consumerist.com — You better frickin' like your full-price iPhone because if you don't, AT&T plans on charging you the full $175 early termination fee, even though the phone's cost isn't at all subsidized under a long-term-agreement.
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pete6677Jun 23, 2007
Its amazing how people will pay an extra $200 for a sticker that says Prada. That's all it is; no additional features at all.
ross_Jun 23, 2007
I'm not denying that the telcos are making a bucket load...I guess my real point is that $499+175 is still pretty cheap for the bleading edge phone of the month, considering people happily pay US$750 plus for something like an N95.And while I'm not familar with US call charges, personally I'm pretty happy with the amount of calls I get for my aud$65 per month, when you take into account I get more calls then I know what to do with, and calling someone in the US is the same price for me as calling my neighbour. Also considering it would cost me aud$30 per month just to have a land line in my home, then all the calls on top of that, plus i get a free $800 phone.end rant
chronubisJun 23, 2007
I think the question is how much would people pay for contract-less iPhones on eBay.
xinoJun 24, 2007
It's news because the article says it's not subsidized so what we are concerned about is that they charge an early termination fee even though it isn't. If the article is wrong and you are right about it being subsidized, then I agree this is not news.
cab00seJun 24, 2007
That's not how it works at all dude... what company are you with? on rogers you pay out $20 x the remaining months up to a max of $200. that is hardly paying a remaining 2 years bud. or paying for the phone. if this is the procedure with your cellular provider...you got yourself into that s**t, so live with it.
happyscrappyJun 24, 2007
You did NOT pay full price. Why this this stupid rumor that the phone price isn't subsidized persist?When you sign a 1 year contract with Cingular, $100 is applied as a subsidy. When you sign a 2 year contract with Cingular, $200 is applied as a subsidy.Is this applied to the phone price or the contract (monthly) price? I dunno. It doesn't matter.You didn't pay full price. This article is stupid.Where did Apple officially say the phone isn't subsidized?
mactaggartJul 1, 2007
...I meant that the quoted Digger is assuming that the iPhone is being discounted by $175 to get to those prices. No matter what the Treo pricing is or was, this was a hopeful guess. I should have cut the quote off earlier. Sorry if I wasn't clear.