aryayush
07-06-2007, 03:36 PM
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2007/06/2yearactivationplan.jpg
Yes, the commercials say "2 Year Activation". Yes, I said that it looked like prepaid options (http://www.tuaw.com/2007/06/06/rumors-iphones-without-contracts-probably-not/) were out of the picture. This came a few weeks after after we had heard rumors about prepaid iPhone codes. This evening, Christopher Price over at Phone News (http://www.phonenews.com/) dropped me a note and we briefly chatted back and forth. He pointed me to an article he'd written about newly launched AT&T options for pay as you go customers (http://www.phonenews.com/content/view/2153/1/).
Price thinks prepaid isn't dead despite what you see in those commercials. The new AT&T feature packages (http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=23909) look as if they're ready to bring prepaid phone services to a new level. So 2-year-contract? No 2-year-contract? Prepaid? No prepaid? I'm just getting whiplash. What do you think?
Oh and by the way: that commercial (http://www.tuaw.com/2007/06/06/found-footage-just-the-internet-on-your-phone/) Scott posted earlier today? Check out the very end and see if you notice...what's missing.
Update: Commercial is LIVE (http://www.apple.com/iphone/ads/ad4/) at Apple. No "2 Year Contract"--although the earlier commercials still say that.
Update 2: TUAW Reader Steve reports that he's not seeing the "2 Year Contract" line on the live repeats of the first 3 TV ads either. Can any other readers confirm that these have changed as well?
Update 3: TUAW Reader Gruff reports that the text is now missing from all the online Apple ads.
[Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) (http://www.tuaw.com/2007/06/06/contract-free-iphones-again/)]
WOW! This is freakin' cool, isn't it? Why on Earth would Apple intentionally remove those statements from the advertisements? I don't usually lend an ear to Apple rumours but this is just so weird... :p
Yes, the commercials say "2 Year Activation". Yes, I said that it looked like prepaid options (http://www.tuaw.com/2007/06/06/rumors-iphones-without-contracts-probably-not/) were out of the picture. This came a few weeks after after we had heard rumors about prepaid iPhone codes. This evening, Christopher Price over at Phone News (http://www.phonenews.com/) dropped me a note and we briefly chatted back and forth. He pointed me to an article he'd written about newly launched AT&T options for pay as you go customers (http://www.phonenews.com/content/view/2153/1/).
Price thinks prepaid isn't dead despite what you see in those commercials. The new AT&T feature packages (http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=23909) look as if they're ready to bring prepaid phone services to a new level. So 2-year-contract? No 2-year-contract? Prepaid? No prepaid? I'm just getting whiplash. What do you think?
Oh and by the way: that commercial (http://www.tuaw.com/2007/06/06/found-footage-just-the-internet-on-your-phone/) Scott posted earlier today? Check out the very end and see if you notice...what's missing.
Update: Commercial is LIVE (http://www.apple.com/iphone/ads/ad4/) at Apple. No "2 Year Contract"--although the earlier commercials still say that.
Update 2: TUAW Reader Steve reports that he's not seeing the "2 Year Contract" line on the live repeats of the first 3 TV ads either. Can any other readers confirm that these have changed as well?
Update 3: TUAW Reader Gruff reports that the text is now missing from all the online Apple ads.
[Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) (http://www.tuaw.com/2007/06/06/contract-free-iphones-again/)]
WOW! This is freakin' cool, isn't it? Why on Earth would Apple intentionally remove those statements from the advertisements? I don't usually lend an ear to Apple rumours but this is just so weird... :p