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AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

enyawface — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 03:32:45 EST

I just started working for AT&T at their Business Customer Care Center. Our benefit packet says we get 2 phones, and 2 phone lines, shared 1000 minute plan, data services, and SMS text messaging, paid. So I don't know if they just don't give the same thing to everyone or what, but currently, that's what they are giving new employees, and I was just hired on Christmas Eve.

enyawface

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

crmen — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:06:09 EDT

As and AT&T Mobility employee, you get one Corporate Official Use phone line that is 100% free. Up until recently the Iphone was not available for a COU line. Now it is. As far as other discounts, 60% off MSRP of any phone in the store which is roughly the same as a 2 year contract discount. There is also a 20% accessories discount. Coming in Mid-October a 10% discount on the phone itself is available but if you are not using it as your COU you can not use it as an Employee Rate Plan line it will be charged at normal rates. For any other phone you can choose to have a 1000 or 500 minute plan and only pay for data services and taxes as well as overages. As far as other employees that do not work in a Cellular retail store, they are working to offer cell phone discounts as well as vice versa for Mobility employees looking to get a discount on home services. Currently there is no discount for DSL, Phone Service, or TV. For the average Joe, there are no discounts whatsoever for anyone on the iPhone unless you work for Apple. Full charge for the phone and full charge for service.

crmen

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

MergeMedia — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:53:18 EDT

Love the pic of darth vader with the iPhone! It's funny to think about AT&T employees having to use their new toys same crappy network the rest of do.

I wonder if this will help push an EDGE speed upgrade along faster..

MergeMedia

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

kkcoolj — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:13:59 EDT

FYI, you can now get your hands on an iPhone for $374 including shipping from their clearance outlet store + AT&T new contract/referral rebate (which is a given since you can qualify and find a fulfillment partner customer easily).

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kkcoolj

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

Crazydub — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:47:41 EDT

10% is a nice discount, but it isn't that big of a deal, especially with the wait. For those comparing this discount to Apple giving away phones, don't. Apple employs only a small fraction of the number of employees that AT&T does. Not only that, Apple makes the phone, AT&T doesn't. AT&T giving phones to their employees would be a huge $$$ loss for Apple.

Crazydub

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

mykrowsy — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:46:58 EDT

@drewheyman:

I sure would like to know how to get this plan. I currently receive 19% off my monthly bill, and I work for ATT landlines network services.

mykrowsy

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

nextstepos — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:39:46 EDT

AT&T employees can just call in to say that sold their iphone and now have a Ex. razr cell phone. Just get the data plan and you'll have the discount again...

nextstepos

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

sidwndr — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:32:02 EDT

I work at ATT, and we normally get a 50% discount on phones and accessories, and 20% off of our monthly bill. With the Iphone we only get the 10% off the hardware, and we cannot get ANY discount on our monthly rate plan. If you activate the Iphone on your employee rate plan, all the phones on that account go back to normal rate.

sidwndr

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

ajfili — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:37:10 EDT

AT&t employees saying you can't use this phone on the lines... if you're a sales rep with at&t mobility you can now activate iPhones on your COU lines. Check the COU login page.

I'm still waiting till the 3G iPhones comes out.

ajfili

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

richard8a — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:30:20 EDT

As I understand it, Apple employees are still eligible for discounts on AT&T rate plans. I'm just saying... And yes, standard Apple employee discounts for Apple products apply, as well.

richard8a

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

nosauten — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:20:19 EDT

As always, thanks for the iphone wall papers. Keep em coming:)

I feel sorry for At&T employees. Really sad. Apple giving away free iphones to employees, and at&t employees have got to pay full price. I mean, come on! at&t is a multi-billion dollar company just like apple and it can affoard to spend 12 million to make their employees happy--but no, they won't. Really sucks.

To all at&t employees: May the Force be with you!

nosauten

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

jayuup — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:44:55 EDT

att employee here.

1> NO ONE gets discounts on the Iphone in store, even military. Currently the Iphone isnt available to business acounts, so all discounts from business association (including military) does not apply.

2> We are NOt allowed to use the IPhone on our ERP employee rate plan accounts so no free line use.

Because of 1 and 2, if any ATT employee wants the iphone, we pay the same price for the phone as you do.

jayuup

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

x23 — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:22:57 EDT

Consult your OAD the next time.

his what? what if he only has an OED? could he check that next time instead?

x23

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

Jesus Diaz — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:54:51 EDT

Little heads up Rapo, you are wrong.

It could be ten percent or ten per cent. Both are acceptable. Per cent is more common in Britain, and percent is more common in the US. Consult your OAD the next time.

Jesus Diaz

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

drewheyman — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:40:29 EDT

AT&T employees cannot use the iPhone with one of their employee plans, so they just get 10% off, and have to pay the same price for the service as everyone else does.

