March 20, 2009
Posted by Dan
AT&T has confirmed that contract-free iPhone 3Gs will be coming to the market next thursday! That’s awesome knews for those who can’t afford to be tied down to a contract just to get an iPhone!
Each phone will cost $400 more than their subsidized versions at $599 for the 8GB and $699 for the 16GB. The phones will still remain locked to AT&T and will require the standard iPhone data plan.
Stay tuned!
$599 for an 8GB iphone 3G? No,thanks. I’ll buy one off of ebay for less than $200. Meantime, I’ll stick with my ipod touch 2g 32gb and my blackberry storm (sorry).
You know what is funny?
Just do the math:
500$ == No contract iPhone
200$ 2 year contract iPhone
+
150$ to cancel the 2 year plan early
==
350$ iPhone
So, if you really want to get an iPhone without the two year contract, get the “2 year contract” iPhone, then break the contract.
You actually save 150$ that way.
You actually pay more this new way than you would if you just broke the contract.
Pure. Scam.