How to land your iPhone for $300

The largest factor deterring customers from considering a switch to the iPhone is the hefty pricetag; unfortunately, if you are currently an AT&T customer, the following strategy for securing your iPhone for $300 will not work. However, if you are dedicated to switching to AT&T to secure an iPhone, the following plan will guarantee you an iPhone for less than $300..and that's no joke.
What many of you are undoubtedly planning is to visit your local AT&T or Apple retailer and wait in line to sign a new contract to become a 2 year customer and proud owner of an iPhone. Though many people thought the iPhone could catch some sort of rebate, there is absolutely zero chance of that…but there is a way to get your iPhone for that low price tag if you are switching to AT&T and not currently an existing customer.

The two key factors that will play a part in you landing your coveted iPhone for under $300 are as follows:
1. The iPhone comes with no rebate…but that doesn't mean other phones don't come with rebates.

2. Amazon has long been know to PAY customers to switch service providers.

Here's the plan (which will go off without a hitch, as long as you can fill out a rebate form):
Instead of beginning a contract with AT&T when you purchase your iPhone, begin your contract tomorrow by visiting Amazon.com and purchasing the Sony Ericsson W810i for 1 cent here.

When you purchase your Walkman phone, you will be eligible for a $175 dollar rebate…on your 1 cent purchase, meaning you are being paid $174.99 by Amazon to switch to AT&T via Amazon and using the Sony Ericsson W810i.

As you are now officially a customer of AT&T, you will not be beginning your contract with your purchase of your iPhone (at zero discounted rate); you will simply be extending your contract by the amount of time that passes between when you visit Amazon and purchase your Walkman phone and when you visit your Apple or AT&T store and purchase your iPhone…ideally a 1 day extension of your 2 year contract.

Because the iPhone comes at no discounted rate, you will suffer no adverse contractual or discount-loss effects by buying it at the full price it weighs in at; now you have a Sony Walkman phone coming in the mail to you, a $175 rebate coming your way, and your iPhone still being purchased at the normal going rate.

At this point you have two options…you can sell your brand new Sony Ericsson W810i for at least $25 dollars on Ebay or some other venue to put more towards your iPhone, or you can hang on to it as a very well-regarded backup. The W810i has received excellent reviews, and a backup phone never hurts.

How does this plan get you the iPhone for under $300? I am assuming you choose the lower of the two versions (4Gb model), but here's the math:

Amazon purchase of Sony Ericsson W810i with AT&T contract: -$175.00Store purchase of iPhone, 4 Gb model: $500.00Resale of Sony Ericsson W810i via Ebay: -$25.00

Putting the grand total of your iPhone and new contract agreement at: $300.00 (plus tax). I can affirmatively tell you I have changed services via Amazon and they are by far the best way to go about switching…in fact, a friend of mine has already executed this plan and is a VERY happy customer of AT&T one day before the iPhone release.

If you go this route, please come back and let us know how happy this solution made you, and share your own iPhone discount success story!