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Posted at 5:38 AM on Monday 06/22/09 by
Ben
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For those of you that have been living under a rock for the past few weeks, AT&T Wireless now has the iPhone 3G S available for a discounted price with the activation of a 2-year plan with AT&T.

  • Apple iPhone 3G-S 16GB for $199
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      updownstock - Posted 5:42 am PDT 06/22/09 (188 Posts)  Report Spam

      Paying a data plan is a pain in the ass. Signal is not good at AT&T compared to Verizon.

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      jsehlms - Posted 5:46 am PDT 06/22/09 (85 Posts)  Report Spam

      #1 Travel the country, you'll be happy you have AT&T and not Verizon.

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      updownstock - Posted 5:56 am PDT 06/22/09 (188 Posts)  Report Spam

      #2 Do you mean AT&T is going to give you an unlock iphone?

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      CGOLSN - Posted 6:03 am PDT 06/22/09 (51 Posts)  Report Spam

      What's the normal price?

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      layziemax - Posted 6:09 am PDT 06/22/09 (78 Posts)  Report Spam

      Ordered it last week... should be on the way....!!! Can't wait.

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      campustown - Posted 6:09 am PDT 06/22/09 (101 Posts)  Report Spam

      this is the regular price, hes just getting money from you clicking the link

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      RKLE - Posted 6:29 am PDT 06/22/09 (9134 Posts)  Report Spam

      waste of money, only entertainment

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      Elpee - Posted 6:36 am PDT 06/22/09 (1455 Posts)  Report Spam

      Nob questions. I want to move my family plan (3 phones) from Verizon to AT&T. (1) Can I keep the same phone numbers? (2) Can I buy 3 iPhones 3G S at this price when I sign a new family plan contract with AT&T? (3) Any data fee discount for 2nd and 3rd phone? Thanks for your prompt reply. I'm on the fence now.

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      CleftonTwain - Posted 6:42 am PDT 06/22/09 (370 Posts)  Report Spam

      #4: the normal price of the $299 iPhone (without contract) is around $599, I think.

      #8:
      1) You should be able to keep the same phone #'s.
      2) Probably.
      3) Not that I know of.

      You'd want to talk to someone at an AT&T store to make sure of all of this.

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      phokus - Posted 7:01 am PDT 06/22/09 (105 Posts)  Report Spam

      The S is for Sucker!

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      dd - Posted 7:05 am PDT 06/22/09 (802 Posts)  Report Spam

      As you drool down your chin about the latest Jesus Phone, keep in mind that the more people who buy it, the more AT&T cells are being hit to saturation, and AT&T is doing absolutely NOTHING about building out their infrastructure to accommodate all of them. Nothing.

      I've been on AT&T for six months now (using the Fuze phone), and their service in one of the largest cities in the S is WORTHLESS. No service at all in many spots, no 3G is MANY spots, dropped calls, bad audio. If I didn't have a two year contract, I would be GONE.

      Use your heads. Why would you want to be on the same limited service as EVERYONE ELSE?

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      beez - Posted 7:30 am PDT 06/22/09 (156 Posts)  Report Spam

      I keep on being tempted to pick one of these up, but then I do the math on total cost over the life of the contract. No thanks.

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      cwins - Posted 8:11 am PDT 06/22/09 (218 Posts)  Report Spam

      why get an iPhone when they are just going to release a new version in a year?

      i laugh at the people who went out and bought the original iPhone and then got the 3G and now 'need' the new 3G S.

      i'll bet youre real excited to get a new phone next year when they come out with a 'new' iPhone...

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      shadis - Posted 8:23 am PDT 06/22/09 (63 Posts)  Report Spam

      Phone hardware means little to nothing anymore. The two most important factors are network and apps. iPhone clearly has the apps, but Verizon has the best network. But how many of the bazillions of apps in the iPhone store do you really need? Compare that to what you can get for Windows Mobile, and you'll see that there's no real compelling reason to get an iPhone over something like a Samsung Omnia. Especially when you look into unlocking the Omnia and enabling all of the features that Verizon locks down. Smile

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      gshoq - Posted 8:45 am PDT 06/22/09 (236 Posts)  Report Spam

      The cost comes out to be over $3000 for two years service. Ouch.

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      campustown - Posted 8:54 am PDT 06/22/09 (101 Posts)  Report Spam

      thats what is costs to have almost anytime data access. if you dont have a need for around the clock email and internet access, yea, its a waste. For others, its just the cost of doing work and business

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      montezuma - Posted 8:55 am PDT 06/22/09 (486 Posts)  Report Spam

      #14, I guess you're one of the poor saps stuck with WinMo then....

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      Elpee - Posted 9:03 am PDT 06/22/09 (1455 Posts)  Report Spam

      #15, I think it's almost same as other carriers, except of course, $30 x 24 = $720 data fee which as #1 stated is like "a pain in the ass".

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      jlayman920 - Posted 9:31 am PDT 06/22/09 (362 Posts)  Report Spam

      #15 You're paying $125/month for service on one cell phone?

      I have an iphone and I pay $75, and that includes texts.

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      gpeek - Posted 9:34 am PDT 06/22/09 (486 Posts)  Report Spam

      @Elpee - you should know that there is no "Family Plan" for the data fee. 3 iPhones is going to be on the order of $100 (voice family plan with 1400 minutes for 3 phones) + 3x$30 for data. And probably add on the $30 family unlimited text messaging. So $210 x 24 = $5040, plus the cost of three phones.

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