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So, as someone who doesnt really want to wade through this thread for answers to questions I'm not even sure I have, I'd like to get an idea of my situation.
As a Blackberry owner with AT&T, I'd like to walk in and get myself a 3GS tommorrow. I'm a little over 6 months into my contract with upgrade eligibility in August. I Work for the Government so I'm assuming their discount (15%) applies.
I would assume I stand to have to pay full price for the phone, sign a new 2 year contract, and with the $69 plan, 1500 a month texting and my government discount I'm looking at a $75 a month phonebill?
Or are their other offers/details I'm missing?
As a Blackberry owner with AT&T, I'd like to walk in and get myself a 3GS tommorrow. I'm a little over 6 months into my contract with upgrade eligibility in August. I Work for the Government so I'm assuming their discount (15%) applies.
I would assume I stand to have to pay full price for the phone, sign a new 2 year contract, and with the $69 plan, 1500 a month texting and my government discount I'm looking at a $75 a month phonebill?
Or are their other offers/details I'm missing?
Kletian said:
Re-read the press release, accelerated upgrade eligibility was only available to early iPhone 3G adopters (whereas all EDGE owners are eligible). I don't believe it applies to owners of other handsets.
AT&T said:
Full price for the 32GB is, what $699. You'd be eligible for 'early upgrade' pricing, which is only $499, which, hell, is what I paid for my 8GB OG iPhone.
SweetTea023
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Juice said:
No, I'm pretty sure I'm not immediately eligable...
"- $199 (16GB) and $299 (32GB) for all new AT&T customers and existing AT&T customers who have fulfilled their previous agreement. In addition, AT&T yesterday extended this pricing to iPhone 3G customers who will be eligible for a full upgrade in July, August, or September 2009.
- $399 (16GB) and $499 (32GB) for existing AT&T customers who have not yet fulfilled their existing agreement but would like an early upgrade to iPhone 3G S. This early upgrade option is exclusively available for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S."
My contract ends on August 18th, but I don't have an iPhone 3G-I have a BlackJack 2. Please reply proving me wrong. =/
edit: Also something to note: I'm nearly years into my freaking contract.
lionelhutz
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Oni Jazar said:
I don't think so. In my experience it all depends on the page you're viewing. If it has a lot of graphics it will almost always refresh. If you flip between two pages that are mostly text then it usually won't. I think it just depends on the memory usage.
Keylime
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...random thought:
Where does the iPhone go from here? What functionality would they put into a supposed 4G model that we could get next year?
- Flash support
- Front facing camera for video chat
- Higher capacity
- 4G support
For me the biggest announcement would be: No more ATT! Verizon World Phone model with GSM/CDMA support!
Where does the iPhone go from here? What functionality would they put into a supposed 4G model that we could get next year?
- Flash support
- Front facing camera for video chat
- Higher capacity
- 4G support
For me the biggest announcement would be: No more ATT! Verizon World Phone model with GSM/CDMA support!
ravien56 said:
It'll work either way, either you have internet on wifi or 3G from your phone, plug into the computer, the computer should recognize a new network adapter. Unplug your computer from the internet then try plugging in your iPhone and turn on the tethering. That's all I had to do, my laptop recognized it, set it up and I was surfing the web through the phone as if nothing had changed.
SweetTea023
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Juice said:
np~ I've gotta find a way around this...
YuriLowell
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FING ATT.
Site has not updated since yesterday when I first ordered it.
Thats it i am gonna call them up.
Site has not updated since yesterday when I first ordered it.
Thats it i am gonna call them up.
SweetTea023
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YuriLowell said:
Lay into them for all of us! =P
Surely with only 2 months to go in my contract I can talk someone into letting me get the discounted price...
Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
WTH!!!! There is an Apple-free version of their website? WOW just WOW. That's like 1up having a nintendo-free version of the website, its just so stupid. I cannot believe the amount of hate for Apple has to call for an Apple-free version of Engadget. Unbelievable.
jonnybryce
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I'm pretty sure it's not an Apple free Engadget, it's just a tag thing you can do to the URL to exempt anything tagged Apple. They tell people to do that if they complain. Just like how you can load only certain tags, those aren't officially "LG only" or "Sony only" versions of Engadget by Engadget, just some tag play in the url to only see those stories.
SweetTea023
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neojubei said:
Well, to be honest if I don't have a Nintendo system than I don't want to be flooded with Nintendo news. This is especially applicable if, say you are a Mac owner and PC news just doesn't apply to you.
Open minded? Definitely Not. Practical? Yea, I think so.
That said, I'm a PC guy and if I had been subscribing to PC ONLY websites I'd be in the dark and not be interested in an iPhone at all.
