Comments on: Give me my iPhone 3G S upgrade now!

By: kenny

kenny — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:00:25 +0000

Really pissed that just a few short months after upgrading to 3g. the new iphone comes out so essentially i was forced to pay the price of the 3gs for the regular 3g (which really stinks to high heaven). AT&T ALSO REFUSED TO GIVE ME DIFFERENCE IN THE PRICE CHANGE! GOOD WAY TO KEEP CUSTOMERS HAPPY!!!!!

By: ms

ms — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:35:31 +0000

The policy is completely disappointing. I am an AT&T customer, though not currently an iPhone user and was SO excited to finally have the need in my life to become one. I just looked online for prices and learned that I’m not eligible for the reasonable price until January. Really pissed me off. $499 is outrageous compared to the $199 price tag that others get. I would feel absolutely ridiculous spending so much money, as though I was willingly cheated. AT&T, please review your policy & reward your longtime customers!

By: SnaX

SnaX — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:39:34 +0000

Dis is dumb because are alraedy AT&T customers and we will have to pay more to get a uprgade when new customers will just have to pay 300$.. If anything the we should b paying like 200-300$ for the upgrade not a whole 400$!!!

By: Robert White

Robert White — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:28:58 +0000

I am also bitter; but i understand why AT&T can’t allow folks to upgrade early. AT&T subsidizes these phones heavily already. The decision to allow regular iPhone users upgrade to the 3G with no penalty was a concession made by Apple (meaning that AT&T was not hurt financially through subsidizing). It is all economics. If you recall, the 3G only sold 400 – 500′000 units the first weekend (less than expectations); but the 3Gs sold over a million units the first weekend, hence no need to subsidize early upgrades. I am just gracious that they are allowing us to upgrade after completing just one-year of a two-year agreement. That means november for me. Look on the bright side, it will give them time to address any issues that may arise

By: adam

adam — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:37:15 +0000

I think we should start a petition if this has not already been done!

By: Hey, wait a minute

Hey, wait a minute — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:26:27 +0000

I paid full price for my iphone 3G in July 2008 because I was not eligible for an upgrade at the time, but now AT&T is telling me that even though I didn’t get the upgrade price for the 3G I was automatically committed to another 2-year contract and will not be eligible for upgrade pricing until 2010 (something that was not told to me in July 2008). So I would have to pay full price AGAIN if I want the 3G S.

Does that seem right to anyone? I know you will all say “no” can’t be right, but I talked to several people at AT&T and keep getting the same answer.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:27:42 +0000

This SHIT is unfair. The first I phone had an app for video, then the 3G which is the one I purchased just seven months ago does not have video, then they come out with the ne 3GS and it has video & more. I have an ATT contract and they told me I had to wait until 2010 to get my discount. That’s BULLSHIT!!! They should honor eveyone who purchased the 3G in the first place or at least the people who purchased the 3G less than a year. The so call “NEW” discount prices are NOT really discount. It still alot of money. And FUCK all of you who think I don’t have the right to BITCH!!!!!!!!!!! That’s right I am talking to YOU!!!!!!!

By: K

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:19:39 +0000

Honestly, the new iPhone 3GS does not have anything amazing about it over the old iPhone. All that’s new is that it is SUPPOSEDLY faster and it has a video camera. Oh, and a compass, big whoop. The main things that are cool about the new iPhone, the old ones will get- landscape texting, copy/pasting, blah blah blah. Stop complaining, you sound ignorant. Wait your time like everyone else and then you can have the cheaper price. I doubt that many people are going to be switching over companies for the new iPhone, if they wanted to they would’ve done it when they first came out with any iPhone.

By: Mark J Hankins

Mark J Hankins — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:31:48 +0000

Many waited, many saved, most are proud to be owners of the iPhone. Not, from a status symbol but from it’s very capabilties! Most people have also paid twice their prior monthly bill in order to have this great phone…so, how do they recognize this dedication? I won’t look at another phone or service, but this economic embargo shows the agenda of the product , which is when I lose my interest and pride of being an owner..leadership is class, not price gouging where is the respect? Florsheim shoes, Schwinn bicycles, Levis, Carhart work clothes, Wilson A2000 baseball glves, General Motors, all had dependable products because they were built by a dependable country! What happened? I know where the phone is built, but engineered by dependable people in a dependable state! Make us proud, and show yourselves some respect..leave my pride for the iphone intact. Mark, US Marine Desert Storm Veteran ..peace

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:44:14 +0000

i have 15 months left of my iphone 16gb 3g contract and wouldnt ming paying $299/£155 for a new 32gb 3g s iphone but my service provider wont let me. Very annoyed and angry as i feel i have been punished for being loyal to O2 UK

By: Mike Aban

Mike Aban — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:47:55 +0000

It is ridiculous when there are high end UNLOCKED phoned like Nokia N97, Omnia II, … that we should pay such high prices for a phone that you can never legally unlock, unless you go through a whole bunch of mumbo jumbo and risk bricking your phone, that is.

Two years ago there were no real competitors. Last year there more touch phones but not a real challenger. This year the competitors are much closer with such phones as Palm Pre and G2 android phone.

You put all that together with ATT’s less than dependable network and you wonder how did they come up with these prices. Really! They should refrain from using controlled substances at work.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:17:10 +0000

It’s $699 for the 32GB 3GS if you are not a new customer. thus 700

By: S

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:28:13 +0000

Ok….I may know WHY I GOT the 299.00 price….I DIDN’T get the first iPhone….I got the iPhone 3G on NOVEMBER…Will that have to do with the price I got?

