[hollandheese]

>Completely untrue. The original iPhone required a 2-year contract with AT&T/Cingular.

That's completely untrue. The original iPhone DID NOT require a 2 year contract, you could absolutely buy it on a prepaid plan. Yeah, you had to "fail" the credit check to get offered the prepaid plans, but all you had to do was put "999-99-9999" as your SSN in the activation screens to get them.

[dpkonofa]

That is not true at all. The original iPhone required a 2 year contract and you could only buy a maximum of 2 phones per account.