iPhone 3GS

June 8th, 2009, by The Angry Drunk

So yeah, nice update, but I think I’ll wait. Here’s the logic. Currently my AT&T account page shows that I’ll be eli­gi­ble for a dis­counted upgrade from my iPhone 3G on December 23rd. I don’t see any rea­son why that pol­icy would change. Next, Apple has now con­sis­tently upgraded the iPhone 1 year after the release of the pre­vi­ous model. I think I can wait six months to see what 2010’s iPhone model has to offer. Early pre­dic­tion 64GB mem­ory top end and the newly rolled out 4G net­work. Which may also mean inde­pen­dence from AT&T, not that Verizon is any better.

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  • http://www.joeyulrich.com/ Joey

    I got my 3G appar­ently around the same time as you (my upgrade is eli­gi­ble around Dec. 19). Just out of curios­ity, I clicked “Buy iPhone” on the iPhone page on Apple’s web­site. I got part of the way through the process and it informed me that as a “val­ued cus­tomer” i was eli­gi­ble for a par­tial dis­count. The 32gig iPhone 3GS was $499 (as opposed to the $699 listed in the fine print) and the 16gig was $399 (opposed to $599). So it looks like some­thing of a dis­count is avail­able for those of us who got the 3G on or around the date it was released. Just not the full discount.

  • http://www.theangrydrunk.com The Angry Drunk

    Yup, dis­counts vary from “piss off” to full sub­si­dized price depend­ing on how much you pay per month and how far into your con­tract you are. Just like every other phone that AT&T sells.