AT&T won’t offer 2-year contracts to existing or new customers come January 8. The news comes via internal documents sent to Engadget, but we can independently confirm the change as it was relayed to us over a week ago from a source.
According to leaked documents that have gone out to AT&T employees, AT&T Next and full-retail purchases will be the only options for upgrading to new devices going forward. And again, this is for both current and new customers. AT&T is only saying that this is a “simplification effort.”
The change has both good sides and bad. For one, this gets you out of contracts and in more control over your service because you can pay off devices quicker if you’d like and move on from AT&T, should their service not be up to your standards. But this isn’t good for those who enjoyed grabbing new phones for a one time price of $99 or $199, instead of taking on a monthly payment plan.
AT&T first killed 2-year contracts with its 3rd party outlets back in June, which was news we first reported, so it only makes sense that their official stores follow along.
The documents do not say if wearables and tablets will switch over to similar payment plans, but our source thinks they’ll still have contract options. We’ll have to wait for AT&T to confirm that.
Via: Engadget
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