2-year contract required to upgrade?

Is a two-year contract required to upgrade your phone? If so, does this mean that if I buy an iPhone 4, I can't upgrade until the iPhone 6 comes out?

When the 3GS was released last summer, AT&T offered an early upgrade price for those with a 3G who had not met their contract obligation for the subsidy AT&T paid Apple on their behalf for the 3G they purchased at AT&T's fully subsidized price 12 months or so before. AT&T still offers this now.
AT&T's fully subsidized price for the 3GS is $199 for the 16GB & $299 for the 32GB. This price is for new AT&T subscribers and for existing AT&T subscribers that qualify for AT&T's upgrade or fully subsidized pricing with a new phone - any new phone including the iPhone.
AT&T's early upgrade price for the 3GS is $399 for the 16GB & $499 for the 32GB. This price is for existing AT&T subscribers that haven't fulfilled their existing contract for a subsidized phone - for existing subscribers that don't qualify for AT&T's upgrade or fully subsidized pricing with any new phone.
AT&T's full retail sales price the the 3GS is $599 for the 16GB & $699 for the 32GB.
AT&T will probably do the same with the next generation iPhone and for the next one after that for those that must have the next generation iPhone when released.
Before the iPhone, did you get a new phone every 12 months, or every 18 or 24 months?

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