iPhone Activations Down

[psylichon]

No way! I can't believe that. What did AT&T say?

[DUKEL]

Originally Posted by Saverino

Wait. Whyd you buy an iPhone today? Are you planning on returning it for the iPhone 3G?

Because I want to have one on my acct. so I will still be eligible for the $199 pricing when the new one comes out. I had switched to a regular phone when I hear this nonsense about current iPhone customers getting the subsidized cost while other uneligible for upgrade customers(me)will have to full price. So I went out and bought a gen1 for cheap.

[DUKEL]

Originally Posted by psylichon

No way! I can't believe that. What did AT&T say?

Well they are transferring me back & forth between att & apple.

[Robot Mania FU]

When I called AT&T about this matter (i was planning on getting the current iPhone instead of 3G because i dont need the new features nor do i want to pay $10 more a month) the lady told me you should be able to activate them until July 11th and you will be grandfathered in for $20 a month even though the new iPhone 3g will be $30. So im not really sure why its not working online. When i called they told me everything should be working fine.

[DUKEL]

Well after being transferred back & forth between at&t and apple and they both told me activations were not down and it was a problem with my sim, I decided to call apple one more time and this time I get a whold different story. He consults a senior product specialist and confirms iPhone activations ARE currently experiencing issues on the server and willl be up by afternoon or tommorow morning. I guess you get a diff. story each time you call.

[ColsTiger]

They probably don't really know. I would wait until tomorrow and take it to an at&t store. There you can get a new sim from them and try to activate it. IF that doesn't work, then you'll know that their activations are in fact down. I hope this isn't going to be a problem on 7/11 because I'm looking to add an iphone account on my son's number when I pass my current first gen down.

[Robot Mania FU]

If I were you I would try to do it sooner. From what the lady told me you wont be able to activate them after the 11th. But they could just be saying that to encourage you to wait for the iPhone 3G, so who knows.

[DUKEL]

Yes!! iPhone activations are back up & running. Just connected 5mins. ago and successfully activated my iphone. Now this time I'm gonna keep the iPhone until the actual 3G phone is in my hand. I better get the good pricing too.

[aknightstale41]

Question....can we keep the old iphone on the plan and get the new one activated in the store under the same phone number and still be billed the same rate as having just one iphone?

[ColsTiger]

Originally Posted by aknightstale41

Question....can we keep the old iphone on the plan and get the new one activated in the store under the same phone number and still be billed the same rate as having just one iphone?

No. If you won't two iphones to work, then you'll need two different sim cards with two different numbers and two iphone data plans. One can be at the original iphone data plan cost, but the new iphone 3G will be at the new data plan price.