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After much thought and many complaints from AT&T customers, AT&T has gone ahead and changed the eligibility for their best upgrade pricing to the iPhone 3G S. When the iPhone 3G S eligibility rules were released, current iPhone 3G customers were taken back and began complaining against the upgrade prices of $399 and $499. Customers who previously would not have become upgrade eligible until July, August, or September of this year, will now qualify for AT&T’s lowest upgrade pricing starting tomorrow, making them eligible to purchase the iPhone 3G S at $199 (16GB) and $299 (32GB).

We’re now pleased to offer our iPhone 3G customers who are upgrade eligible in July, August or September 2009 our best upgrade pricing, beginning Thursday, June 18.

The updated eligibilty tools will reflect this change on June 18th. If you’ve already pre-ordered an iPhone 3G S, the price of the device will be adjusted when picked up, or credit will be given for the difference in price. If you still aren’t eligible for our best upgrade pricing and you still want iPhone 3G S now, you do have options:

• You may qualify for the iPhone 3G S early upgrade price of $399 (16GB) or $499 (32GB).
• You can pay full retail—and not have to sign a 2-year contract—at $599 (16GB) or $699 (32GB).

Users can check their upgrade eligibility status by visiting AT&T’s iPhone page, calling *NEW# on their AT&T handset, or visiting any AT&T store. Remember, the new pricing will not appear in the eligibility tools listed until Thursday, June 18th.

So will these changes encourage you to go buy an iPhone 3G S. Do you plan on waiting in the lines this Friday or will you wait for the crowds to die down?

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Not only is Apple selling contract-free iPhones, now it appears they are offering early upgrade on the Apple handset at subsidized pricing. Ordinarily, AT&T would only allow such a upgrade with the subsidized pricing after the 24 month contract plan is over. This offer began next week and is being extended to customers on a case-by-case basis.

Apple Insider is reporting that AT&T representatives have confirmed that the company is waiving the upgrade clause for customers approximately 14 months into their two-year contract. The terms seem to be pretty lenient, as retail employees are free to grant upgrades at subsidized pricing for users who aren’t quite done with their contract. Accessing and reviewing the account holders information and reviewing history with AT&T also comes into play. If you’ve been a long and loyal customers you should be golden.

Has anyone received an upgrade before you’re two-year contract was up? Lets us know!

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