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chrissurra · 06-09-2008, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by yuntanman

actually to my understanding u can not just void ur contract when ur only 3 months in and get a new contract, and get a discount on a new phone, that was just a dumb remark.

what I meant was as of right now, remember the phone isn't going to launch until july 11th, but as of right now, at&t has not figured out how to price the iphone for customer's that are not eligible for an upgrade. Only customers that have the old iphone can upgrade to the 199 / 299 price even if they are not eligible for an upgrade, but say you just recently bought a blackberry 3 months ago, well you still have 21 months left in contract and are not eligible for an upgrade, and as of right now at&t has no price for the customers in that situation. granted they may allow you to void ur current contract to make a new one only for the new iphone 2, but traditionally, if a customer has more than a year left in their contract, voiding it is nearly impossible. think about it, if you could void ur contract with out early termination fees, and get a new phone for a discounted 2 year price every month at&t would lose ALOT of money. Now seeing that the iphone is now at&t benchmark phone, they may allow some flex and say hey if your going to get the iphone 2 we will void ur contract and let u get the iphone for 199/299 and start a new 2 year agreement, or maybe they will charge those customers a premium to do so, but as of RIGHT now there is no answer to this situation.

also the data plan is 10 dollars more not b/c at&t is going to pocket 10 more and make their money back kind sir, but b/c you are now going to utilize more bandwidth b/c the 3g access + the enriched web browsing it makes sense to charge more money. Even blackberrys that use the slow edge network, u need to pay 30 dollars a month for the internet.

so hope this cleared some air with the bad information some people have given in here.

HAPPY WAITING

I was saying if you had an iphone that you purchased and wanted a new 3g iphone you would be able to get a new contract. Sure there are variables in every situation but most people here have the original iphone and want the new one, so the blackberry point you made is pretty much moot.

Yes the $10 more is going to be for the increased bandwith but its also tacked on to increase revenue, edge data would use the same bandwith only at a slower rate. The enriched surfing is due to the iphone itself and has nothing to do with ATT.

The $10 more for 3g will also go toward recouping the subsidy. The same way that texting has an outrageous markup.

ATT would never not allow an iphone owner not to upgrade and increase their monthly bill, it doesnt make business sense.

With that said I think its a good deal, I wouldnt mind 10 bucks more for double the edge speed.

06-09-2008, 11:14 PM	#9 (permalink)
chrissurra Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 161 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Originally Posted by yuntanman actually to my understanding u can not just void ur contract when ur only 3 months in and get a new contract, and get a discount on a new phone, that was just a dumb remark. what I meant was as of right now, remember the phone isn't going to launch until july 11th, but as of right now, at&t has not figured out how to price the iphone for customer's that are not eligible for an upgrade. Only customers that have the old iphone can upgrade to the 199 / 299 price even if they are not eligible for an upgrade, but say you just recently bought a blackberry 3 months ago, well you still have 21 months left in contract and are not eligible for an upgrade, and as of right now at&t has no price for the customers in that situation. granted they may allow you to void ur current contract to make a new one only for the new iphone 2, but traditionally, if a customer has more than a year left in their contract, voiding it is nearly impossible. think about it, if you could void ur contract with out early termination fees, and get a new phone for a discounted 2 year price every month at&t would lose ALOT of money. Now seeing that the iphone is now at&t benchmark phone, they may allow some flex and say hey if your going to get the iphone 2 we will void ur contract and let u get the iphone for 199/299 and start a new 2 year agreement, or maybe they will charge those customers a premium to do so, but as of RIGHT now there is no answer to this situation. also the data plan is 10 dollars more not b/c at&t is going to pocket 10 more and make their money back kind sir, but b/c you are now going to utilize more bandwidth b/c the 3g access + the enriched web browsing it makes sense to charge more money. Even blackberrys that use the slow edge network, u need to pay 30 dollars a month for the internet. so hope this cleared some air with the bad information some people have given in here. HAPPY WAITING I was saying if you had an iphone that you purchased and wanted a new 3g iphone you would be able to get a new contract. Sure there are variables in every situation but most people here have the original iphone and want the new one, so the blackberry point you made is pretty much moot. Yes the $10 more is going to be for the increased bandwith but its also tacked on to increase revenue, edge data would use the same bandwith only at a slower rate. The enriched surfing is due to the iphone itself and has nothing to do with ATT. The $10 more for 3g will also go toward recouping the subsidy. The same way that texting has an outrageous markup. ATT would never not allow an iphone owner not to upgrade and increase their monthly bill, it doesnt make business sense. With that said I think its a good deal, I wouldnt mind 10 bucks more for double the edge speed.