I'm not sure I follow your thinking here... I don't think Amazon will sell it WITHOUT activation, so you will be forced to sign up with AT&T to get this deal. How is finding a plan for less than $120 going to avoid that? My guess is there are also guidelines with the rebate that require you to be with AT&T for some period of time, but I could be wrong on that.

The locked/unlocked nature of the MPx200 is what it is... Amazon isn't doing anything different on that. Check through the forum here for info further info.

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