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ATandT Readies No-Contract iPhones
By: Roy Mark
2009-03-19
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Would you pay $700 for a no-contract iPhone? AT&T and Apple hope so. According to reports, AT&T will start offering a no-commitment iPhone March 26. Are AT&T and Apple moving inventory before the introduction of a new iPhone or merely measuring consumer interest in a very expensive smartphone without a two-year contract?Possibly hinting at a new iPhone release, rumors surfaced March 18 that
AT&T plans to begin offering a no-contract 3G iPhone. Beginning
March 26, according to a report by Boy Genius, AT&T will sell the no-commitment iPhones at $599 for an 8 GB iPhone and $699 for a 16 GB model.
The report, based on AT&T training materials obtained by the site,
claims the no-contract offer will be limited to existing AT&T
customers and the carrier will limit sales to one iPhone per existing
customer. When the 3G iPhone debuted last year, AT&T said it would
eventually offer no-contract iPhones.
Currently, AT&T and Apple only offer the iPhone with a two-year
contract. The subsidized prices come in at $199 for the 8 GB model and
$299 for a 16 GB iPhone.
When Apple introduced the original iPhone in June 2009, buying a
no-contract model was part of the product mix and within months, Apple
even dropped the price of a no-commitment iPhone. The price cuts
preceded the release of the iPhone 3G in July 2008.
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