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@Deric
Wait, so does that mean if I bought the T68i in October 02, I will be elegible for an upgrade in March 03 (6 months later)?
What is the benefit? Discount on phone? Better plan terms?
BTW I hope you realize none of my anti-AT&T comments are directed at you personally. Actually, I'm very thankful that several reps from many different companies lurk here on Esato. Hopefully some of our feedback here makes its way to the decision makes at the big SPs.
So thank you, Deric, for keeping us Esatoans up to date with AT&T news.
T68iFan
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Posted: 2003-01-10 00:10:00
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T-Mobile also lets you upgrade if you sign a new contract. Don't know what the restrictions are though.
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Posted: 2003-01-10 00:25:00
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@T68ifan
The benifit is that you get a new phone. Because the phones are pro-rated, we take a financial hit every time we sell one, so we ask you to sign a new contract when you buy at pro rated prices, that way we have a year to get the lost money back in your monthly recurring charge. There are people who will get a new phone every 2 weeks if we let them and they're almost always the ones complaining that we sell the T68i at $199 when if you buy it from ericsson it $405. if you were to buy it from AT&T with no contract extension it would still only cost you $305
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Posted: 2003-01-10 06:12:00
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@Deric
Okay, I hear what you are saying. So can I expect AT&T to sell the P800 for a very reasonable price when it does come out?
I mean, I'd like to re-up with AT&T if they would just address the issues I raised above (start MMS support, eliminate 0.10 SMS charge for users with big data plans, and phone unlocking for int'l users). AT&T's GSM signal reception in Los Angeles has been pretty good for me, so like I said, If they could fix those things, I'd be less likely to want to migrate to T-Mobile.
T68iFan
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Posted: 2003-01-10 09:23:00
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@T68ifan
It all depends on your defintion of reasonable, I'm sure it'll be less than in the UK, but more than the T68i, Honestly, I haven't a clue about the price, but MMS is coming, and I wouldn't count on them dropping the sms pricing anytime soon, but they are going to be doing a new sms plan soon
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Posted: 2003-01-10 17:45:00
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MMS is almost here for AT&T users. It should be available in feb or march. As soon as it is available the P800 will be made available.No word on exact pricing but figure at least $500.00.
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Posted: 2003-01-10 19:33:00
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Y don't u just buy one now like me and then be happy!!!
It won't be locked like ATT ones so no roaming YAY!!!!!!!!
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Posted: 2003-01-11 02:13:00
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I haven't really been keeping up, but if I were to buy a p800 from ATT obviously it would be locked. How is the unlocking of p800s going? does it exist yet since most p800s so far have not been locked.
[ This Message was edited by: robertk232 on 2003-01-11 07:37 ]
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Posted: 2003-01-11 07:45:00
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contaygious,
where did you order from and what service are you using in the US? i'm curious because i'd like to get one too but have no idea about hte logistics of using it over here
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Posted: 2003-01-11 17:50:00
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I don't think there's much info on unlocking the P800's yet since most of the units out right now are unlocked. I had a T68i through AT&T , bought an import P800, slapped my SIM in and it works like a charm.
The P800 is a great phone ! The only complaint i have is the battery life isn't the greatest
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Posted: 2003-01-12 09:33:00
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