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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
I just wanted to help fuel the flames a little bit in the general internet atmosphere of being pissed at AT&T and their dropping the ball with the new iPhone 3GS.
Apple goes and throws out $199 and $299 price points on the new models and we ooooh and ahhhh and start dreaming of standing in line. Then the fanfare is over, the new phones are up on Apple.com, and we are able to check our plans to get ready to buy them. This is when we all find out that if we already had an iPhone 3G, we were ineligible for the upgrade pricing. In my particular scenario, It gave me price points of $399 and $499 with an upgrade date of 12/13/2009.
So this means that any old customer off the street can walk in and get a phone for 3/5 of the price that me, a loyal customer for years and years can. That just doesn’t feel right.