if you go into an actual AT&T store, and tell them you want to buy an iPhone, I’d be willing to bet that even though your contract isnt elligible for *upgrade*, you can still RESIGN it at ANY TIME.

Resigning it, as far as I know, would count you as a “new” customer, as you would have to change your plan.

On four different occasions, I have gone in to buy a new phone, and each time, all I had to do was agree to RESIGN my contract to get the phone at subsidy cost.

Afterall - it extends your contract, AT&T gets even MORE money out of you, so they should be happy.

Wording is the key. At apple.com/store, you can find this quoted. “Requires new 2-year AT&T rate plan, sold separately.”

If you’re resigning your contract at the new rate, it would be a NEW plan.

Therefore, if you’re dogging AT&T for “not giving you the subsidy price”, I wholeheartedly disagree. I’d be willing to bet they would give it to you for the price, as long as you RESIGNED your contract.

I have not seen ANYWHERE that says you have to be elligible for upgrade to get the price. That would cut a LOT of AT&T’s users out of the new phone, which would make them LOSE sales.

guess i’ll be waiting for gen 3 after all.

And if it works like blackle.com, it saves wattage. I think.