*639# to Check Your AT&T Upgrade Staus
Thanks to Doc Rock for this tip. On your AT&T serviced iPhone, you can (voice)call *639# then shortly thereafter, you’ll get a text message letting you know if you can upgrade your phone, namely to a forthcoming iPhone 5.
If your current AT&T service plan is almost up, you should see something like this.
September 12, 2012 @ 9:54 am
Just note that even though you get this message, what it doesn’t say is that you still have to pay the current subsidized prices. So it’s $32 PLUS whatever the iPhone 5 pricing is with a new 2 year contract. From these texts it makes it seem like all you have to do is pay $32 and you get the new iphone.
Not the case.
September 12, 2012 @ 10:12 am
Good point! I never assumed to factor out the cost of hardware, especially for Apple’s iPhone. My main concern was my AT&T contract. Although having bought my iPhone 4 on opening day, I figured my contract expiration (and upgrade to an iPhone 5) was imminent.