AT&T hikes early upgrade prices

I HAVE A QUESTION:

I got the iPhone 4 the day it came out so if I want to get the iPhone 5 when it becomes available, would I have to pay the early update fee? I have had every iPhone the same day they were made available and I have never paid an early upgrade fee. I remember them making exceptions for iPhone owners. Please let me know what this means please. Thanks in advance.

Right now if you walked in to ATT and needed/wanted a new phone at the cheapest price it would cost you $150 for some rinky dink candy bar phone.

That same phone can be purchsed as a go-phone for $15.

Not to mention...why does ATT charge the exact same price for refurbished? Isn't the point of buying a refurb is that it saves you 30 bucks?

I currently have a Aria and I badly want to get a qwerty phone that I can text on but aso dump the data plan. The best option is a Pantech for $209. Again,the same Pantech that is $99 as a GoPhone.

More than anything I am just sick of the games. Why was ipad data $15 for 250 MB but on iphone it's $15 for 200?

Why on Gophone do they charge you $20 for like 5MB????? Or whatever it is.

Games games games. Different rules/prices/conditions for different segments and circumstances when it's all bits and bytes going from a hunk of plastic that cost $65 to manufacture to a tower.

I got a mifi to pair w/ an ipod touch and when my contract is done I'm getting a qwerty on prepay. The cost of having these iphones and monster 4 inch droids just isn't worth it anymore. This used to be fun. All this nonsense is not fun.

These devices are supposed to enhance our lives and be cool and fun to use and it's all just a giant broom up the butt from these horrible companies.

And don't tell me VZW/Sprint is better....blah blah blah...THEY ALL SUCK!!!!

I've had every carrier at least twice and ATT is the best of the lot which is pretty sad.

Did they forget about plans to buy T-Mobile? Raising prices is the last thing they should be doing. However it probably doesn't really matter in this regulatory environment.

Now I know if they change the terms of your contract you can refuse and get out of your contract at no charge. Do you think this would apply?

What a foolish, greedy bunch of idiots. Two good phones in their entire lineup, both of which are available on other carriers; terrible pricing; incredibly inconsistent customer service (usually awful, but keep calling and you might luck out). Granted, Verizon isn't much better, but their better than this. If only Sprint could get a big pile of money to expand their network, esp. to under-served areas. They could have a couple of really good years if they did, maybe quite a few of them if they stayed competitive.

AT&T really doesn't get it. They're basically burying their head in the sand with the thought that nobody is going to switch to Verizon for the iPhone. Giving people less incentive to upgrade their phones is only going to increase the likelihood that they run out their contract and then consider all options.

What are they, Stoopid? My 2 years runs out at the end of the year, this is NOT encouraging me to stay with ATT.

dave

One more reason to dump AT&T....

Hmm, so it's $50 for iPhone folks to "upgrade" but $150 for everyone else? The screencap says "excludes iPhones" but then the chart shows $50 for iPhone upgrades. Just making sure I don't misunderestimate, that's all. :)

Is someone still using Mac Classic (or just a skin)?