iPhone Pre-Paid Plan?

[Bender]

phonescoop.com

Date Posted: Tuesday, 4:52 PM
Source: AT&T
AT&T today announced that GO Phone users can now purchase blocks of messages, megabytes, and off-peak minutes. Pre-paid subscribers can buy 200 messages for $5 or 3000 for $20, 1 MB of data for $5 or 5 MB for $10 and 3000 off-peak minutes for $20. These packages are good for 30 days however unused portions will roll over if a subscriber renews the package before it expires. Go Phone users will still pay for voice calls by the minute. Many other pre-paid carriers allow subscribers to buy "hybrid" plans that include a monthly allotment of voice minutes, messages and data at a discounted price.

Could this mean that the iPhone will be available without a contract? We could only hope.

 

[wjp09]

Without a contract yes/no. You will kinda be in a contract with cingular. Because if you don't add x ammount of $ to the phone they shut it off. Even if you still have a balance.

 

[ColsTiger]

Without a contract yes/no. You will kinda be in a contract with cingular. Because if you don't add x ammount of $ to the phone they shut it off. Even if you still have a balance.

But if you're already a Cingular/At&t customer, you could buy the Go version iPhone and then never activate the pre-paid SIM card. Just slide in your post paid SIM card and you've got an iPhone without a contract.

 

[wjp09]

If your already a customer you already have acontract

 

[ColsTiger]

If your already a customer you already have acontract

But, it won't be a NEW contract that would be for two more years. If the Go PHone version is the same price as the post-paid version that would be the way to go. Don't see that happening. If they offer the iPHone in a Go PHone option, look for it to cost more than the posted prices of $499/$599.

 

[MikeMirage]

I reallydon't see there being a go phone version

 

[ColsTiger]

I reallydon't see there being a go phone version

but there has been documentation posted online that suggests this.

 

[mrmacbook]

I have read rumors of there being a go phone version of the iPhone.