iPhone Discussion Thread

[Pared]

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What is the best AIM program out there? Apollo?

[Pared]

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News flash New flash! Read all about it!

-iPhone 3G will be $599 and $699 without a commitment
-Those upgrading and not eligible for the price of the discount will have to pay $399 and $499
-No text messages included with the base plan. Zip. Zero.Zilch
-iPhone 3G will be a run away success while AT&T price gouges up the wazoo

http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/specials/iphone-info.jsp

[burnwood]

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$599?!

Can't I just buy one for $199 and pay $175 for the ETF? That only comes to $374.

[Pared]

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$599?!

Can't I just buy one for $199 and pay $175 for the ETF? That only comes to $374.

I'm pretty sure they will hit you with the full price of the device, in that case. So you're paying $599 PLUS the ETF... or maybe the early upgrade fee and the ETF.

No way it's as simple as just buying it a cheap price and terminating the contract early.

[burnwood]

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I'm pretty sure they will hit you with the full price of the device, in that case. So you're paying $599 PLUS the ETF... or maybe the early upgrade fee and the ETF.

No way it's as simple as just buying it a cheap price and terminating the contract early.

If that's the case then it would have to be an "iPhone" agreement to sign in addition to the regular AT&T phone agreement. Can't say it won't happen but I don't think it's likely.

[Pared]

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No, it just be in the agreement you sign.

It will tell you there is an ETF fee and you will be charged full price for the phone. Not difficult to do at all.

[ARG190]

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We're down to a week...

I need to put my 1st Gen on eBay. But don't exactly have a phone to hold me off until Friday. Anyone think the value of 1st Gen will drop once 3G hits?

[Heelfan71]

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We're down to a week...

I need to put my 1st Gen on eBay. But don't exactly have a phone to hold me off until Friday. Anyone think the value of 1st Gen will drop once 3G hits?

value has already dropped.

[Pared]

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Damn, AT&T is going to RAKE with this phone... your typical bill will be close to $100 monthly.

I pay less than half of that now for almost equal service (Unl. net access but not at 3G speeds).

That's just insane, when you think about it. You're basically paying the same price you do for Hi-speed access at home.

The exclusion of SMS is just ridiculous. But hey, I can use rollover minutes! "These minutes are from September!" Ugh.

[aholbert32]

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Damn, AT&T is going to RAKE with this phone... your typical bill will be close to $100 monthly.

I pay less than half of that now for almost equal service (Unl. net access but not at 3G speeds).

That's just insane, when you think about it. You're basically paying the same price you do for Hi-speed access at home.

The exclusion of SMS is just ridiculous. But hey, I can use rollover minutes! "These minutes are from September!" Ugh.

I guess i always look a big ticket purchases like this differently. If 15 or 5 dollars more a month is going to cause a financial burden in any way.... than you dont need to buy the iphone. That's why I dont really complain about the prices on big ticket items because I expect companies to try to squeeze as much money out of you as they can.

I was paying around 80 bucks a month w/ Iphone 1...with iphone 3G im probably going to pay 15 bucks more. I can justify the extra money for 3G because Edge is annoyingly slow imo. The only thing that irritates me is that I have to pay 5 bucks more for text messaging but again its 5 bucks. I throw that away on lunch every day at work.

Also At&T's rollover is one of the best features Ive seen a cell phone company roll out. Its perfect for me since my cell phone usage fluctuates month to month.

[Pared]

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I guess i always look a big ticket purchases like this differently. If 15 or 5 dollars more a month is going to cause a financial burden in any way.... than you dont need to buy the iphone. That's why I dont really complain about the prices on big ticket items because I expect companies to try to squeeze as much money out of you as they can.

I was paying around 80 bucks a month w/ Iphone 1...with iphone 3G im probably going to pay 15 bucks more. I can justify the extra money for 3G because Edge is annoyingly slow imo. The only thing that irritates me is that I have to pay 5 bucks more for text messaging but again its 5 bucks. I throw that away on lunch every day at work.

Also At&T's rollover is one of the best features Ive seen a cell phone company roll out. Its perfect for me since my cell phone usage fluctuates month to month.

Baller.

I just looked at competitors and Verizon seems to be on a similar pay-scale.

Either way, $100 for a cellular phone bill is ridiculous. I use my phone for leisure, not business. If you want to incorporate the two then get your job to pay for it. But I guarantee you people will be spending that money and putting their work email on it. Insane.

[burnwood]

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Damn, AT&T is going to RAKE with this phone... your typical bill will be close to $100 monthly.

I pay less than half of that now for almost equal service (Unl. net access but not at 3G speeds).

That's just insane, when you think about it. You're basically paying the same price you do for Hi-speed access at home.

The exclusion of SMS is just ridiculous. But hey, I can use rollover minutes! "These minutes are from September!" Ugh.

I have this feeling that AT&T won't be as successful this time around as with the first iPhone for this very reason. Pushing the $100 mark is a big pill to swallow in today's economy just for a cell phone. But we'll see though won't we.

You may see me pulling the trigger if TomTom can get their GPS software on it though.

[Pared]

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Tom Tom's software is pretty much a lock as they've shown a preview of it. I've seen it somewhere and it looks sweet.

I may end up pulling the trigger around my birthday since that is when my contract expires. We'll see though. Hopefully a 32GB model will be out by then. That will solidify my purchase for sure.

[burnwood]

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Tom Tom's software is pretty much a lock as they've shown a preview of it. I've seen it somewhere and it looks sweet.

I may end up pulling the trigger around my birthday since that is when my contract expires. We'll see though. Hopefully a 32GB model will be out by then. That will solidify my purchase for sure.

There's that GPS clause in Apple's app store agreement that rings a little bit of doubt in my mind.

How much have you seen? I've only saw that one screenshot on Engadget.

Turn by turn looks ok? What about traffic alerts showing along the right side? And voices?

[Pared]

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I'll see if I can dig it up.