AT&T Makes iPhone 3G Plans Official

by Eric March on July 1, 2008 at 3:44 pm

AT&T finally announced their official iPhone 3G plans. We already knew they were bumping data rates by $10, but now they’re going the full monty and letting it all hang out. Pricing of the iPhone is of course $199 for the 8 gig and $299 for the 16 gig on a 2-year contract, as we already knew. What’s new here is the no-commitment pricing, which will hit your wallet up for $599 and $699 for the 8 and 16 gig versions respectively. Pricy, but still lower than its debut price just over a year ago, and you get that nice GPS bundled in — and you’ll have to wait a bit, as these won’t be available on launch day, but at some unspecified later date.

New customers and people who are comfortably within AT&T’s upgrade territory — you bought in before November of 2007 — can gab the phones at the above pricing. Anyone who bought in after last November however can opt for the early upgrader’s rates, which will require you to fork out $399 and $499 for the phones, plus an $18 upgrade fee on a 2-year service agreement.

As for the plans, here’s the skinny:

Notice that the unlimited family plan is cheaper than the highest tier family plan.  This is offset by the much higher per-line add-on cost, which is essentially the same as signing up for an individual unlimited plan.

Text plans for individuals go for $5 for 200 messages, $15 for 1500 messages, and $20 for unlimited. For the family plan, you can only choose from $0.20 pay-per-use messaging, or a $30 unlimited plan.

Their enterprise rates are expected to differ, but it doesn’t look like their enterprise iPhone pages are ready for prime time yet.

So there you go, Americans.  Your plans await.  Just know that we Canadians are still green with envy.

(Source: AT&T, via Engadget)

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