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"Oh, oh Darlin, please believe me..."

Now what song starts like that?

Or maybe people simply HONOR what they agreed to...

Let any/all bugs get worked out of the iPhone and then get one....

this is not a 'hurry up' kind of deal - it is only 'cool' to have one pronto....

I've had success convincing Cingular I was dead, I can't wait for the iPhone to come out.

Rory,

If the company raised your rates after you signed, then THEY have failed to honor the contract. There is no contract.

MDN MW: "easy" - as in, it's "easy" to get out of a contract that's already been nullified.

T-Mobile once told me I couldn't cancel my contract, even though I'd only had it for 3 days and hadn't received a signal once!

Here in the UK however, we have STATUTORY RIGHTS, if a product is not 'fit for purpose' it can be returned.

After a long and lengthy battle on the phone, I got my money back and got out of my contract with T-Mobile.

BTW, T-Mobile SUCK!

Des
The Beatles 'Oh! Darling'?

Jim
In the States I have used CenturyTel, AT&T;, Alltel, and now Cingular (AT&T;again) in the past ten years. Since I work in a large area, I made sure each offered at least ten to thirty days to check the signal, and they all allowed.

The question is not how to get out of a contract, it should be how to avoid getting into one in the first place.

Discuss.

Why cancel?

Just buy the damn phone full price; and replace the simcard with your current T-mobile sim.



my 2p

MW=usually...as in that is what I usually do when I travel, rmove my US tmobile sim and replace with sim from the country that I am in (eg. in the UK, i can call the USA for LESS than calling people in the UK!! Does that make sense?? But I save a lot of money.)

Like Geico...sorry another tangent we need not divert toward.

Hmmmmm, maybe, . . just maybe, the reason Apple let people know about the iPhone so early was so that people would have time to get out of their contracts so that they could get an iPhone.

Just a thought.

N.

Des, yes by the beatles sung by Paul Mc Cartney. "I'll never do you no harm, Believe me when I tell you....." Feck now I can't get it out of my head.

doesn't a user need the AT&T;service to take advantage of the voicemail sifting and any other special features? are other carriers going to offer the same things if I replace the sim card and use Verizon?

i doubt it, but i hope i'm wrong.

I'm already on Cingular/AT&T;and I'm eligible for a new phone next month!

Verizon doesn't use sim cards. Their information is programed directly into the phone handset. Makes switching phones a pain in the rear.

"Darlin reports, "The companies will waive the early termination fee if you die. Pretending to be dead, however, does not work well as a way to break a contract. Sprint Nextel, Verizon and Cingular, for example, may ask for a death certificate."


What if you're a zombie? Or a vampire? I'll bet that staggered in the tiny, cryptic print these scenarios are covered as well. You can't pass the bar without extensive knowledge of blood-sucking and the undead. There are very high stakes in this grave matter.

Thanks guys!

I used to sing the bloody thing, so you'd think I'd know, wouldn't ya? Never been a big Beatless fan, btw...

I used to be a big Beatles fan-
but then I lost some weight...

I will not be leaving T-Mobile for ATT which is THE WORST service provider of all. JD Powers rated them at the bottom for customer service.

T-Mobile has worked very well for me and i will continue to miss using the iPhone, but will never switch to the corrupt giant liar of a service.

You silly Americans and your lack of SIM cards. Learn2Technology.

Hey,
Buy iPhone outright and use it under T-Mobile service. It'll work just fine!

I got out of a cell phone contract because they raised the rates under the guise of providing me a better phone.

Question:

iPhone is full price and requires a contract. Is this correct? In this case, and I certainly may be wrong, a contract is required period.

I contact Cingular about his. There impression, and this may change they said, is that a contract is required for this phone. A "pay as you go" is not an option for this phone.


Please tell me I am totally wrong.

Contracts are a bummer.

As someone who really appreciates a company that trusts customers to not fsck it over, e.g. Apple who doesn't make you jump through registration hoops like Windows, I'd like to ask all T-mobile customers to not take advantage of their rare example of corporate decency. If they see that their male 18-35 year old customers are dying faster than the 75 and over bracket they might close the loop hole. Then when I really die my family has to go through the hassle of sending the proper documentation. If a company is going to do the right thing and not be a demanding pain in the ass, the least you can do is not abuse it.

"Or maybe people simply HONOR what they agreed to..."

Dude, these are companies we are talking about. It is about $. Signing a cell phone contract is not like making a personal committment. Getting out of contracts is always a negotiation. There are no feelings here, except maybe anger on the side of the consumer.

David:

I recently talked to a manager at my local Cingular store. He told me to get the prices advertised at MacWorld ($499 and $599) you have to buy the phone with a contract. But you can still buy the phone for it's full price at Apple.

The person I was speaking with made it sound like the phone was discounted around $100 to $120 by getting a contract. So you could buy the phone outright for $600 - $700 without a contract.

Don't quote me on this, it is just what I understood from talking to a Cingular rep.


MW: "congress" -- As in "I am glad congress made it legal to mod phones to work with any cell provider."

Does anyone else find the iPod accessories picture next to the article strange? The photo usually has a tie-in to the article.

By some stroke of fate, my Verizon contract expires on June 19th, 2007. :D

my cingular service was terminated about three months before the contract expiration date without penalty.

at six months it would have been $60. i won't be returning; my home is in a no reception area.

Actually, the dying part was a suggestion by Monkeyboy Ballmer. Sorry Mac users, Microsoft officially denies any knowledge of such a plan, and if such a plan were in existence, we would of course deny it.

My Nextel contract expires in April. :D

Hi, im from aust
and im travelling to the u.s. at the end of the year
im trying to find out if i can buy an iphone outright and bring it back to aust and put another simcard into it?