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Upgrading to the iPhone 3G S May Not Be Worth the Cost

Why did you sign a two year contract in the first place. The first gen Iphone was not subsidized by ATT we paid full price and ATT provided a monthly carrier payment back to Apple. When the user switched to the second gen. ATT no longer needed to pay Apple monthly so Apple was the one taking the hit on the first gen to 2nd gen. When you sign up for a two year contract you are taking a loan from ATT to buy the Iphone and then repay the loan over two years. This is not unique to ATT all of the carriers in the US do the same thing. You can buy the phone for full retail or take a subsidized phone. Depending on where you are in the current contract you get the price discounted. Why don't people get it. It a business what should ATT do when Version 4 or 5 comes out.

Does Palm's Pre Have Anything on the iPhone or Storm?

On May 12 11:41 AM Aryamehr wrote:

> Palm's choice of Sprint was brilliant, in that Sprint is the only,
> and will be the only, carrier for the next two years to have 4G capabilities,
> hence enhancing the Pre's speed by a factor of at least 10 over the
> iPhone and Blackberry phones. Other than having a more efficient
> User Interface and more versatility the Pre will be operating on
> a super fast highway that ATT won't have available until 2011, that
> is if they follow through with their 4G plans in a timely manner.
> Now give me some Spin about the iPhone 4G? ATT again doesn't have
> 4G, so no matter what Apple does they will be limited to 2.5G to
> 3G for at least two more years. During this time Palm will be testing
> a better versions of its WebOS on a fully functioning Sprint 4G network,
> giving its developers a clear advantage. Now beat that!

The Pre does not support 4G so how does this help Palm. ATT is upgrading their existing 3G network via software from 3.6 to 7.2 . The Sprint EVDO rev A operates at 3.1 Mbps. So If you buy a new IPhone which will come out about the same time as the Pre your network theoretically will be twice as fast on the Iphone as the Pre. Realize that peak rates and actual device speeds vary by time and location, but the bottom line is the Pre on Sprint's network will be slower then the next Iphone on ATT network.

Apple's AT&T Deal Is Costly

Todd
Where do you get the estimates? 1 B in lost revenue? You assume that ATT would sell every Iphone Apple could make, which may or may not be the case. The revenue is for 2 yrs not 4. You have no idea what the future holds and based on all the new carriers for Iphone 2. I think you are grossly exaggerating the financial impact of the ATT contract. ATT has an exclusive for the US and no where else. The contract is good for both companies. It allowed Apple to get started in a new business and ATT to capture new high end customers. Verizon had a chance to sell the iphone

AT&T's "Edge" Network Shatters iPhone Mobile Web Expectations

I had the same problem with the rebate. Apple support had me reinput my info into the rebate apply ation and it worked fine the second time. They were aware of the problem with some rebates. As far as the edge network, its slow but works great for checking sports scores when your out and about. Also i surf the home wifi when the kids take the computer