Every other phone they can use with the employee plans, which are free for 1000 and 500 minutes except for taxes, and phones are 30% MSRP.

drewheyman

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

kygal — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:03:54 EDT

the 2 lines of service that the employees get, believe doesn't come free. one line is for 1000 min the 2nd is for 500 min, the employees pay taxes and fees on each line, if you get mobile to mobile, or 5000 nights and weekends you pay 9.99 for each, insurance is extra and so is any feature over 200 messages or 5mb of internet, 4.99 for insurance, and average bill with any extras is anywhere from $65-$85. so where do you come in with its free service. if you go over your minutes its .35 per minute.

kygal

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

kygal — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:55:51 EDT

@oat: okay i don't know who your talking to, i'm a call center employee of att and i only get 30% off of retail price of the phone, and all apple employees got free iphones on the 25th of july. also if i were to buy an iphone its a 10% discount with a 2 year contract. but if someone in this company is getting better discounts,it would be great to let the rest of the employees know how to get them.

kygal

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

efbegranny — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:53:19 EDT

My fanboy son stood in line to get his iphone: the darn thing does not work in his apartment. He has to go sit in the parking lot to use it at home. I have to admit that I love that phone and I'll get one as soon as my current plan is up. It worked great during a trip across the USA: even in the middle of the desert the access to the net and the reception was good.

efbegranny

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

rapo — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:09:04 EDT

little heads up jesus... it's not "ten per cent" it's "ten percent"... :P

rapo

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

mykrowsy — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:24:30 EDT

ATT employees get either 19% or 20% off monthly service and 60% percent off "MSRP" of equipment.

However, MSRP of my latest phone, the 8525 or HTC Hermes was like $1200. Which makes it like $480. Great deal, huh?

mykrowsy

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

chiefbozz — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:13:31 EDT

I talked to my buddy who is an AT&T Employee the other day. I asked why he didn't have an iPhone yet and he told me that if he got the iPhone he would have to pay for his monthly service. Currently he has a pearl and free service that he's going to stick with.

chiefbozz

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

pointless — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:51:30 EDT

AT&T employees don't just get a discount on service, they get free service for up to two phones, so don't feel too bad!

Normally, they do get a 30% discount on all phones, though.

pointless

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

rocky76g — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:36:06 EDT

@Monty: I'm a current AT&T employee, the 10% discount doesn't go into effect till mid october and we forfeit our rate discount if we own an iPhone. Maybe it's due to Apple getting a cut of the monthly has something to do with that. So we at AT&T are very envious of Apple employees. I really would like my rate discount back, it was somewhere around 15%. So sad.

rocky76g

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

JB007 — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:23:27 EDT

[Sorry, lame joke]

JB007

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

JB007 — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:23:04 EDT

I like ATT (Get it? The service and the Star Wars vehicle/walker?)

JB007

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

Monty — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:41:08 EDT

I know we love making AT&T the villain (and these photos are great), but let's be a little realistic.

Comparison:
1. Apple employee with a free iPhone paying full price for AT&T service for two years.

2. AT&T employee paying 90% for iPhone and getting employee discount on service for two years.

I think you may discover that the Apple employee with their 'free' iPhone is paying more to use their shiny new device over a couple years than an AT&T employee.

Just a guess. I do not know the discount rates. For all I know, Steve Jobs is paying for his employee's mobile phone service, too. But, I doubt it.

Monty

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

DoPeY5007 — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:32:43 EDT

I get 20% off of the iPhone if I wanted to!

And I don't work for AT&T

DoPeY5007

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

Evodico — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:27:08 EDT

Mmm... Maybe I'm lucky or something, but I've been with ATT since before they became Cingular and ATT again. I've had 11 different phones, iPhone being the latest. Service has been great, and no dropped calls in at least the last 18 months. I do mean not one, I'd remember otherwise. Weird? Maybe, but true at least in my case. I will bitch about my iPhone not being loud enough, though. At this price you'd think you could actually hear the other person with the volume on max. How's the speakerphone you ask? What? Wait, what? I can't hear you! You there? Maybe that's why people think they're getting dropped calls on the iPhone -- they just can't hear a damn thing. For reference, I'm in Manhattan and typically roam the general NYC metro area, usually within 30 miles. I've yet to take the iPhone on a long trip, so I can't speak to that.

Evodico

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

stopsucking — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:20:52 EDT

AT&T employees will get 10% off in October, zero discount on the monthly fees. My wife is an employee there.

stopsucking

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

manduvi — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:56:17 EDT

Didn't Apple employees get a iPhone for free????

manduvi

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

Death — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:34:10 EDT

The funniest part of the Vader image is bitching about the reception. I switched to AT&T for an iPhone and even though I live and work in a major city my coverage is atrocious.

I knew my Apple-hater pals would be giving me a lot of crap about my overpriced toy, but it's hard to fight back when my calls keep getting dropped...

Ok, I just had to get that off my chest. Thanks.

Death

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

Serantos — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:25:42 EDT

If it makes you feel any betterm I asked ATT if they offered my Air Force discount on the iPhone and they said they did. That is a 39% discount. I am going to get one soon.

Serantos

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

abbydog3 — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:49:28 EDT

To make it even better, they don't get the discount until mid-Oct.

abbydog3

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

thesledman — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:26:46 EDT

I dont see the big deal in this. Should ATT employess get the same discounts as Apple employees? As I understood it ATT does not make much on the actual phone sales, they make money off the 2 year contract. So if HTC gives thier employees a free phone or %50 discount all HTC retailers should do the same? Its really a non-issue. Personally I'd be gratefull to get %10 off, opposed to the %0 the public gets. $60 off is a pretty good deal.

thesledman

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

oat — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:16:34 EDT

I used to work at apple and Apple employees get a 25% discount off the iPhone

oat

AT&T Employees Get 10% Discount Off the iPhone

AskTheAdmin — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:59:50 EDT

Love the pic! I find myself creating stories around pics I just HAVE to publish :) So is that 10% off the iPhone or 10% off their bills.

DOn't they get discounted phone bills at a much higher rate than 10%?

Thanks I need to go track down our last receptionist over @ [www.askTheAdmin.com] she moved on to AT&T... Maybe she wants to hook an Admin up! Does it work for friends and family as well or just the damn employee??

AskTheAdmin