Current iPhone owners: looks like you’ll get the subsidized iPhone 3G price
I’ve been checking my AT&T account daily to see if I could upgrade my first-gen iPhone, even though I’ve only had it for 11 months. In fact, Barb’s only had hers for six months or so. I don’t plan to get a 3G iPhone but this should help confirm the answer to that nagging question current iPhone owners have: "Can I get the 3G iPhone at the subsidized price?" Up to today, my account wasn’t showing that either of our two iPhones were eligible, but that changed today. This very second, I can actually move to practically any subsdized phone of my choosing if I agree to a new two-year contract.
I won’t be doing that as the iPhone does everything I need and I really don’t want to add another $15 to my monthly bill for the next 24 months. That’s what the data plan and 200 SMS messages would add if I moved to the 3G iPhone or another smartphone. I’ll stick with what I have instead of the more traditional plan that goes with the non-traditional 3G iPhone. If you want to upgrade, now’s a good time to check your eligibility. I suspect that if you own an iPhone today, you’ll be eligible. If you’re not, however, drop a note in the comments and let us know when you bought your current phone.
Yup, I see the same thing on both of my AT&T iPhone accounts. I think I will be upgrading to the new iPhone when it comes out in a few weeks.
AT&T’s website says it doesn’t recognize my mobile number…
AT&T doesn’t recognize my number now also.
SIte’s down for now:
myWireless Account is Currently Closed
We’re in the midst of making some improvements to My Account, so this area of our site is temporarily unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience and plan to open My Account as quickly as possible.
I checked mine earlier and found I could upgrade in Jan 09.
The only thing holding me back from getting an iPhone 3G is the $30/month data plan, it’s a shame. Apparently that require a data plan.
Thats not true, i have bought the iphone the very same day it came out and i have checked the upgrade page many many times, maybe every two weeks, most of the times it told me that i was eligible to an upgraded phone with a new 2 year agreement but sometimes it said i was not. However one of my friends who also had bought his the first day it came out, went ahead and bought a Blackjack less than 2 months after the iphone and kept it as a backup!!! So i wouldnt take this as a way to messaure, i think stevy jobs will let us know very very soon on what happens to us if we choose to upgrade.
Im hoping we cet some kinda rebate or discount for being loyal. I also heard we keep paying the $20 for data and the new $30 for the 3g
Well we’ll find out soon, thanks