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I may have stumbled upon the perfect 'get out of jail free card' with AT&T, and found a way to get out of your contract without paying the Early Termination Fee (ETF).
On June 24th, I stood in line, among the masses, for the much anticipated launch of the iPhone 4 and was able to snag one. Well, 30 days in, I just couldn't bring myself to deal with the iPhone's antenna issue any longer, and decided to take a chance with Sprint and the HTC EVO.
First and foremost, I'm a fan of Apple and their products, but what I'm about to share is just unacceptable in my opinion. Now of course, I'm the "idiot" who stood in line from 11PM the night before release until 11AM the morning of release to get 2 iPhone 4's and maybe that's explains why I'm bitter.
Or it could just be the fact that I shelled out over $400 for two devices that have a major design flaw. I'll be honest though, I still love my iPhone 4 and my wife loves hers...but should this really happen this easily? I'll let you be the judge.
My futile attempts to get an iPhone 3G S for the fully subsidized price of $199 has come to pass. I did what any desperate, impatient, early adopter would do...beg and plea.
First, I decided to just call AT&T and ask a customer service representative (CSR) if they could adjust my upgradability date. I got the idea from an Information Week article. This however was unsuccessful. I was extremely pleasant on the call and you could tell the CSR was appreciative of this. She genuinely sounded like she wanted to help, but after researching all possible solutions, my hopes and prayers just weren't enough.
The iPhone 3.0 software has been released and those of us within the US are without 2 of the most wanted features: MMS and tethering. At this particular juncture, I think it's safe to say tethering is going to be at a premium. I've read some reports predicting that it could cost an additional $65/mo.
What about MMS? In today's world of smartphones and even your average flip phone, carriers and their plans don't really discriminate between SMS and MMS. If that's the case with AT&T and the iPhone, why the delay? AT&T all ready offers this on a variety of other devices and is simply bundled in the messaging plan. This is why I'm starting to believe MMS is going to cost us.
After several months of being without an iPhone, I'm back. Actually I've had my current iPhone 3G for about a month and a half now and all I can say is it is simply the best option out there for what I want and need in a mobile device. I'm not going to call it a phone, because let's face it...it's much more.
The iPhone 3.0 software has been released and those of us within the US are without 2 of the most wanted features: MMS and tethering. At this particular juncture, I think it's safe to say tethering is going to be at a premium. I've read 
After several months of being without an iPhone, I'm back. Actually I've had my current iPhone 3G for about a month and a half now and all I can say is it is simply the best option out there for what I want and need in a mobile device. I'm not going to call it a phone, because let's face it...it's much more.