Comments on: New iPhone Pricing and Availability

By: dik

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:17:42 +0000

AT&T is expecting to make a certain amount of money from your 2 year (3G) contract, that is why apple sold it for less than the original iPhone. So to get another, newer phone at a discount, they no likey!!! I’m just glad they gave money back for the true “loyal” customers who bought the phone in it’s first release for a hefty price…not knowing how it would or would not work.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:00:51 +0000

at Debbie: Did you upgrade from a 1G iphone? If so, then youre still not getting the point. AT&T did NOT pay a subsidy for that phone so they really dont care if you upgrade early. if you upgraded early from another AT&T phone, maybe the subsidy on that phone was less so the upgrade fee was less.

at biz: agreed, normal practice is pretty awful in general, but if someone wants to know why you cant upgrade early to the 3GS, “normal practice” is the answer, and no one should be surprised by that!

By: biz

biz — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:50:55 +0000

Let’s remember that “normal practice in the cellphone industry” is about a -38 (pick your scale) with respect to acceptable customer service levels for just about any non-monopolistic industry. Hence, the real problem: the AT&T lock-in which penalizes early adopters, customer loyalty, etc. etc. etc. etc.

By: Debbie Berger

Debbie Berger — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:39:51 +0000

I mean principle, sorry.

By: Debbie Berger

Debbie Berger — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:38:51 +0000

Well, there IS precedent. When I upgraded to 3G last June or July, I was indeed allowed to upgrade by paying a small fee. I wouldn’t mind if AT&T made me extend my contract two full years. In fact, I am not a bit surprised by AT&T; it is Apple that I am angry with. Everyone out there knows they could have structured this with AT&T (as they did last summer) so existing owners could upgrade as well.

And, in terms of AT&T, this would have increased business because whoever got MY 3G iPhone (probably one of my kids) would then have signed up with AT&T for service to make it work.

Did anyone else ever get that $100 on the first iPhone. I asked and emailed repeatedly and could never get it. I know it is too late now, but it is the principal of the thing.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:33:38 +0000

I agree with those here who are pointing out that this is normal practice in the cellphone industry. It sucks from the perspective of the gadget-hungry consumer who wants the latest shinies as soon as they come out (I’m one of them), but the truth of it is that AT&T (or Sprint, or T-Mobile, or Verizon, etc.) are paying the difference on those phones in order to pull in new customers, new contracts, and contract renewals. They can’t afford to subsidize every phone you want every time you want it, and as such, you can only upgrade after the period of time that they set since your last.

The “early upgrade” is at least a compromise between “we’ll give you this phone super-cheap like the new guys” and “sorry, wait another half a year,” so I’ll suck it up and get it. However, I may have to think twice about upgrading to the next iPhone next year.

As for #11 April Ferarra, that sounds messed up and wrong. I’d go to a different AT&T store, or call AT&T directly and keep asking about that until you get the right answer. Anyone with a 1st gen iPhone who got it 2 years ago should be able to upgrade to any other phone they offer at this point. That’s just ridiculous.

By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:02:19 +0000

at #11 April. Since you paid full price , and two years ago, yes you have a legitimate issue (unless of course they let you upgrade in July when your contract actually runs out).

By: April Ferarra

April Ferarra — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:55:55 +0000

I agree with Debbie, I bought an original phone two years ago (July) and I DON’T qualify for an upgrade. To get the phone I want I have to pay $599. It is wrong. I am tired of being a loyal customer (two laptops and two desktops-one being the new 24 inch) and having to use a crappy carrier that drops calls everywhere and now not being able to get the phone at the price of a new customer. It is evident that they just want to capture market share.