Want to buy iPhone 4... bought 3GS recently

[wardpr68]

Basically, how can I get the iPhone 4 for a decent price.

I got the 3GS about 7 months ago on a 2 or 3 year contract... but now, of course, I would like the 4.

How can I go about NOT paying 700 bucks for it?

[Tik-Tok]

Sell your 3gs, put money towards 4.

[wardpr68]

haha yea... I was thinking of that. But my god... its gonna be like 700 bucks for a 16 gig, THATS STUPID!

[redline]

^^^ welcome to apple...

[wardpr68]

Originally posted by redline
^^^ welcome to apple...

my ass hurts.

[scat330]

If you pay a decent monthly amount they are lenient ( I just destroyed the spelling on that?), last year I was able to get one even though I had a 3G for a year (to get 3gs)

[wardpr68]

ya... i might just negotiate my way to a good price. Been a customer for 15+ years and have 3 phones on the account.

[403ep3]

You'll have a harder time because you've been on your current term for 7months only. They might have the yearly upgrade but that's still a bit out of your reach. This is with rogers I'm guessing.

[wardpr68]

Negative, Telus.

[dj_rice]

Fido let me sign a new 3 year contract and let me get a 3GS for $199 and waived my $200 early cancellation fee for my old contract

[403ep3]

Originally posted by wardpr68
Negative, Telus.

Ohh, I don't think telus has an early upgrade incentive in place, yet. Who knows if rogers will even do it this year?

[scat330]

I have heard from a source July 24 BTW

[shakalaka]

Fck...that's sooo late. Hate how Canada always get's shafted on these things.

[scat330]

Originally posted by shakalaka
Fck...that's sooo late. Hate how Canada always get's shafted on these things.

Another blow for you mate

White models of Apple's new iPhone® 4 have proven more challenging to manufacture than expected, and as a result they will not be available until the second half of July. The availability of the more popular iPhone 4 black models is not affected.

If all the preorders eat it up, white takes even longer...

[Kavy]

Fido waves the ECF when moving to fido from rogers AFAIK so rogers customers have a way to beat the system but Telus does not.

I would expect Rogers to offer early upgrades after the initial run, im sure we will see an early offer to upgrade if you are over 1 year in august. Under 1 year i don't see Rogers/Telus/Bell offering an early upgrade option.

[shakalaka]

Originally posted by scat330


Another blow for you mate



If all the preorders eat it up, white takes even longer...

Yea I saw that too. Pretty shitty, but then again, if we aren't getting them until 24th of July anyway...white's should be ready to go by then.

[scat330]

Originally posted by shakalaka


Yea I saw that too. Pretty shitty, but then again, if we aren't getting them until 24th of July anyway...white's should be ready to go by then.

My thought was that all the preorders will get filled first, then USA gets stocked up, then we're last = beyond July 24.

[riceeater]

it doesnt go by how long you had the plan, but by how much you paid in monthly bills. I upgraded early last year, and it was 250 instead of 200, plus a $25 early upgrade fee... so it was $75 more, about a year, or year and a half into my previous 3 year plan.

[Kavy]

Originally posted by riceeater
it doesnt go by how long you had the plan, but by how much you paid in monthly bills. I upgraded early last year, and it was 250 instead of 200, plus a $25 early upgrade fee... so it was $75 more, about a year, or year and a half into my previous 3 year plan.

From rogers.com

Effective August 21, 2009, a minimum tenure of 24 months since initial activation or last upgrade will be required before a customer is eligible to participate in the hardware upgrade program. This change aligns all upgrades (voice, voice to data and data to data) with the current data to data HUP policy. The updated HUP eligibility rule of 24 months minimum tenure since a customer’s last upgrade or activation date will be system enforced and no exceptions will be allowed.

Last year upgrading was decent. Now the 24 month rule applies regardless of your Tier (how much you spend) has come into effect and screwed over guys like me who have 800 a month cell phone bills.

However they have been known to make exceptions for Iphones, or retention calls.

[GenerationX]

WHAT THE FUCK?
I recently changed from an iPhone data value pack to the BB one, and my contract got extended 3 years? My contract was due to be up this December...