Comments on: AT&T Finally Unleashes the iPhone 3G With No-Commitment Pricing

By: Ana

Ana — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:49:30 +0000

@Scott R

excellent point

By: Scott R

Scott R — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:00:12 +0000

Can someone explain why anyone would go this route versus just buying a new iPhone with plan, cancelling the plan, and paying the early termination fee? All told, that approach should be at least $100 cheaper.

By: Omari James

Omari James — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:18:08 +0000

I wonder if this is applied only to the iPhone 3G , excluding the new one comming out this summer.

By: zeagus

zeagus — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:00:17 +0000

@Hakala – I would think they would go out of their way to mention it; it’ll make the new device all the more magical .

By: thekevinmonster

thekevinmonster — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:29:32 +0000

When the SonyEricsson X1 came out, I believe it was close to a thousand dollars. I do know that if you were in america and wanted an HTC Universal when it came out, it was about a thousand dollars as an unlocked phone.

People will pay that much. As soon as those devices were announced, users were calling me at work saying, "I have a x, does your software work on it?"

By: Rajiv

Rajiv — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:53:01 +0000

Would be a nice price if it was factory unlocked …

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:43:31 +0000

I know that I wouldn’t pay that much for a phone only because I cannot afford such a steep price.. But if I had money like that, I would.

By: Hakala

Hakala — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:40:17 +0000

Ha only apple knows when the next iPhone hardware will come out but by listening closely to the 3.0 preview (this is mainly to rene) one could say If there was going to be new hardware soon, apple would not have mentioned the downside to running applications in the background and how it reduces battery life significantly (there are many more reasons like this) and apple most likely if they were to release new hardware would have included this feature with a workaround to save battery life. I’m not saying there is absolutly no chance in you no what but I am saying that it is highly unlikly, rene.

By: Mel

Mel — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:47:44 +0000

Does hat mean it’ll be prepaid now?w

By: zeagus

zeagus — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:24:34 +0000

"It’s pretty safe to say this is not a move to make inventory room for those “new” iPhones that Rene is wanting in the worst way…"

No, its not.

By: kyleshankles

kyleshankles — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:22:35 +0000

Hopefully iPhone HD will hit before this becomes an annoying stipulation.