AT&T Confirms Device Upgrade Fee Rising to $36

..is that "upgrade" fees are just a dishonest way for them to back off from an advertised phone price. Are we really to believe that having a 1GHz processor makes it cost more to type an IMEI number into the system? Of course not. It shouldn't be called an "upgrade fee", it should be called a price reversal.

There is absolutely no honest and legitimate reason to have an "upgrade fee", except to make up for the fact that they lied about how much they were willing to sell the phone for.