Comments on: AT&T now offers iPhone 3G home activation, for real this time

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:39:23 +0000

Bambang

use quickpwn

By: Bambang

Bambang — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:37:48 +0000

I bought an unlocked 3G iphone in HongKong without simcard and plan at all. I brought the iphone here in Australia, but it doesnt work. I dont know How to activate it. the iphone just shows a usb port heading to itunes logo. When I connect it ti itunes, the itunes requires a valid sim card coming with the iphone.
Help me please..thx

By: LC

LC — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:57:43 +0000

Love the website! USA

By: D. Haas

D. Haas — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:37:17 +0000

It is unlike the first-gen iPhone w.r.t. home activation. With the first-gen, you could buy the phone outright, then give it to someone without ever having to sign away two-years. Thus, easy gifts to friends for Pick-Your-Plan activation or hacktivaion/unlocking.
Here, you have to sign your life away first, then get the phone later. It’s no different than other phone sales, and the polar opposite compared to the first-gen iPhone.

Also, why they aren’t allowing this on upgrades currently (with the exception of via Premiere): they can make sure that someone doesn’t somehow keep/change to grandfathered or cheapo data plans on a new on-contract phone (by requiring a rep remove old/cheap data plans from the account pre-sale).

It’s pretty much what bb ATT said, it’s another way to sell phones without giving store reps or dealers kickback.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:26:14 +0000

Weird. I ordered one yesterday, but when I checked my order status this morning it went from in process to cancelled but no reason given. No email update from ATT to explain. And now the ability to buy one again is gone. Anyone know what the deal is? Guess I need to do the pre-order routing at the Apple store instead…

By: Juliet-Charlie

Juliet-Charlie — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:44:29 +0000

No freakin’ kidding

By: bb ATT

bb ATT — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:41:35 +0000

Another way for At&t to avoid paying their sales people commission… Get your lazzy asses to a store and buy one!!

By: jay carl

jay carl — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:58:10 +0000

At the end of the day the iPhone is just a toy anyway. Walmart is the perfect place for it.

By: Moo

Moo — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:46:54 +0000

@[RM]
LOL. You’re hilarious as satire. I sure hope you’re not real.

By: [RM]

[RM] — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:07:59 +0000

What’s wrong with gettin an unlcoked 3g?

Violating iPhone’s user agreement, so it’s as bad as stealing, you scumbag mofo… Basically Apple makes them for AT&T customers, others have their shitty storms and G1s…

By: t-mobsta

t-mobsta — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:08:35 +0000

Sorry unlocked

By: t-mobsta

t-mobsta — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:06:47 +0000

What’s wrong with gettin an unlcoked 3g. AT&T sucks ballz. That goes for the company and the user with the name.

By: goestoeleven

goestoeleven — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:31:53 +0000

This has been an option since day 1 of the iPhone 3G for some Premier accounts. I ordered mine on launch day from the Premier web site, received it, and activated it through iTunes.

You still had to sign up for a 2 year contract, and you’ll still have to do so to buy one through the new process, as the phone is subsidized.

By: AT&T

AT&T — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:10:41 +0000

@Dips

That is exactly why it was taken away, because of Dipshits like this, who wanted to “just unlock them”.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:05:29 +0000

Walmart phones will be activated in-store, as well. Most of the training they’re undergoing over there is on the new system that is being installed to process activations.

By: Shan!

Shan! — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:36:30 +0000

This isn’t surprising with the upcoming iPhone sales at Wal-mart they are going to want those customers to be able to do it from home rather than buy the phone at Wal-mart then have to go to the store.

By: Dips

Dips — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:29:13 +0000

So it’s back to how it was for the original iPhone? Will people be able to take them and just unlock them now?

By: Kiran

Kiran — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:23:21 +0000

ATT Premier adds 3G iPhone upgrade option too… My belief is that ATT is trying to sell as many 8GB 3G iPhones as possible since most new users are tempted by low price. This way, when 32GB iPhone is released in Jan 2009, they will be all set to go!

By: Zach Epstein

Zach Epstein — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:30:03 +0000

Adam – For clarification’s sake, you can also add a line to an existing account so it’s not only for new customers. Only equipments upgrades are disallowed for the time being.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:18:56 +0000

They never should have taken this away in the first place. At least new customers can be happy.