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platon20
02-22-2009, 03:15 PM
I want to buy an iphone, but I cant upgrade until June 2010, if I tried to buy an iphone now via apple/at&t, I would have to pay an EXTRA $200 on top just to get the phone early.

Lets say I buy an iphone off ebay, put my sim card in it and activate it via AT&T. My wife is the primary account holder with her own iphone, my line is a 2nd line on the plan.

Then I was planning on waiting until 2010 when the next generation of iphone comes out and then ditching the old one and that way I can get a brand new iphone when I can upgrade again without paying the stupid $200 penalty.

Will this work? Or will AT&T know that I tried to upgrade early by buying off ebay and stick me with another 2 years before I can upgrade again?

houstonsnk
02-22-2009, 09:52 PM
You might aswell buy it from the ATT/Apple store. You said extra $200 on top of the $199 8gig or $299 16gig. You will be looking at $400/$500. Ebay prices are higher than that now. Ive seen some 16s for $700.