Apple's much heralded iPhone device may be made available as a prepaid handset, according to data recently culled from wireless carrier AT&T's internal account database.
Based on the screen capture, the blog site infers that Apple will make the handset available through each of AT&T's primary service methods, including the familiar subscription-only service as well as the Go Phone Pick Your Plan (hybrid) and Pay As You Go (prepaid-only) methods.
While the costs for the individual services are unknown, AT&T hasn't announced any changes to its payment methods for the iPhone versus other devices.
Meanwhile, Electronista raises the possibility that the AT&T data entries for the various iPhone payment methods may have been completed automatically regardless of the carrier's intent to use them for shipping phones.
Thus far, AT&T has committed only the pricing officially announced by Apple at Macworld San Francisco in January, which asserted that iPhone will be available starting from $499 for a 4GB model with a two-year service subscription.
17 Comments
Alrighty, then!
Or, the admin folks may be just populating some default setup options with the intent of returning to correct the details later...
Or, the admin folks may be just populating some default setup options with the intent of returning to correct the details later...
I fear this the truth. I sincerely hope the iPhone is offered with a pay as you go plan however. I'd be all over it like a shot.
iphone to be sold with a pay as you go plan? yeah right, see the high price on it its not what sucks, it that even if you are cingular customer you wont be able to get it with out a 2 year extended contract, thats were apple gets its cut, or unless your willing to pay someone $1000+ on ebay to buy theirs so keep dreaming
If this really is true and you could get a pay as you go service, then the iPhone would go from a "do I really want to do this?" purchase to a "Heres my $600, what do I sign?" purchase.