Comments on: AT&T Raises the Price of iPhone 3GS from Free to $1 https://isource.com/2011/11/22/att-raises-the-price-of-iphone-3gs-from-free-to-1/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:47:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: Lance Drake https://isource.com/2011/11/22/att-raises-the-price-of-iphone-3gs-from-free-to-1/#comment-42053 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:47:40 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=46259#comment-42053 If I remember the legalese correctly, such contracts are not valid unless there is some sort of value exchanged.

The value exchanged in this case would be, “1 iPhone for $1 dollar”.

I am almost SURE the legal-wonks wrested this one from the marketing- wonks so people would not just set up the account – get the phone – cancel the account – and keep the ‘Free’ iPhone.

Charging a dollar for the phone would keep the ownership of the device within the bounds of the rest of the contractual particulars…. or so the Germans would have us believe.

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