I bought the 8Gb Iphone for $249+ tax. I do have a contract with AT&T, but I insisted that I do not want to renew my contract. They agreed and gave me the phone.

Now, that I have it, how can I use it for another carrier, or even AT&T but on pay-as-u-go?

By the way, I bought at 745 Broadway NY, cross street Astor place.

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Gosh, i wish they would that. Made a second attempt in a different store. They wouldn't budge and insisted on opening a new account or add a line. They are doing instore activation.
I have 2 lines. The only other possiblity was to add a line(activation waived) and cancel the existing second line. Which means i have to lose the number. If i cancel the newly activated line, i had to return the phone it seems. And this applies only for the refurb iphone.

klovej2 said:I bought the 8Gb Iphone for $249+ tax. I do have a contract with AT&T, but I insisted that I do not want to renew my contract. They agreed and gave me the phone.

Now, that I have it, how can I use it for another carrier, or even AT&T but on pay-as-u-go?

By the way, I bought at 745 Broadway NY, cross street Astor place.

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stavey said:What are you people smokin!! You can buy the 8gb at Amazon NEW with the software upgrade with NO contract and no tax most areas for $279 with free shipping. It would cost me $270 with tax in NY for a refurb form ATT. For $10 more I will take a NEW one. Here is the link Amazon link

what are you smoking??? read what people are talking about (iphone, not ipod touch).

ajrochmann said:Hey, I go to PSU as well and am trying to desperately find one of the refurbs at an AT&T store. my local store in the south hills has not heard of the deal. Do you know where in Pa there are some?

If your in State college, try the downtown store or the one at the mall.

I found an 8GB at King of Prussia mall but the CSR wouldn't let me buy it w/o a new contract. I don't think it's worth for a ding on my credit report even if I can cancel it later. I can just get a new 1 from the Apple Store in DE w/ no sale tax.

I'm located out in california and wish they had a deal out here like that for us. I was wondering if there is any way to just order the iphone from one of the att stores back east and have them ship it to me. is this possible at all? any suggestions/help?

That's exactly what i was also told. As for signing up, they are activating in store. You will be assigned a number, as if you would do for any other phones.

MalachiConstant said:I saw some people talking about signing up for the 2 year contract and then cancelling in 3 days. The rep I talked to said we would have to return the phone, but she also mentioned that we could cancel over the phone. Has anyone tried this and had any experience? Also, are they actually signing me up at the store or are they just checking my credit and allowing me to activate on my own?

Today, in my third attempt i went to the att store around closing time. Asked for a 8gb refurb phone. Asked for the phone number and charged $249. Got the pack and walked out of store.
Didn't expect this to happen at all. I was prepared for the activation of a new line and all that hassle.
Came home and opened the box. There it was without a blemish.

Installed itunes
Inserted my old att sim card
Checked the version to be 1.1.3
Started ziPhone 2.4 with UI
Unlocked in couple of mins

Soon after, detected the network and dispayed cingular
Made a test call successfully.

Am so happy with it.