Official referee with the whistle AT&T iPhone pricing, there will be a no contract price!
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Filed in AT&T, Apple, General, Handsets
There’s been a ton of confusion over the handset pricing on Apple’s iPhone 3G on AT&T. Stevie announced they’d go for $199 and $299 for the 8GB and 16GB models, but obviously that’s a subsidized price. We just got a hold of the final pricing for the iPhone 3G, and we even have a no-contract price for you! Boy, you’re not going to be happy, though. Here’s the breakdown:
- iPhone 3G will be available for $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB model. These prices require two-year contracts and are available to the following customers:
- iPhone customers who purchased before July 11
- Customers activating a new line with AT&T
- Current AT&T customers who are eligible, at the time of purchase, for an upgrade discount
- Existing AT&T customers who are not currently eligible for an upgrade discount can purchase iPhone 3G for $399 for the 8GB model or $499 for the 16GB model. Both options require a new two-year service agreement.
- Here’s the interesting part… “ In the future, AT&T will offer a no-contract-required option for $599 (8GB) or $699 (16GB).”
Looks like after the initial launch period, you will indeed be able to mosey on in and pay for an iPhone without dealing with a wireless contract at the time of purchase. Let the unlocking games begin!
Existing AT&T customers really get the BOHICA treatment, huh?
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My wife has a first gen iphone and she wants to keep it. I want to get a 3G iphone. Can I use her upgrade discount to buy the phone but put my number on it? Or is this still unclear? Everything I have read implies that if you do this, it needs to be programmed with her number. thanks
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That is amazing that if u already have the first iphone, you can buy the new iphone at 199 and 299… EVEN if your not eligible!!
Well done Apple and AT&T
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So who would pay the non-contract price ($699/799) when you can buy it on the 2-year contract ($199/299) and pay the $175 ETF?
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so does this mean that if a friend of mine has the original iphone with legitimate contract; she can go in and get the 3g one for 199 then give it to me and she can revert her plan back to the $20 a month one and i would have a 3g iphone?
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Ummm….BG…this info was out there last week and ain’t “news” as such. Long holiday weekend for ya? I hope you don’t get excited about the orgo-farmers who are first-in-liners in NYC as “news” next…
Still love the site, of course!
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i love the way they have the posters in the stores that say ‘twice as fast’ ‘half the price’ and there isn’t 3G for 100 miles around…
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Why are people complaining? Price seems good –get a subsidized phone in return for a two year contract. I do wish they would give us the phone for free (like O2) but whatever. Noncontract prices are about what the iphone cost originally — and only a little bit more than an unlocked n95.
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this is way old information…. this came out a week or so ago….
Jeff
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Good thing I qualify for the discount pricing! It looks like they want to make back all the money they pay Apple with the no contract pricing, and people without at&t will pay.
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Charlie, Amazon were selling brand new BLACK Nokia N82s for less than $400 just a few weeks back…
$699 is not “only a little bit” more than the N95.
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Old, old, old information. I like reading BGR generally, but a re-hash of information that has been widely publicized elsewhere is not “reporting”.
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LOL @ Jeremy
Especialy with the insanely high data rates being offered by Rogers up here in Canada…
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@ Haters
Please show me where no contract pricing was released and I will state that I was wrong, and published an old article.
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OLD INFO…WE ALREADY KNEW
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http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/17721/
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@ Boy Genius:
I love you BG…but this stuff was released July 1st…way old:
http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/07/01/att-drops-iready-prices-without-contract-more/
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this is old news. and i think is not right for people are not eligible for a upgrade to pay more and on top pay extra on the plan. current customers are getting done with no vaseline!!!!! F*CK ATT for sticking it to the current customers.
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Ok fine, sorry. I admit this is old now. My badz.
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1. http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/07/02/want_an_iphone_but_no_contract_it_will_cost_400_extra/
2. http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=E1D313CA-17A4-0F78-310C878BC166F4AF
3. http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/hdw/?p=2500
4. http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/07/01/att-officially-announces-iphone-3g-pricing-and-plans
etc. etc. etc…
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What does that mean before July 11th? Does that mean anybody that bought an IPhone last year is eligible for the $199 & $299 price?
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This info is way old news.
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@ the people saying this is old news…
We get the point! BGR has even admitted to it, so lay off the useless posting.
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yes you will be eligible because you probably paid $500.00 for it.
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Even if this is old news, I for one haven’t heard it till now. Second, who the fuck cares if it is old? Some people don’t have time to sit & read every blog on the interweb.
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