Cingular and Cell Phones

Recently I went to a Cingular Wireless story to look at the new phones. For some reason nowadays everything is becoming one big ordeal. All i wanted was to look at the phones and maybe purchase the new razor. But then i was informed that although my contract stated that i was entitled to new phone every year at the discounted rates, I would have to switch plans because the contract that we signed was with AT&T not Cingular. Furthurmore I would have to break my contract, pay the early termination fee, then pay more setup fees. So in the end the new phone would cost something like $600 with fees.