New iPhone Video Posted: Activate From Home!

Check it out on the Apple iPhone page for yourself!

According to the video, users will be able to activate their iPhones from home using iTunes. Incredibly, you can do everything you could do at the AT&T right inside of iTunes, including:

• Signing up with AT&T
• Choosing a plan
• Getting a credit check
• Number porting!

Even with all the other hype, this seems to be a HUGE deal. I am not aware of any other cellphone provider that allows its users this much independence.

After all, how can a salesman pressure you into buying the insurance when you are sitting on your own couch?

Will this be yet another way that the iPhone changes the way people use cell phones? According to AT&T:

iPhone’s user-driven activation is another example of how AT&T and Apple have partnered to bring innovative new features to our customers,” said Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO, AT&T. “iPhone’s innovative activation and sync is just one example of how this is going to be a real industry game-changer.

One has to wonder how users will be able to take advantage of discounts and other services provided by AT&T during the home activation. Users must be able to activate in-store as well for this very reason, unless there is no plan to honor any existing deals.

With the amount of thought that has gone into this product and its launch, I’m willing to bet that things will go smoothly on Friday, so long as the monkey handling you at the AT&T store can keep the poop on his side of the cage.