AT&T has just announced that iPhone 3G customers can now set up their accounts completely online before going to an AT&T or Apple store to have it activated and the account finalized.

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New customers can perform a credit check at att.com/iphone to see if they qualify for one, and existing customers can check to see if they’re able to add another line to their existing iPhone plan. It’s another step saved in what has frequently been a long process to get an




iPhone turned on.

The new service is intended to make the purchasing process as fast and simple as possible, good especially considering (according to reports) the long hold times at AT&T for customer service of any kind, and inconsistent call quality complaints.

Their new service is joining the online Buy-At-Home program that Apple announced last month, which previously allowed users to do the same thing at Apple’s website.

Getting a new iPhone activated and joining the party should now be much easier.

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  • One Comment to “AT&T now offers online activation for 3G iPhone customers”

    1. on 13 Oct 2008 at 12:08 pmphi

      ha! not so easy when on sunday their activation center went down and now have to manually activate all at&t phones as requests come in. i just got one this wkend and i’m still waiting for my phone to start working.

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