If I buy iPhone 4s with AT&T contract (16gb) it will cost around $200. Unlocked iPhone 4s costs around $700. AT&T told me that canceling plan will cost $200. The question is what will happen if I buy iPhone 4s with plan and will cancel it immediately? It will be still something around $400-$500, but not $700. Will this work?
I'm pretty sure this will not work as I excpect, but I'm not sure why.
iPhone 4S
What's the point of doing that? Your phone will still be locked to AT&T, with NO WAY to get it officially unlocked. Thus, if you purchase an AT&T subsided phone, cancel your contract, you'll have a very expensive iPod touch, that cannot be officially unlocked to use on any other carrier's network. Seems like a huge waste of money to me.
I mean, there are ways to unlock it. I should have mention that. Yes, they are not official, it will costs another $30. But still, that will be cheaper than paying full price for new iphone.
My question was about if thats exactly as it is - you pay $200, than cancel for another $200 and that's it - or AT&T will make you pay the rest $500 for your iphone addtionally to the $200 cancellation fee? Or something else?
You might want to check again, AT&T's ETF is $325. So, you pay $525 for a locked iPhone, hack it to unlock it(deal with that mess), when you could purchase an officially unlocked phone, from Apple, for $649.
Hey, it's your money, do what you want.
Plus AT&T will charge you setup fee ($18 or $36 depending on
circumstances) + at least 2 months wireless and data plan
charges + taxes and government fees (about 10% in my area),
all of which will add another $100 or more to your costs. If you cancel
within 30 days, AT&T will make you return the iPhone or pay full
retail price for it. And iPhone warranty is not international, so if you
take it out of the USand need repair/replacement, you will have to
send it to someone in the US for them to take to Apple for repair and
then that person will have to ship back to you. Apple will not accept
iPhones sent in from overseas for repairs nor will Apple ship ourside
of US after repair/replacement is made. Buy from local approved source
and save yourself a great deal of trouble.
rover233 wrote:
I mean, there are ways to unlock it. I should have mention that. Yes, they are not official, it will costs another $30. But still, that will be cheaper than paying full price for new iphone.
My question was about if thats exactly as it is - you pay $200, than cancel for another $200 and that's it - or AT&T will make you pay the rest $500 for your iphone addtionally to the $200 cancellation fee? Or something else?
It also can't be discussed here.
If you go that route, you will have no warranty and you will forfeit your right to support here or from Apple. What's the point? You're just as well off to buy a phone off e-bay if you're going to do that.
Will it be cheaper to cancel plan after buying iPhone 4s?
