It's $99 with a 2-year contract with AT&T, so it's not as cheap as it sounds. |
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Hey guys, so I was thinking about purchasing an Iphone, and here in Australia they start at about $700 (about 550 USD). With the upcoming launch of the new Iphone, the current model will apparently have it's price dropped (in America) to about $99 US (120ish AUD). http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-3gs/ (Bottom of page has some prices). |
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It's $99 with a 2-year contract with AT&T, so it's not as cheap as it sounds. |
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I'm not fully aware with how it works in America in terms of packages and deals. In Australia we have two systems. |
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It means you buy the phone and 2 years worth of plans and packages, and you're stuck with AT&T for the next 2 years, unless you pay to end it early. The iPhone is 100 dollars for the phone, but you have to pay quite a bit extra for the contract, although I'm not sure how much. Also, can you get AT&T service where you live? If not, it might not be worth it to buy one, you could look at other smartphones that are sold in your country. |
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Maybe you could just get one off of ebay real cheap and jailbreak it yourself. And you can use a plan other than AT&T, DemonParasite (unlocking and jailbreaking are different. Unlocking means you can use a SIM card from another service). Unlocking iPhones are not that difficult and if you have a cell phone provider that uses a SIM card it is easy, obviously. |
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Last edited by Exhalent; 06-25-2009 at 07:28 AM.
We don't have AT&T in Australia, the idea was to buy the phone cheap and unlock it so I can use my Aussie sim card instead . I can't find anywhere what the other charges would be included in the 2 years, there are no details of various monthly charges etc which is why I'm confused. |
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