[absolutegreek89]

I was going to get an iPhone around christmas time but decided to wait for Macworld expo just incase apple surprised us with something, but when they didn't I decided that they will probably have something new this summer and it's better to spend my christmas cash on school books and fees instead of a phone, but this time I'm going to finally get the iPhone that I've wanted ever since it came out, but waited until now. I'm a little worried about ATT service but I think I'll survive for 2 years and maybe by then iPhone will be available on more networks.

[timransom]

currently an 8gb 3g and with the announcement that ATT is going to allow me to upgrade at the subsidized price I am leaning pretty heavily towards getting a 32gb 3gs. the added battery life, voice control, video/better camera, speed improvements, nike+ support and turn by turn gps are big draws for me. i will likely sell off my 8gb unlocked and hope to subsidize a lot of the price of the upgrade that way. however, i am a bit reluctant because of huge issues/disappointment with the 3g network. being stuck with bad call quality especially when i am in los angeles (where the coverage is ridiculously bad) for another two years is not something i'm looking forward to. but I will probably suck it up and hope att's promises for network improvements actually come true!

[zookeeper]

Not upgrading.
Happy with classic iPhone and iPhone OS 3.0. Will wait for iPhone 4G (or 3G SS, super speed).

[cali4nicus]

I'm upgrading from an original iphone to the 3Gs, i pre-ordered the day it came out. I never upgraded to the 3G because there is still limited 3G service in my hometown. It will be interesting to see if it actually gets here tomorrow since I live in California and according to UPS its still sitting in Kentucky.

[ABadgerSF]

I have the original iPhone and my new iPhone 3G S arrives tomorrow!

[cedricstudio]

My wife and I each own original 2G iPhones and our 2-year contract is almost up. We would LOVE to upgrade to the 3GS but money is pretty tight right now. The hidden costs for both of us to buy new iPhones (and thereby get a new 2-year contract with AT&T with higher fees) comes out to over $1,300 more than what we are paying now. So for the time being we are going to tough it out with our older models.

[bigh]

we'll be upgrading an original phone and adding another

[maxmatic]

I wasn't planning on upgrading since I was convinced Rogers changed their "data phone" upgrade eligibility from one year to two. But once I read that rogers was basically copying AT&T and offering the subsidy rate to people who pay a lot each month (over $100) and who picked up the 3G before Sept. 08, I decided I might as well upgrade to a 16GB 3GS!

[brandont2]

I will not be upgrading. I already have the 3G and the improvements are not significant enough in relation to my needs to cause me to upgrade. Yet, even if I did want to upgrade, they want to charge their fullest premium to do so. I'll be waiting around for the 2010 iPhone which is rumored to have an ARM processor.

[TheBum]

I probably will be upgrading. I have a 3G and though I'm not eligible for the fully subsidized price, my wife is. So, the plan is to upgrade her phone to a 3GS and then swap phone numbers.

[tracyvalleau]

I've got a nice Sony phone that for $35 p/m gives me more time than I ever use. I've got a 32 gig iPod Touch 2.
Will I be "upgrading" to $75 per month?
No.

[FenderBender]

Oh yeah, sure I'm upgrading. I have $500 bills flowing out of my butt.

[robco]

Looks like we're going to give AT&T a try and see if coverage will be adequate. Though we'll likely wait a bit for the lines to go away. The local Apple Store has about 1200 pre-orders. If we can't get adequate coverage, we'll probably return them and go with the Pre.
I'm a bit hesitant - mostly about AT&T. Still, the iPhone should be much nicer than our RAZRs.

[alderete]

I have an iPhone 3G (16 GB), purchased early August 2008. I won't be eligible for another subsidized phone until January 2010.

So, as much as I would like to upgrade my phone, I'm going to have to wait. For $300, I would upgrade to the new hardware (32 GB) in a heartbeat. For $400, I would do it, recognizing that I've only fulfilled 1 year of my 2 year contract; the extra $100 would be nice to have in my pocket, but a contract is a contract.

But $536 to get the new hardware is too much, at least for me. So I'll wait until January 2010.

Except, by then we'll be more than half way through the lifespan of the iPhone 3GS. There will probably be rumors about the next generation, and there will almost certainly be rumors of competitors to AT&T, that is, an end to iPhone exclusivity. So come January, I will probably decide to wait even longer, until the next iPhone (4G?), if nothing else.

I understand that a contract is a contract, and that subsidized phones with two year periods between eligibility are nothing new. But it strikes me as poor business strategy for AT&T (and possibly Apple) to be pricing the iPhone 3GS in such a way that someone like me, who would happily upgrade every year and re-lock myself to my wireless provider, is planning to wait until I'm out of contract, and can look around at other vendors.

It's even crazier business strategy to do this when the first credible iPhone competitor (the Palm Pre) has come along, and if Verizon is indeed going to get an iPhone in early 2010, then AT&T is practically committing suicide, because I flat guarantee I won't be the only one leaving AT&T for a Verizon iPhone, if we're not locked into a long-term contract when such a thing arrives.