iPhone Service Plan Rates Revealed By AT&T
Can Someone who works for ATT please explain?
Existing Customers
Minimum new 2-year wireless service plan and activation fee required to activate iPhone features, including iPod; plans are subject to AT&T credit approval.
What does this mean? As an exisiting customer I will have to pay an additional activation fee when buying the iPhone?
That price being $36.00 per line / per iPhone?
Is the pricing on the device so cheap because you only offer an EDGE network, instead of a faster HSDPA/HSUPA connection?
Now I see why Verizon told Steve Jobs to shove it.
it beats paying activation fee for a new company and not have the iphone!!!
and their are exceptions to getting the upgrade fee waved and the biggest one is your LTV
life time value= how much money you MADE at&t and how long you were tenured compared to how much you called in and complained, how late your payments were, how much free stuff you've already received.
Any word on AT&T providing WiFi plans for their WiFi phone?
As for the iPhone 500 bucks for a NON 3G phone, NO THANKS! ATT razr is faster, and iphone is definately not as fast as my upstage or and there are no plans right now on changing that for att. as for wifi tmob has it and its unlimited calling on the wifi side!!
Att is not getting it until they see how tmob sells their stuff.
the thing about atts new upgrade fee is if you upgrade and are paying over 70 dollars a month your upgrade fee is waved. people on 39.99 plans with no features will pay upgrade fees of 18 bucks, if you spend a lot of money each month for your phone, you wont have too, plus you might even get 50 to 100 dollars off the 2 year pricing of the phone you upgrade to
With VZW, when you are 20 months into a 2 yr contract you are eligible to upgrade and get a $50 or $100 credit off a new phone, NOT ONE STINKING PENNY CHARGED FOR UPGRADING EITHER
You are 100% wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong.
AshDizzle said:
What company does not charge a standard upgrade fee?
I just called a friend that works for VZW to answer that question.
VZW does not charge their customers an upgrade fee if they have met their upgrade date. If you have reached your two yr. contract upgrade date, you will get either a $50.00 or $100.00 off a new device.
IF a customer qualifies to upgrade early, then they will have to pay a $20.00 Fee.
So, again, WHY the Fee? 😳
yea, I don't get the upgrade fee. At least make it look like some sort of service charge, like the customer is getting something for their money.
Verizon told Steve Jobs no because they wanted their communist UI on the phone, which would completely destroy the idea of the device in the first place.
It takes an all-american company like AT&T with the knowledge of what freedom is to handle to iPhone.
AshDizzle said:
You must be eligible for upgrade right now if you are an existing customer. The only difference is you must get a corresponding plan and be eligible for upgrade... basically no retail price on the phone right now.
Verizon told Steve Jobs no because they wanted their communist UI on the phone, which would completely destroy the idea of the device in the first place.
It takes an all-american company like AT&T with the knowledge of what freedom is to handle to iPhone.
WOW! Communist....All American. You have some serious issues!
I'm not even gonna bother bringing up the quarterly reports of ATT vs Verizon 🤣
That has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with it, that's a pretty weak attempt to knock at VZW 🙄
Navigator is $10 a month for unlimited use and its an actual GPS service, not mobile mapquest
Mobile web is $5 a month and you can get stock quotes and weather on it.
by my count cingular is $5 more expensive.
Not to mention I can buy a $20 phone and get the features with verizon. Not $500+
oh I forgot, the iphone is sexy
honestly if you think about it, what other phone on any network has direct influence over the price plans available for it. Palm doesn't set the prices of data on anyones network. The most blackberry does is say you have to have a data plan, but not what the data plan cost...
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urnamehere said:I love this. I am so happy verizon and Apple didn't get together. Verizon is the George Bush of mobile carriers 'my way or the highway.' Who wants a super 'locked' phone from a feature perspective? Not me...
it would compromise verizon's ability to have control over its network and its service plans.
urnamehere said:Another great line! More phones should have influence. I as customer should also be able to influence things. I know what I want, the carrier knows what they want to give me...who should answer that question?
honestly if you think about it, what other phone on any network has direct influence over the price plans available for it.
The mobil...
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Verizon, despite 'commie UI' and 'crippling bluetooth' is still doing pretty well for themselves (and me). I have to believe that their reasons for not picking the phone are legit business decisions. The pros didn't outweigh the cons
yes, please, enjoy your un-locked features, including:
-mms.
-ability to get in-store, same-day battery replacement and service.
-phonebook searchable via name and/or letter.
-a2dp / stereo bluetooth.
-mp3 / itunes ringtones.
sarcasm off. 🙂
AshDizzle said:
You must be eligible for upgrade right now if you are an existing customer. The only difference is you must get a corresponding plan and be eligible for upgrade... basically no retail price on the phone right now.
Verizon told Steve Jobs no because they wanted their communist UI on the phone, which would completely destroy the idea of the device in the first place.
It takes an all-american company like AT&T with the knowledge of what freedom is to handle to iPhone.
Freedom??? It appears to me as if ATT has no freedom when it comes to the iPhone. It looks like Apple is running the show here. Special rates plans, shorter return period, re-stocking fee, no subsidation, 90 day warra...
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What does Apple know about cellular phones and service? If the iPhone is so good why is the trial period shorter, why is there a restocking fee and why is the warranty 1/4 the length of any other phone? If the phne is o great I would expect Apple to make warranties and trial periods longer,not shorter. I would also not expect them to charge a re-stocking fee. So much for a free trial. Just more ways that VZW is superior to att.
Verizon doesn't put their UI on smartphones.
And I'm sure that if Verizon told Steve Jobs to shove it (or vice versa) the irreconcilable issues would've been over which features VZW wanted to cripple... things like wi-fi, for instance.
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Sigh... this has already been covered and explained so so many times, I hate ignorant people.
The reason VZW said no to the iPhone was 100% because Apple want more control over the support and marketing of the iPhone than VZW wanted to allow... PERIOD.
So, did you just call me ignorant?
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