While AT&T just announced three new handsets it looks like AT&T has also made some changes to their early upgrade policy by increasing the fee from $75 to outrageous $200. I guess if you’re willing to dish out $399 to upgrade you might as well go the $499 and get the device without a contract.
AT&T stated the following to their employees:
“This change to our exception pricing is necessary to maintain our ability to provide customers with the best selection of devices and maintain our leadership in the Smartphone category.â€
The policy change went into effect on October 3rd, so if you were looking to pony up $75 for the Samsung Captivate, you might want to bring more dough. This policy change only includes smartphones, but if you look at the top of the image it reads:
“This change does not apply to iPhone or Basic and Quick Messaging Phones.”
How do you all feel about this? Let loose in the comments below.
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Via: BGR
