What Will that iPhone Cost You?by Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 26 Jun 2007 06:58 AM With the highly anticipate launch of the iPhone, scheduled for this coming Friday, June 29th, people everywhere are gearing up to head down to the store, money in hand. While some people may head to the Apple Store to purchase their iPhone, Apple itself recommends that customers head over to AT&T instead. This is because Apple employees have not been trained in all of the various rates and service plans that will be available to iPhone owners. But, do the AT&T employees themselves know? AT&T has been very hush-hush about what plans will be available and what the costs of those plans will be. Right now, we do know that the purchase of an iPhone will require a two-year service commitment, and that breaking that commitment will cause users to be charged an early termination fee. Does it seem strange to you that analysts can predict the number of sales on the device when customers don't even know how much cash (or credit) they will be handing over? AT&T spokesman, Mark Siegel has reassured the public that it won't be blindly stumbling in to make purchases without knowing how much they will be charged, but it doesn't look like AT&T is in any hurry to divulge the information too far in advance. He did say, about the plans and rates: "It's not going to be anything exotic." While AT&T has not updated its website information on the iPhone (it is still using the old image of the iPhone, before that 12th icon, YouTube was added), it does state the costs for the actual hardware. Assuming that the cost isn't going to change before the release, you can choose from two different memory options. The 4GB iPhone will retail for $499, and the 8GB iphone will retail for $599. Mary Ann Romans also writes for the Frugal Living Blog here at Families.com, where she shares money saving tips for today's families. Related Articles: iPhone Countdown: Confirmed Release Date Learn more about Mary Ann Romans  Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat. Relevantcomputers tags User Comments No comments on this article yet. Be the first to comment! Community Tags apple, aT&T, cell-phone, iphone Discuss this article
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