AT&T will offer the 8GB and 16GB iPhone without a contract. All carriers should offer this with every phone. Trying to sucker you into a phone contract is so old by now. Give us the option to do what we want and we'll gladly pay a higher price. AT&T will only sell you “one per line”. So walking in a store without a current AT&T phone line will not allow you to walk out with a shiny new iPhone 3G because that is not going to happen.

The policy change will also eliminate the requirement to activate the phone when purchasing it. The no-commitment prices are $599 for the 8 GB and $699 for the 16 GB. You will need an active AT&T line to purchase the phone, but at least you won't have to make a commitment.

[Boygeniusreport]