http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/ Engadget Comments for Rumored AT&T trade-in program could provide easy alternative to eBay http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 2nd 2009 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/if so, WOW]]>Mar 1st 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/
P.S. After I sold that crap, I bought an unlocked G1 for $319US, free shipping to Canada :)]]>Mar 1st 2009 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/
I sold my N95 for £110; the cheque arrived 2 days after posting the phone. It had a fault with the battery and was out of warranty, so I bought a 5310 for £50.

Can't recommend highly enough.]]>Mar 1st 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/
But I do care if the phone is SIM locked to the carrier, or if I am required to sign a contract.

So tell me, does this mean AT&T is going to sell me SIM unlocked, no-contract phones at a decent price? If so, it'd be amazing, since phones of this type are usually pretty expensive in the US.]]>Mar 1st 2009 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/
Sprint* takes shit flips...etc. Very convenient.]]>Mar 1st 2009 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/
As for the $50 for any phone being kinda bogus... I can't speak for everyone but my power-phones get seriously punished in their time with me. Suppose that's true for dumbphones too, but those gotta be cheaper to fix.]]>Mar 1st 2009 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/
I bought an Instinct on Black Friday from NewEgg.com, for $99 w/o contract (I'm still trying to figure out how that worked). As soon as it arrived I activated it and went to the Sprint store by me and they bout back my LG Rumor for a $50 credit on my account.

I assumed all carriers had a buyback program by now, usually Sprint is the one behind.]]>Mar 2nd 2009 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/
I think the win here is convince. You don't have to worry about a deal going sour. It happens all at once you trade in your old leave with a new. Furthermore you get off your contract. I think a lot of people are getting to the end of their contracts, pretty much everyone has now had a cell phone plan for at least two years and they are realizing they can switch pretty easily, though they don't want to get locked down for two more years. By letting you buy a new phone, that is still locked to the carrier (albeit, they will probably give you an unlock code pretty quickly too), it creates not only more of a bond between the company and the customer, though weak barrier for the customer if he/she considers bailing. ]]>Mar 1st 2009 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 2nd 2009 3:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 3rd 2009 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/(the old att)

used to do this, but instead of getting money you'd be able to get the subsidy price

I got my first phone (SE T616) that way, my dad traded in an old startac (remember those??!)

seemed like a sweet deal then, but in hindsight it was just a way to dupe you outta twenty thirty bucks


p.s. i still have that t616, amazing phone way advanced for its time....]]>Mar 1st 2009 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 1st 2009 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/01/rumored-atandt-trade-in-program-could-provide-easy-alternative-to/Mar 2nd 2009 9:15AM