Comments on: $200 Asterisk for the iPhone 3G

By: eddie

eddie — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:20:09 +0000

switch to verizon it way better service and there customer service it great we had att for 4 years and it was all bad it sucks and we switch to verizon no problems with them at all.

i love it!

By: Prasad

Prasad — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:26:08 +0000

Why is not Apple iPhone in $199 in India? Steve Jobs don’t think about Indian mobile market?

Thanks
http://popularityofiphone.blogspot.com/

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:05:16 +0000

When I got my iPhone on the first day I still had time left on my contract with ATT and I did not have to pay extra. I met someone afterwards who had gone to the ATT store and they wanted to charge an extra fee. He said no and went to the Apple store and was able to get the phone. Also there were a ton of people in line with me that were just upgrading their phones and they had to pay an $18 upgrade fee, but otherwise got their new iPhones for the listed price. BTW, this was all on the ATT Mobile Web site.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:15:24 +0000

Dude, switch to Verizon and get an iPod Touch. I’ve been with Verizon 9 years and LOVE them. Not only is their network coverage ridiculously awesome in even very remote areas, but their customer service is second to no one. I’ve never waited more than 2 minutes to talk with a real live person and have any issue resolved quickly. Once they accidentally charged me incorrectly for some txt message (by like $5) so to make it up to me, they gave me the next month of service for FREE! I was blown away. Another time I was in a town I was unfamiliar with but wanted to check something at the local Verizon store. So I called Verizon and not only did they give me the address and phone number, they even looked up directions on Google for me and told me how to get there from my current location.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:51:16 +0000

Oh I totally agree that the contracts are terrible - but once I have signed one, I don’t really object to abiding by it, even when I don’t want to. That’s too bad that you have had bad AT&T customer service - I guess it is just the luck of the draw whether or not you get a nice person.

By: adam mclane

adam mclane — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:45:28 +0000

Amy, thanks for your comments about Verizon. I’ll have to keep that in mind. Over the last 10 years I’ve never had a pleasant time with AT&T. (Cingular, or whatever else they’ve call it.) I hate calling them, it’s always horrible. They are politely rude and “policy” focused.

Actually, there are some legislatures looking into the 2 year contract thing. The contracts only favor the companies and never benefit customers. I’m all about free economy. If Virgin or 02 popped up in the US and did a great job, I’d love to be able to go to the best deal for me. Locking people into lame contracts is just short-sighted biz IMO.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:37:35 +0000

AT&T does not have the worst customer service. Verizon does. I cannot speak for any other companies, but for your own sanity, avoid Verizon. I have been quite satisfied with AT&T, the customer service people have always been very nice and we have been allowed to adjust our plans up and down as needed, something Verizon would not let us do.

September is not that far away - 2 months! Why not just wait for your account to expire?

I agree that the $199 advertising is misleading - who looks at little asterisks? But I don’t think we should balk at companies expecting us to honor our 2-year contracts. Otherwise, we could just trade in phones willy-nilly for next to nothing, which would not be lucrative to them at all.

By: William Hartz

William Hartz — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:07:42 +0000

The lower price is due to AT&T’s subsidizing the phone. That information was available from day 1 on the website from Apple and AT&T. It’s an evil that comes with all phone companies.

By: Adam Reed

Adam Reed — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:38:43 +0000

I was tempted to get the new iPhone too, but since I have been with AT&T for the past 4 years I would have to pay the higher price too. Thanks for the heads up, and let me know how Verizon goes.

By: adam mclane

adam mclane — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:23:05 +0000

If you’re a new customer and you don’t mind the jacked up price of service… it’s probably not a bad deal.

The crazy thing is that I know what happens when you post anything “negative” about an Apple product. You get slammed as a hater.

Nevermind the fact that I have a macbook, macbook pro, and an imac in my house. I’ll get labeled a hater!

I don’t know if we’ll switch or not. It all has to do with how they handle the move.