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AT&T iPhone trade-in/trade-up rumors

Categories: Announcements, Apple, AT&T, iPhone
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, June 12th, 2008 at 6:16 PM

Okay, so there are some rumors swirling the intertubes that indicate AT&T’s intention to allow current iPhone customers to trade-in or trade-up their first-generation iPhone in exchange for the subsdized, lower $200 (or $300 for the 16GB variant) price-point for the iPhone 3G. I just wanted to give our readers a heads-up (and reiterate my previous post) on what’s really going on here.

AT&T will be offering their iPhone customers that bought an iPhone on or after May 27, 2008 the option to swap their current iPhone for an iPhone 3G – at no additional cost. In Apple iPhone 3Gfact, AT&T will be refunding the cost differential between the first-generation iPhone and the iPhone 3G! Now that’s an incredible offer.

ALL other iPhone customers that bought their iPhone BEFORE the May 27, 2008 cut-off date can still buy the new iPhone 3G 8GB for just $200, or $300 for the iPhone 3G 16GB, by signing a new two-year contract and adding on the unlimited 3G data plan. There’s NO NEED TO SWAP your current iPhone for the subsidized pricing. As long as you sign that new contract (which replaces your current AT&T contract, regardless of how long you have left on your current contract) with a 3G data package, you’ll get the low-price offer and get to keep you old iPhone.

Of course, your phone number will be ported to your new iPhone 3G, so your old iPhone won’t be anything more than a thicker iPod Touch. So, you might as well gift it or sell it. Just make sure you wipe your personal data beforehand – don’t say we didn’t warn you.

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  • mike mike

    Of course, your phone number will be ported to your new iPhone 3G, so your old iPhone won’t be anything more than a thicker iPod Touch. So, you might as well gift it or sell it. Just make sure you wipe your personal data beforehand – don’t say we didn’t warn you.

    Uh, you might want to clear that phone and get it on Ebay quick. The ability to unlock at a deal is gone, so the 2G iPhone has gone from slow to the only one that someone is going to be able to use on T-Mobile, so I might be really nice to my current iPhone, its the better one…

  • SexyMan69

    Has this been confirmed Yet by At&t

  • Matt

    There is still some specifics that haven’t been laid out for this. I got my iphone on May 27th, and had to warranty exchange it at an Apple store on the 29th. Does this apply to me now, as the iPhone I have is not the one that I originally activated…

  • Adam

    do you know anything about this?
    All AT&T and APPLE locations nationwide on launch day of the new iphone, will give priority to those who are already AT&T customers.
    Reasons being:
    1: influx of new phone number requests
    2: limited devices in each location to create hype
    3: suggests for you become an AT&T customer now, have your AT&T phone number, just take the free phone AT&T offers and your day on July 11 will be smooth. The SIM card from your AT&T phone goes right into the iphone.
    Also, the iphone is not insured by AT&T so if you loose if or it breaks you have to deal with Apple not AT&T, there is no significant value of getting the contract and iphone at the same time.

  • Luke

    I also did a warranty exchange that would place the new phone within the time zone for free exchange. Does the free exchange apply to people like Matt and I?

  • Lucy

    I was just wondering if why that certain date but yeah that’s pretty cool but it sucks I brought mine on the 21 not knowing the new one was coming out so is there any way to trade it ?