Comments on: iPhone Upgrades: What Apple and AT&T Should Have Done

By: Carol

Carol — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:42:04 +0000

I think it sucks!! I plan to get a regular phone and throw my iPhone into the trash can. I’ll drop my 30 extra dollars for multi media and pay a base phone rate until my contract is up then swap back to Tmobile. If AT&T can’t work with me to keep a good customer then I’m out. I’ll just call it a lesson well learned.

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:39:52 +0000

Turns out that after one year, you get half of a subsidy. So $100 extra to buy the 3GS on July 11, 2009 if you bought your 3G on July 11, 2008.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:05:18 +0000

Aren’t current iphone 3g customers that are still under AT&T’s contract eligible for a standard upgrade after 1 year of owning the iphone & being on the contract… meaning they get the discounted price once 1 year has passed?

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:27:42 +0000

The full price of the phone is actually $699. So when you pay $299, at&t has to pay Apple $400 (or maybe less because I’m sure they aren’t paying retail). When you do the early upgrade of $499 you are still getting $200 off and still have to sign a 2 year contract. If you don’t want a contract you need to buy it for the full $699 price.