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iPhone -- I'm not eligible for an upgrade for 1.5 years!
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<blockquote data-quote="Bentley" data-source="post: 421454" data-attributes="member: 30784"><p>I gotta challenge them on this one when I go there tomorrow. If being a new customer affect the price then I got just get the Palm Treo for a contract price than buy the iPhone than flip the Treo and sell it for a little under retail (full price) to someone who wants a brand new phone without having to extend their contract. I'm not gonna not get rewarded for signing up with a 2-year when anyone else contract or not can just buy one.</p><p></p><p>So its either this</p><p>1. Cingular requires a new contract or an extension which would help prevent resellers and would require us to pay them monthly to own something that will be exclusive to them for 5 years!</p><p></p><p>2. Cingular and/or Apple would sell the phones unlocked which there probably not going to do to keep the phone exclusive.</p><p></p><p>3. Since they only mention signing up for a 2-year and not an extension then could just be just not telling us the FULL PRICE so people are shocked.</p><p></p><p>If it's #1 then Apple wouldn't sell you phone at the Apple Store and expect you to go Cingular unattended, again then probably wan't to prevent reselling and keep it exclusive to ONLY Cingular. I'm thinking there will probably be Cingular reps at the Apple store.</p><p></p><p>What confuses me is that they sell it online too but its greyed out at moment. But reports are coming up that they won't allow you to buy it online until a certain date (not launch date) so maybe they will require you to sign up online for a contract, rerouting to Cingular or on the Apple site, but how you will to physically sign something online is beyond me.</p><p></p><p>Also if you look at the "Get Ready" page on the Apple site they say create an iTunes account since it is required to activate your iPhone. Maybe they require you to have a signal or some special Cingular code to be able to use your iPhone and probably an internet connection (which people can't really complain about since it has built in wifi) again to keep the phone exclusive and away from other GSM (whatever you call it the companies that use a sim card) from using it. Basically if you cancel the contract your phone will probably not be fully functional.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bentley, post: 421454, member: 30784"] I gotta challenge them on this one when I go there tomorrow. If being a new customer affect the price then I got just get the Palm Treo for a contract price than buy the iPhone than flip the Treo and sell it for a little under retail (full price) to someone who wants a brand new phone without having to extend their contract. I'm not gonna not get rewarded for signing up with a 2-year when anyone else contract or not can just buy one. So its either this 1. Cingular requires a new contract or an extension which would help prevent resellers and would require us to pay them monthly to own something that will be exclusive to them for 5 years! 2. Cingular and/or Apple would sell the phones unlocked which there probably not going to do to keep the phone exclusive. 3. Since they only mention signing up for a 2-year and not an extension then could just be just not telling us the FULL PRICE so people are shocked. If it's #1 then Apple wouldn't sell you phone at the Apple Store and expect you to go Cingular unattended, again then probably wan't to prevent reselling and keep it exclusive to ONLY Cingular. I'm thinking there will probably be Cingular reps at the Apple store. What confuses me is that they sell it online too but its greyed out at moment. But reports are coming up that they won't allow you to buy it online until a certain date (not launch date) so maybe they will require you to sign up online for a contract, rerouting to Cingular or on the Apple site, but how you will to physically sign something online is beyond me. Also if you look at the "Get Ready" page on the Apple site they say create an iTunes account since it is required to activate your iPhone. Maybe they require you to have a signal or some special Cingular code to be able to use your iPhone and probably an internet connection (which people can't really complain about since it has built in wifi) again to keep the phone exclusive and away from other GSM (whatever you call it the companies that use a sim card) from using it. Basically if you cancel the contract your phone will probably not be fully functional. [/QUOTE]
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