YuriLowell
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.SweetTea023 said:
I call and ask about my online order, and jesus the lady sends me to sales.
<_<
Human_Shield
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Anyone else's AT&T order status update? Mine went from showing multiple items (iphone, SIM card, etc.) to now showing:
Keylime
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According to this video:ckohler said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7VftJrga1k
...it should be at the top level menu under Settings. But it's not
StrikerObi
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RubxQub said:According to this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7VftJrga1k
...it should be at the top level menu under Settings. But it's not
You have to have an app that features Push notification support before the settings will appear.
StrikerObi
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SephCast said:
I don't see it either. When I search ESPN I only see ScoreCenter and their couple of games. I imagine the alert app will be paid... but I don't see it anywhere. A link to the actual Alerts app would be helpful.
I pre-ordered mine from an AT&T store in person last Thursday (11th) and my status page had originally listed both "Apple IPN 16GB S 3G" and "FREIGHT" as items that were "In Progress". Then a few days later the "FREIGHT" item vanished, leaving only the phone listed. Now, it has been shipped.
SuperPac
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So AT&T says the upgrade eligibility system has been updated, but it's still telling me I'm not eligible and won't be until 12/12/09 -- which doesn't make any sense considering I got both the OG and the 3G phones on their launch days. With the update I should be eligible now.
StrikerObi
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So is anybody else seeing poor wi-fi reception on their iPhone since upgrading to 3.0? I don't seem to have any major problems at home or at my girlfriend's place, but I'm pretty near the router in those situations. At work though, my wi-fi connection is basically useless. I get next to no signal or can't see the network at all, and when I connect I am frequently dropped. I used to get a fine signal on my Original iPhone from my desk. In fact, my MacBook gets a strong signal from the exact same location.
I'm thinking Apple throttled back the power to the wi-fi radio to conserve battery life (hence the 3GS going from 6 to 9hrs battery life estimate under wi-fi). If so, it's fucked iPhone OG owners hard because I get basically no signal at my office now.
I'm thinking Apple throttled back the power to the wi-fi radio to conserve battery life (hence the 3GS going from 6 to 9hrs battery life estimate under wi-fi). If so, it's fucked iPhone OG owners hard because I get basically no signal at my office now.
ckohler said:I pre-ordered mine from an AT&T store in person last Thursday (11th) and my status page had originally listed both "Apple IPN 16GB S 3G" and "FREIGHT" as items that were "In Progress". Then a few days later the "FREIGHT" item vanished, leaving only the phone listed. Now, it has been shipped.
Nice. I ordered mine Saturday at 9am EST, and mine remains in "FREIGHT". I presume mine won't get shipped until friday or saturday.
Fake edit: 16GB? $100 to double your space for two years! Go big, man!
Cmdr. Solrak
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I don't get it...
"- $199 (16GB) and $299 (32GB) for all new AT&T customers and existing AT&T customers who have fulfilled their previous agreement. In addition, AT&T yesterday extended this pricing to iPhone 3G customers who will be eligible for a full upgrade in July, August, or September 2009.
- $399 (16GB) and $499 (32GB) for existing AT&T customers who have not yet fulfilled their existing agreement but would like an early upgrade to iPhone 3G S. This early upgrade option is exclusively available for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S."
If the iPhone 3G was available on 7/11/08 and you had to sign a new 2-year contract at purchase, How is it that I have a 12/12/09 eligibility date where as other iPhone 3G first day owners have a July, August or September eligibility????
"- $199 (16GB) and $299 (32GB) for all new AT&T customers and existing AT&T customers who have fulfilled their previous agreement. In addition, AT&T yesterday extended this pricing to iPhone 3G customers who will be eligible for a full upgrade in July, August, or September 2009.
- $399 (16GB) and $499 (32GB) for existing AT&T customers who have not yet fulfilled their existing agreement but would like an early upgrade to iPhone 3G S. This early upgrade option is exclusively available for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S."
If the iPhone 3G was available on 7/11/08 and you had to sign a new 2-year contract at purchase, How is it that I have a 12/12/09 eligibility date where as other iPhone 3G first day owners have a July, August or September eligibility????
Cmdr. Solrak said:
Because they calculate your eligibility based on the number of $/month they squeeze out of you.
Your bill is probably $80 or so? Well, if you're over $99 a month, then you're going to be upgrade eligible even sooner than december, and probably fall inside this window.
Mulitasking and background apps would be top priority for me. The value of location-specific apps really takes off if you can have those run in the background and alert you of location-specific information w/o having to specifically take phone out of your pocket to check.RubxQub said:
Granted, that could drain battery life significantly so...better battery tech too.
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