Comments on: iPhone 3G S & AT&T http://luzidity.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/iphone-3g-s-att/ A super-1337 WordPress.com weblog Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:35:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mike Moceri http://luzidity.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/iphone-3g-s-att/#comment-84 Mike Moceri Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:35:30 +0000 http://luzidity.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-84 Yeah, my understanding is that there's an 18-month cutoff for the early-upgrade option. But in any case, they require customers to renew their contract for two years. I don't think that customers would mind renewing their contract, since they're clamoring for an upgrade anyway; but I do think that AT&T should extend that option to all existing customers, and drop the whole 18-month cutoff garbage. Yeah, my understanding is that there’s an 18-month cutoff for the early-upgrade option. But in any case, they require customers to renew their contract for two years. I don’t think that customers would mind renewing their contract, since they’re clamoring for an upgrade anyway; but I do think that AT&T should extend that option to all existing customers, and drop the whole 18-month cutoff garbage.

]]> By: lucidity http://luzidity.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/iphone-3g-s-att/#comment-83 lucidity Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:59:20 +0000 http://luzidity.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-83 Yeah, there's been some misunderstanding with that too, from what i've been told. If your contract has expired (24 months since your last contract / handset upgrade), you should be eligible for the full discount. If you're trying to get an early upgrade (18 months or later, i believe), than you pay a lot more. Some people were saying that AT&T wouldn't give you the lower price at all if you were already an AT&T customer even if you were not on contract, but i don't believe this is true. After all, i was a preexisting customer, my contract ran out months ago, however. If you're in that position, i'd always call a corporate store and check, don't take other people's word for it (mine included) because sometimes things get complicated and hence misunderstood, also i've found the people in the corporate owned stores much more helpful than those you get when you call 611 or at non-corporate owned stores. Anyway, best of luck. . . sorry to rant on and on. Yeah, there’s been some misunderstanding with that too, from what i’ve been told. If your contract has expired (24 months since your last contract / handset upgrade), you should be eligible for the full discount. If you’re trying to get an early upgrade (18 months or later, i believe), than you pay a lot more.

Some people were saying that AT&T wouldn’t give you the lower price at all if you were already an AT&T customer even if you were not on contract, but i don’t believe this is true. After all, i was a preexisting customer, my contract ran out months ago, however.

If you’re in that position, i’d always call a corporate store and check, don’t take other people’s word for it (mine included) because sometimes things get complicated and hence misunderstood, also i’ve found the people in the corporate owned stores much more helpful than those you get when you call 611 or at non-corporate owned stores. Anyway, best of luck. . . sorry to rant on and on.

]]> By: Mike Moceri http://luzidity.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/iphone-3g-s-att/#comment-82 Mike Moceri Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:07:07 +0000 http://luzidity.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-82 I'm glad that AT&T aren't being as malicious as they are with their existing customer upgrade plans. Sheesh! I’m glad that AT&T aren’t being as malicious as they are with their existing customer upgrade plans. Sheesh!

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