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marc

Lumia 900 now free after $100 rebate. Is it time to get our recommended Windows Phone?

Nokia is now offering the Lumia 900 for free (after the rebate) with a two-year AT&T contract, to both new and existing customers. The rebate is also available to customers who've already purchased the Lumia 900. The move comes after Nokia identified a software glitch that left some early customers unable to connect to the internet. If you have an affected phone, you can swap it at an AT&T store, or download a patch starting April 16th. We didn't encounter the problem on the Lumia 900 we tested, and it's unclear how widespread the problem is. Nokia says that only a "limited number of customers" were affected by the bug.

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GB330033

If anyone was on the fence about the 900 before, this makes it a no-brainer. The most common concern I see now is "What if it doesn't get Windows Phone 8?" but would Microsoft and Nokia put so much force behind something that will just be dead in a few months? I HIGHLY doubt that.
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reuterrat

There is no way that MS doesn't put WP8 on the Lumia 900. It would go against the entire reason they locked down the OS so much.
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rz

I think they would definitely give WP8 to the Lumia 900; they may do it like Apple and lock out certain features, but overall the OS would still be offered. This would keep users happy and allow them to use software designed with WP8 APIs.
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foxmental

Nokia and AT&T have announced that there's a fix coming this Monday. so you get a $99 LTE phone & $100. So it's a minor hang up. More than likely Microsoft is going to follow the apple model. those 1'st gen devices will get a minor bump while 2'ng gen devices will get the full update. Tango is proof that Microsoft is committed to making WP a OS that can run on any device efficiently. the hardware spec won't change much except to allow better hardware. The devices released for mango will run Apollo just fine.
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urbancorn

So, how do I receive this "rebate"? I have called ATT and they seem to have no clue about it.
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