AT&T New iPhone Pricing & Availability
The press release provides the definitive AT&T pricing and a link to further info. For a $400 additional fee, you can get the new iPhone without a contract (that is, no long-term commitment, but you still are tied to AT&T--this is not an unlocked phone).
For customers who have bought an iPhone before the launch date of July 11, you can upgrade to the new iPhone for the same $199(8GB)/$299(16GB) you would get with a new contract. Thus, it seems as if the upgrade is preferable to a new contract (if indeed this is what they mean). And they are silent on whether there is an option to cancel your old contract and replace it with a new one. The new monthly fee for basic service (450 minutes/5,000 night-weekend, unlimited data) is $69.95, $10 more than the previous plan.
These seem to be the choices:
1. Do nothing and download iPhone 2.0 (which will be available free to all iPhone customers). Keep the contract, keep the phone, and benefit from the new software but not 3G or GPS. If you're not in a 3G service area, this may be the best option. If you bought your iPhone at the beginning last year, you have 12 months left on your contract. Will it automatically renew at the same terms? If so, you can keep your original iPhone and the contract until you need the new iPhone.
2. Upgrade. For the 8GB, that's $199. If that indeed means that you keep your existing contract and if--big if--the contract automatically renews at the same level, that's not a bad deal. (And we need to know more about renewal--many cell phone vendors do this).
For customers who have bought an iPhone before the launch date of July 11, you can upgrade to the new iPhone for the same $199(8GB)/$299(16GB) you would get with a new contract. Thus, it seems as if the upgrade is preferable to a new contract (if indeed this is what they mean). And they are silent on whether there is an option to cancel your old contract and replace it with a new one. The new monthly fee for basic service (450 minutes/5,000 night-weekend, unlimited data) is $69.95, $10 more than the previous plan.
These seem to be the choices:
1. Do nothing and download iPhone 2.0 (which will be available free to all iPhone customers). Keep the contract, keep the phone, and benefit from the new software but not 3G or GPS. If you're not in a 3G service area, this may be the best option. If you bought your iPhone at the beginning last year, you have 12 months left on your contract. Will it automatically renew at the same terms? If so, you can keep your original iPhone and the contract until you need the new iPhone.
2. Upgrade. For the 8GB, that's $199. If that indeed means that you keep your existing contract and if--big if--the contract automatically renews at the same level, that's not a bad deal. (And we need to know more about renewal--many cell phone vendors do this).
posted by Jesse at
7/02/2008
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