Apple Sells Contract-Free iPhones: $500-$700
Posted in: att, iPhone, Phones, Today's ChiliAccording to a leaked internal document, Apple will now sell you an off-contract iPhone. Previously, you were required to prove that you had an AT&T contract before purchase, or to sign up for one. The iPhones aren’t unlocked, though. They are still tied to AT&T. What this does mean is that you can buy an iPhone and use it without having to sell yourself to AT&T for two years, either by unlocking for use on another GSM carrier, or using it with an existing or pre-pay AT&T contract.
This takes us all the way back to the first days of the iPhone, when the only way to buy an iPhone was off-contract, and unsubsidized. It also gives us a reminder of the crazy prices people were paying back then. The off-contract iPhones will cost you $500 for the 8GB 3G, $600 for the 16GB 3GS and $700 for the 32GB 3GS.
This is unlikely to reawaken the gray export market, which saw US-sourced, contract-free jailbroken iPhones on sale as far away as China: Customers are limited to just one iPhone per day, or five if they do it the old fashioned way and buy the phone with a contract.
The offer hasn’t yet reached the online store, so you’ll need to take a trip to you local Apple Store to do the deal. And one more thing: Those iPhone prices make the iPad look pretty cheap, right?
Buy iPhones Without Contract Now: Official Apple Document Leaked [Gizmodo]
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