So the rumblings on the web is that the new $199/$299 price point for the 3G iPhone is subsidized. So what are all current iPhone owners to do? Apparently if you are an iPhone owner and are not currently eligible for a phone upgrade, they will still let you upgrade to the 3G for the subsidized price. Nice. Or is it?
So here’s my beef. AT&T is solely determining whether or not you are an existing iPhone customer based upon whether or not you have an iPhone data plan. If you read the iPhone Terms and Conditions, you’ll notice that a data plan is not even required.
You may ask, why not just restore your iPhone, activate it again and get the data plan added back on? Sure, I could, but I shouldn’t have to. The fact that AT&T isn’t basing it upon whether or not you have a 2-year contract from activating your iPhone is just stupid.
What if someone got their iPhone stolen or it broke and they cancelled their data plan and is using an old phone now? They are still under a 2-year contract from activating their iPhone, but according to AT&T they are not an existing iPhone user. Super lame.
Regardless, I’ll be adding my data plan back on and buying a new phone. The funny thing is I’ll actually be paying the $30/month for a data plan now since it’s fast enough to use.
