News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Want an iPhone 3G S? Already have an iPhone 3G? Be prepared to pay $700 . Parent comment

Re:Want an iPhone 3G S? Already have an iPhone 3G? Be prepar... by SamAtt on Monday June 08, 2009 @05:09PM (#648003)
Apparently it's not (though I concede it often is like that). From the linked article...

UPDATE So this is what AT&T tells us:

An iPhone 3G customer in most cases can early upgrade at $399 [16GB] or $499 [32GB].

You’ll note that that’s still several hundred dollars more than what Joe Smoe would have to pay, right off the street, if he doesn’t already have an AT&T account.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Want an iPhone 3G S? Already have an iPhone 3G? Be prepar... by tptacek on Monday June 08, 2009 @06:42PM (#648157)
No, Joe Shmoe is "paying" more than $299 for the phone; he's just paying over the long haul, with a new contract commitment to AT&T. AT&T already has your contract commitment. You have nothing to offer them but cash.
[ Parent | on HN ]