If it did, then I’m sorry that maybe the reason why I got a deal.

Still

By: S

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:13:39 +0000

Ok.

I haven’t read all the comments but I just went to my local AT&T store and asked for an upgrade. I payed 299+Tax for a 32G S Black, which ended up being 323 something…Of course I’m not getting the phone on launch day, because the pre-orders are over but COME ON! THAT WAS AN AMAZING DEAL!!! Considering I just sold my 16G 3G to a friend for 250. I lost 50 bucks on 8 months. That’s not bad at all!

So I really don’t understand where does the blogger get his information from.

BUT YOU’RE WRONG!

Go to your local AT&T store and upgrade!

For me, 50 bucks for a brand new phone with double the capacity and more features was a minimum expense compared to anything else I spend my money on.

PLEASE STOP whining and find out for yourselves…this info and EVERYTHING ELSE I’VE READ ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS IS WRONG!

THANKS!

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:09:33 +0000

Agreed. I’ve been an early mobile adopter from the very beginning, getting new phones every 6 months or so, some through dev programs at discounts, others at full retail price. While i understand the subsidized price of the phone and requirement to complete the contract, i also believe the early adopters drive the [general] market’s influence and also wish I could upgrade to the 3GS at the discount price. The way I see it, as long as we’re committed to re-newing our 2yr committment, AT&T has us on the hook for a pro-longed contract, which helps to keep us from switching carriers, even when the Iphone eventually finds its way to others..

By: Maggie

Maggie — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:36:26 +0000

What I don’t understand is that I paid $499 (full-price) for my iPhone 3G (because I wasn’t eligible for an upgrade) so I just added it to my existing contract, yet AT&T still won’t let me get a subsidized 3GS until 3/2010! I already paid the extra $200, so it should NOT have extended my contract, yet AT&T insists it did. Anyone else have this problem?

By: m

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:37:45 +0000

I WANT the iPhone on the day it comes out. Now all of you say were being obsurd. Were actually not! If you wanted to buy something when it came out or wanted to buy say some food a the grocery store are they gonan say “Nope, Im sorrry come back ina month to get your nexxt food suplly”. Food may be a bit important buy still what gives them the right to make the people who WANT to upgrade not.Its like telling your costumers suck it and leave and take new ones. NOT A SMART MOVE

By: lagurlrep

lagurlrep — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:11:27 +0000

I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE HOW SOME OF YOU ALL ARE REALLY BITCHING ABOUT THE IPHONE…I MEAN COME ON PEOPLE IT’S JUST ANOTHER DAMN PHONE…I’VE BEEN WITH ATT FOR YEARS…WILL BE 8YRS IN DECEMBER AND DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF I’M NOT ELIGIBLE SHOULD ATT MAKE AN EXCEPTION TO OVERRIDE THE PRICING FOR ME CUZ I’VE BEEN WITH THEM FOR SOOO LONG??? HELL NO…SOME OF YOU THINK THAT THE 199/299 PRICING IS FOR NEW CUST ONLY…NOT! IT’S FOR EXISTING CUST AS WELL WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR STANDARD EQUIPMENT DISCOUNTING UPGRADE..FOR EXAMPLE,BEFORE IPHONES EVER CAME OUT,WHEN YOU WERE IN A 2YR CONTRACT AND WANTED TO UPGRADE EXISTING LINE AND WAS TOLD YOU WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR STANDARD EQUIPMENT DISCOUNT PRICING UNTIL A SPECIFIC DATE,DID YOU BITCH ABOUT IT THEN???NO!YOU KEPT THE SERVICE AND UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU WERE STILL IN CONTRACT BUT YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR DISCOUNTED PRICING AT CERTAIN DATE…SO WHY NOW SINCE ATT CAME OUT WITH IPHONES SHOULD IT BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN GETTING A DIFFERENT PHONE…SAME RULES APPLY WITH EVERY PHONE OTHER THAN THE IPHONE…IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE STANDARD UPGRADE NOW THEN IT WILL BE THE 199/299 PRICING…IF NOT THEN IT WILL BE THE 399/499 PRICING…JUST LIKE YOU HAD TO WAIT TO UPGRADE AT STANDARD DISCOUNTED PRICING BEFORE IPHONES EVER CAME OUT FOR A PHONE YOU ALL WANTED IM PRETTY SURE YOU CAN DO THE SAME…IT’S NOTHING DIFFRENT THAN THE REGULAR IPHONE 3G…SAME LOOK AND EVERYTHING…ENOUGH SAID…QUIT WINING ABOUT THINGS THAT DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE…I MEAN SOME OF YOU ACT LIKE YALL LIVES DEPEND ON A DAMN IPHONE…IT’S JUST RIDICULOUS…

By: zach

zach — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:19:52 +0000

I am definitely bummed that the price is as exorbitant as it is. Perhaps a great discount could be offered to those with iPhones if they were to trade them in and get the equal upgrade price as depicted for those buying a first-time, 2 year contract. AT&T could then sell the phones as refurbrished devices. Just a little food for thought. When I told my curious parents what it would take monetarily for the new 3GS, they shut the conversation down then, and there.

By: Becks

Becks — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:01:41 +0000

By the time AT&T actually has the services I want… tethering, MMS, etc. (supposedly at the end of the summer) than I can hold off on upgrading. I bought my iphone on launch day and I’m eligible, but until AT&T catches up with the rest of the world I could care less.