Comments on: iPhone 3G Deal Sans Contract Just Got Better

By: Christopher Price

Christopher Price — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:59:01 +0000

Ryan O, AT&T only requires that you return the iPhone 3G if purchased within the first 30 days, not after the first 30 days.

By: Ryan O

Ryan O — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:56:59 +0000

From what I heard, AT&T is requiring the iPhone be returned if you want to cancel your account after the 30 days. They realized months ago that people would try this and have already taken the steps to train their reps. Just give AT&T a call and ask them yourself.

By: Christopher Price

Christopher Price — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:46:01 +0000

At this point, it probably is too late. The order would have to ship by today for you to get it Friday… and I doubt any more orders will ship today.

You can still do this deal by buying a phone in an AT&T store (one without any rebates). However, the numbers would be off and you’d have to whip out a calculator and do the math yourself..

By: T T

T T — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:55:34 +0000

Is it too late to order now? it’s almost July 11.
Since you will have to order the phone online and then activate the used iphone.
Do you have to wait until you get the Tilt through mail before upgrading to the iphone?
Thanks,

By: Christopher Price

Christopher Price — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:30:57 +0000

They should, you can almost always consolidate onto a family plan… it doesn’t affect the length of the contract. It’s not common that you would need to do this, but it’s not against policy.

By: SaltyDawg

SaltyDawg — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:06:45 +0000

What if I’m not an existing AT&T customer, and I’m signing a new 2 year contract per phone. Will they still consolidate them all on a family plan?

By: Christopher Price

Christopher Price — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:44:58 +0000

If you order it all on one order, you will only get the $50 discount on the first phone.

However, you can order four separate phones, and then consolidate them onto a FamilyTalk plan.

It’s a bit of a pain to do it that way, but considering the refurb Tilt isn’t available anywhere else, it may be the best option.

Also note that depending on who you reach in customer care, they may charge an $18 fee per line to consolidate (as a transfer of service). I would ask that the fee be waived at that point, since it was the only way to have the coupon work properly.

By: SaltyDawg

SaltyDawg — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:23:35 +0000

Is there a limit to that $50 coupon? If I buy 4 of them and put them on a family plan, will I get them all for $100 each? Or will I only get 1 at $100 and the other 3 at $150?

By: Christopher Price

Christopher Price — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:55:42 +0000

If we make money from advocating for the consumer, we don’t need to put that in a big black box before you click the purchase button. Nobody else does that, and we don’t see it to be helpful to the consumer… it would simply be distracting and confusing.

Again, our editorial policy is clear: We don’t care if we make money or not when reporting on an individual article. If we do, great. If we don’t, great.

As I said in the original article, we will be deleting further discussion that is not directly related to the iPhone 3G deal. If you have comments or feedback about PhoneNews.com itself, use the feedback form at the bottom of the page (or, you can post in the forums).

By: Leon

Leon — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:52:48 +0000

Noone needs to run anything by you before they do it. Your not in charge of anything so you get no say.