Comments on: AT&T Says Buy Your iPhone Online and Activate at Home

By: Darrell Pittman

Darrell Pittman — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:27:44 +0000

Wow... let me get this straight.

You mean you can actually buy an iPhone online, have it delivered to you, then activate it at home... outside Apple's supervision?!?

YEE-HAW! Sign me up!

What'll they think of next... a battery that you change, YOURSELF?

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:56:08 +0000

Er, when I upgraded to my 3G iPhone, I picked it up at a delivery office then activated from home. I live in France.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:09:49 +0000

I ordered my iPhone from the AT&T website over a week ago without issue. I’m also an existing customer who is NOT adding a new line, but rather replacing a BlackBerry. Did I get preferential treatment or is this just old news?

By: Mr. Hi-Definition

Mr. Hi-Definition — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:42:50 +0000

Thank God Apple finally wised up and reinstated this innovative way to activate a wireless phone.

By: Jeremy Sikora

Jeremy Sikora — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:30:04 +0000

@Steve, there are a lot of people who would just like to buy the phone – pay – and just walk out. Whether it would be for a gift or whatever. Although still AT&T is making it difficult to do. But If you were a account holder and someone in your family wanted the phone you could purchase it this way, and don’t have to activate it until Christmas when you give the gift. Does that make sense now?

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:26:06 +0000

@Jeremy: I understand the activating at home point. I guess I’m just missing the big advantage here. I didn’t have to wait for mine to be delivered or activate it myself. It took ten minutes to drive there, buy it, and have it activated while I stood there. Whatever… I guess I’m in the wrong thread.

By: Jeremy Sikora

Jeremy Sikora — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:12:59 +0000

@Steve, it’s not about going into the actual store. For me the big deal is about letting us activate the phone at home. Which is what this is allowing.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:08:30 +0000

Has it been that difficult for people to get out of bed and go buy a an iPhone?

By: steve

steve — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:58:32 +0000

My friend upgraded to an iphone and activated from home back in september, is this something different?

By: Jeremy Sikora

Jeremy Sikora — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:28:16 +0000

Well you buy it from AT&T this way you are automatically locked into a contract. All you are doing is activating it. This could have been done since day one. IMHO

By: Jerry Garcia

Jerry Garcia — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:26:48 +0000

This make sense. No one has been able to unlock the iPhone as of yet. They figure that if you buy it, you have to activate and use it on their network…