Are you iReady? If you’re not, AT&T and Apple are finally releasing all of the information necessary to make sure that you are. We don’t know if it was AT&T or Apple that coined the term being “iReady” but AT&T is the one who offered tips so that customers can be iReady for the iPhone 3G when it goes on sale on Friday July 11th.
Prior to today, the only information we knew for sure was that the official release date for the iPhone 3G is July 11th and pricing for new AT&T subscribers and those eligible for upgrades is $199 for an 8GB phone and $299 for a 16GB phone. Here are all of the other iPhone 3G details you’ll need:
- Launch Time for the iPhone 3G is 8 AM local time
- The $199 and $299 pricing requires a two-year contract
- Those not eligible for upgrade pricing will pay $399 for the 8GB model and $499 for the 16GB model
- All customers upgrading will be required to pay an $18 upgrade fee while new customers will pay a $36 activation fee
- In the future, AT&T will offer a no-contract-required option for $599 (8GB) and $699 (16GB)
Plans have also been announced and start at $69.99 per month:
- $69.99 per month: 450 anytime minutes and 5,000 night and weekend minutes
- $89.99 per month: 900 anytime minutes and unlimited night and weekend minutes
- $109.99 per month: 1350 anytime minutes and unlimited night and weekend minutes
- $129.99 per month: unlimited anytime minutes
Family Plans are available as well and start at $129.99 per month for two iPhone 3G lines and include 700 shared anytime minutes and unlimited nights and weekends. You can add additional lines at $39.99 per month (up to 3 lines) and you can get plans of up to 6000 anytime minutes for $359.99. For individuals wanting text messages, they will be charged $5 per month for 200 messages, $15 per month for 1500 messages, or $20 per month for unlimited. There’s also an unlimited FamilyTalk text messaging option for $30 per month.
If you’re a current AT&T subscriber and you’re wondering if you’re eligible for an upgrade, just log-in to your AT&T Wireless account online and in the right sidebar you’ll see a link that says “Upgrade Phones.” Click on it and then it will list out your phones and tell you if you’re upgrade eligible.
AT&T put together a video explaining some of the iPhone 3G details which you can checkout below:
that video is completely worthless for people already with AT&T and without an iPhone!
I’m sorry, but I am not going to spend a week’s pay on freakin’ over-glorified cell phone, media player, camera etc. The monthly plans are insane as well. For me it would be a waste of money since I barley use my phone. I suppose for those ‘always must be connected’ type this would be a good deal. $130 a month is about what I pay for my High Speed Internet/Digital Cable w/ DVR and home phone (w/ 60 minutes free long distance) package.
Any 3G iPhone vs HTC Touch Diamong articles????
Looks like they posted another video for existing customers:
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Well, we don’t have an HTC Touch Diamond so it would be difficult to do a hands-on comparison. We have already sold our old iPhones (for $425 each
) and will be upgrading to the new ones when they come out.
Any way around the whole social security number thing?
I want the phone, but not bad enough to give them my soc#.
If not, I guess they don’t want a new customer, I’ll stick with Verizon, they never even asked.
Huh, I’m surprised that you never had to give them your Social Security Number. They normally use it to do a credit check before letting you purchase a plan.
Are you sure they didn’t ask? I think most phone companies these days require credit checks, and that’s the only way I know of that they’d be able to pull that information.
Hmm.. no contract option sounds good! Do you know if you get the simlock removed then as well? Otherwise that would be pretty worthless
I’d have to imagine that’s something in the 2.0 software update that is coming. Otherwise yes, it would be worthless.