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Thursday, July 03, 2008 --- 55 days ago http://db.tidbits.com/article/9681?rss
 AT&T revealed this week that the iPhone 3G, announced at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference last month, will go on sale at Apple and AT&T retail stores in the United States at 8am local time on Friday, 11-Jul-08. This is a change from last summer's original iPhone roll-out, for which stores closed early and then reopened at 6pm. We suspect the early morning start time is a realistic nod to the likelihood that most transactions this time around won't be quite as quick as last year's iPhone sales. Since customers will need to activate each iPhone in the store, rather than taking the box home to activate the phone in iTunes, we're sure the process will take more than a couple of minutes per person. As Glenn reported (see " Current iPhones Keep Cheaper Plan on Reactivation ," 2008-07-01), existing iPhone users, new AT&T customers, and other existing AT&T customers eligible for an upgrade will be able to buy an iPhone 3G at the $199 and $299 subsidized prices. Existing AT&T customers in the middle of an existing contract on a different phone, and AT&T customers whose accounts aren't current or who have a past history of payment delinquency, won't be able to upgrade at the subsidized price. (We hear users in the middle of a contract may be able to buy an iPhone 3G for $200 more than the subsidized price.) AT&T has provided a Web site to check upgrade eligibility. We've also heard of people purchasing used iPhones without realizing they'r ... |
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