[nycaznkidd0]

i just spoke to a guy from the apple store at nyc, they said that you can activate the phone at home. and im guessing that apple stores is carrying theme right now.

[suprmallet]

Why would you guess that?

[danimsta]

wtf

what about existing iphone users?

do we get to sign a 2 year extension from the day we buy it? or it HAS to be a new contract?

[the sr5]

what about existing customers?

[StealthBravo]

Originally Posted by nycaznkidd0

i just spoke to a guy from the apple store at nyc, they said that you can activate the phone at home. and im guessing that apple stores is carrying theme right now.

You would be guessing wrong!

[Happy Noodle Boy]

For existing its the same thing you do when you buy a subsidized phone: a 2-year extension of the contract.

[pfcfury]

Originally Posted by suprmallet

$39.99 a month for the basic plan and then $30 for data? So we're looking at 70 for the basic plan, which I imagine is 450 anytime minutes and 1500 night and weekend minutes, with no text messages included. If we're lucky, it'll be $59.99 for 650 anytime and unlimited night and weekends, but I'm guessing another $20 a month for unlimited text messages. So that would be $60+$20+$30 for $110 before taxes. Sigh.

Ummmm helllooo!!! TXT is included in unlimited DATA!!!!

[Poseidon79]

Apple - iPhone - Choose a Country

Notice the USA is the last on the list. Available under the July 11th date :-)

[1sick94hb]

i seriously doubt your friends store has the new iphone already. today was just the unveiling of the new phone. If i cant walk in and buy and iphone and do with it as i please then i will not buy the new one. I just dont see how they can get buy with this. I think that you should be able to buy the iphone from apple direct and activate at home, but if you go into the store then you should have to activate on spot. If all this is true then apple is gonna kill there sales because i bet 90% of iphone sales are from people that are not even on ATT!!!!

[nycaznkidd0]

i just called another store and i ask the same question, it will be the same deal with the first iphone. get it and get out. i called 2 nyc apple store already, and they told me the same answer.

[chasev2]

Wow, that'll really stagnate sales.

Will Apple only sell refurbished units in-store, as well? Sounds like a boondoggle in the making.

I doubt this'll last long. And if it does... dump your Apple stock now, lol. With the poor economy and high fuel prices, the headlines that read - "new iphone fails to meet sales expectations" - will just write themselves.

With fuel prices soaring, you really have to wonder about a company that eliminates internet sales from one of its top tier products. Not a smart move, at all.

[jerdst]

that bull apple better recall the iPhones and give me a new one
because I paid 400 for the I have
and I thought all the iPhones were 3g

[StealthBravo]

According to At&t site, you have to activate it at the store or you cant buy it. I don't think this stops the unlocking community but will hinder it.

[1sick94hb]

how can the att store tell you something over the phone about a phone that they dont even have yet!

[nycaznkidd0]

find the local apple store, and give theme a call, i sold my iphone 1 month ago. so im on the safe side