Prepaid and Contractless iPhone for Dead Beats Sold
30 06 2007
If you lined up for the $499 iPhone yesterday even though you are having trouble paying your bills, AT&T will let you have your iPhone anyway and you can even use it, thanks to their unannounced pay-per-month program. Potential customers have to meet AT&T’s credit test before they can sign up for an AT&T contract. “We want to give people an alternative if they don’t meet the criteria,” AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel said. People who bought their phones from AT&T went through a credit check. Those who bought the iPhone from Apple stores skipped the process.
It was earlier reported that iPhone owners can activate their AT&T account through iTunes (latest version 7.3). What was not mentioned was that AT&T had to provide a code for activation, which would be given after approval. Customers with bad credit were also given the option to pay for the service on a prepaid basis, which is more expensive than signing up for a post-paid plan.
[via I4U, photo: thinksecret]
Don replied on Jul 2nd, 2007 at 11:28 am
not all people who buy prepaid wireless on att are not deadbeats , but choose to pay in advance for their service because they do not want a contract.