Re:AT&T Is Screwing Over US iPhone Users
by tptacek on Monday June 08, 2009 @06:47PM
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There are lots of good examples of AT&T screwing iPhone customers. This is a bad example. Apple sets the price on the device. If AT&T has already subsidized an Apple device for you in exchange for a contract, and you haven't completed the contract, how do you argue that AT&T owes you another phone?
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Unless the rep I spoke to an hour ago was hiding something, the cancel-early fee is only $125. Then, you're free to get a new-contract-subsidized phone from AT&T or anyone else.
That makes the righteousness of a $400 differential for existing 3G contractholders a little incongruous.
Update: According to MobileCrunch, the 'early upgrade' prices for 3G owners are just +$200, not +$400, over the fully-subsidized prices. That make a lot more sense -- both compared to the early-cancellation penalties and a pro-rata accounting for the previous subsidy. See:
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/06/08/want-to-upgrade-to-an...