{"id":69,"date":"2009-06-10T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T21:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=69"},"modified":"2009-06-10T16:19:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-10T21:19:00","slug":"new-iphone-prices-are-not-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=69","title":{"rendered":"New iPhone Prices Are Not For Everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been holding out on upgrading my Sony Ericsson flip phone until the next iPhone update. This Monday Apple announced the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/TECH\/06\/08\/apple.iphone.wwdc\/index.html#cnnSTCText\">iPhone 3GS<\/a> priced at $199 for the 16GB version and $299 for the 32GB version. It also dropped the price of the older iPhone 3G 8G version to $99. However there&#8217;s a big catch: The new prices are only good for new and upgrade-eligible AT&#038;T customers. So if someone presently has an iPhone 3G and wants to get the new 3GS, he\/she will have to pay a ridicules $599 for the 16GB version or $699 for the 32GB phone.<\/p>\n<p>iPhone fans are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/494746\/Four_Reasons_Why_IPhone_Owners_Hate_AT_T\">upset<\/a> with Apple and its current contract with AT&#038;T. Last year, when the 3G iPhone came out, existing customers were able to upgrade and pay the new price. This year existing iPhone customers will have to wait until they&#8217;re eligible for an iPhone upgrade, or shell out hundreds of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>I was told by Scott, an <a href=\"http:\/\/magnificentvista.wordpress.com\/2009\/06\/09\/att-and-the-new-iphone-3gs-pricing-shenanigans\/\">AT&#038;T<\/a> representative, that I will have to wait until September to be eligible for the $199 price for the new iPhone GS or pay $499 now for the new phone. Scott recommended I wait until September. 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