hot commodity. We won't sell the phone without contract for atleast a couple months after launch. And even then, most reps will not sell it as we don't get anything out of selling a phone at retail (no commission).
starting from next friday, we get the fully unlocked Iphone 3G in Belgium. SIM locking and all that crap is not allowed by law here.
The 8GB will cost ?525, the 16GB will cost ?615. No need to take a contract, because it's unlocked it will work on all 3 networks here.
The 8GB will cost ?525, the 16GB will cost ?615. No need to take a contract, because it's unlocked it will work on all 3 networks here.
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