Actually, as a new AT&T customer, my iPhone is subsidized. Kinda...
...because I just found out that my iPhone doesn't count as a subsidized phone purchase with AT&T. In other words I can get any deal, right now, that AT&T currently offers to new subscribers on another phone (I don't have to add another line). I verified this at my local AT&T CS, at an AT&T store, and on AT&T's Website (it shows my iPhone line as being eligible for upgrades). Indeed I have the Website open and am deciding on a phone. The only drawback is that I have to extend my contract by another 3 weeks (no
biggie, and if I knew this when I bough the iPhone I would have done it then).
So I just need to decide whether to get one of the free phones to keep as a spare, a Blackjack to Ebay (unopened), or something else. Might even go for a Curve and Ebay that. They seem to be going for $500 on Ebay, and I can get it for $250. Either way getting the extra phone helps mitigate the cost of the iPhone, IMO.
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Mike