iPhone Hip

Archive for March, 2009

It will start selling contract-free iPhones, AT&T Inc. reported on Thursday. But one must be prepared to pay $400 more.

Spokesman Michael Coe said AT&T will start to sell the phones next Thursday for $599 or $699, depending on the storage capacity. The two models cost $199 or $299 under contract.

The new phones will still be “locked” to AT&T and won’t work with any other cellular carrier unless they’re modified. AT&T will only activate them on the regular iPhone plans, which include a $30 monthly charge for data access. Prepaid service will not be available.

Apple Inc., the maker of the iPhone, has been selling the device from its stores and Web site, but would not say if it would sell the contract-free version.

Apple is widely expected to release a new version of the phone this summer.

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