Apple, AT&T Won't Let You Replace a Lost iPhone?
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This is exactly the kind of bullshit that makes me want to go with a different phone company. AT&T sucks to begin with. If somebody wants to buy another phone let them buy one. If AT&T and Apple keep this up they will loose everyone eventually. Please someone make a replica so all this can go away!

Hey Matt, please read other posts before saying anything. In my case I still have the Iphone 3G. I took it to a store and they won't let me use it. They won't sell me one and won't activate my phone in 18 months. They forgot to mention that went I disconnected my phone a while ago ( 01/24 ). The problem is I don't feel like going back to the store and fight with them so I can pay $30.00 more a month. And before some one else say anything, I paid for the phone and I am a loyal customer. I have been with AT&T for years (that'll change soon). This should not be happening at all.

Come on people, read between the lines here. It doesn't say if you loose your iPhone you can't buy a new one from AT&T, it says, if you're an idiot and loose your iPhone repeatedly AT&T will cut you off. But rest assured a normal at&t customer can loose their iPhone and get a replacement as long as it doesn't happen every 3 months. This is a totally misleading post that is likely here to slander AT&T and we find out the author is connected to Verizon, hmmm, does this sound at all misleading or biased.

think you need to do the reading. In this post he states he returned his phone to the store within the exchange period and got the 16gb one. So he lost one iPhone, not two, so that disproved your whole post. The poster never repeatedly lost his iPhone, only once. I've also read about people on the apple forums that only lost one iPhone and apple and AT&T refused to sell them another one. In my opinion apple and AT&T need to pay better attention to the customers and notthink thy are gods and people will buy their product regardless.

they dont want to sell you other phones because they want you to stay with your old phone or without the phone since they are going to come out with the new model so people will have the rigth amount of time to be able to upgrade to he new one.

Also I forgot to tell you they won't let me use my Iphone 3g(same 1 I had in my account before) or an old model for 18 months. I don't think they will let me buy a new model(if it comes out) either. Honestly the T-mobile G1 is looking good right now.

Almost the same thing happened to me, only I still have the phone. I disconected it for a while, cause I needed the money. Now, they won't let me get the SAME IPHONE 3G back in my account. This is really stupid.

Have you gone into an AT&T store with the phone and talked with them? There should be absolutely no problem switching back to it. I would just throw your SIM card back in it and start using it.

Yes I went with the same Iphone. They told me to sell it, because I would not be able to use it for 18 months. That was in the store. The problem is with the data plan. I have the Iphone activated but they can't put the data plan. I can't do it on my computer nor the store.

Well then you are doing something wrong, because they should be able to do it. Have you tried reinstalling the firmware on your iPhone and then activating it and changing your at&t plan through iTunes? If you still can't, jailbreak and unlock your iPhone, put a data plan on your account and then use your iPhone. If it is a 3g iPhone, don't upgrade the firmware to 2.2.1 or you won't be able to unlock and use any sim card.

I think it's pathetic how you can't even purchase one at full price. So what happens if you are mugged and they steal your iPhone? Will they still deny you if you bring in a police report? Why the heck would they pass up on selling an iPhone for full price? Don't they realize that accidents happen as well? Oh wait, I forgot we are talking about Apple, they could care less about their customers after the original sale has already been made.

my dear friend, just get your self a new one on eBay for the same amount and if you want you can work it with Tmobile (stick it to the man). P.S contact me I have a sper one :-)