Buying an Iphone With No Contract

I've just read that AT&T will sell the new version of the iPhone without a service contract for $400 dollars more than the price with their two-year plan. This is a break from the rules set when Apple's popular touch-screen gadget debuted last year, with the prices being quoted at $599 and $699 fr their two iPhone models. But there is a more cost effective way to buy an iPhone without a contract.

Another way to get a iPhone is have bad credit! The secret being that AT&T mistakenly said on their press releases that people who buy Apple's much-hyped iPhone models, the <a onClick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href="http://www.mobiles.org.nz/iphone-3g-8gb.php">iPhone 3G 8GB</a> and <a onClick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href="http://www.mobiles.org.nz/iphone-3g-16gb.php">iPhone 3G 16GB</a> but do not meet its credit requirements will still be able to keep the phone without having to commit to a two-year contract!

AT&T, the exclusive U.S. service provider for iPhone until 2009, had said in the months leading up to the phone's launch that customers would be required to sign up to a two-year contract in order to buy the device, which costs up to $600. However, the companies did not widely publicize that customers who do not pass its credit test have the option to pay for their service on a month-by-month basis, escaping what some consider a restrictive two-year plan.

After buying an iPhone, customers are required to go to Apple's iTunes Web music store to activate the phones. When it came to activating the device, AT&T customers were given a code to tap into iTunes, proving they were already approved for the service and allowing them to skip some steps in the online process. Apple customers would have to go through that process at home in front of their computer.

If they found out that they did not meet the requirements, they would be offered the option of signing up for a prepaid plan, which allows customers to pay for calls in advance. While prepaid call charges are more expensive than per-minute charges for postpay customers who pay monthly bills, prepaid customers do not have to commit to keep the service.