Planning to buy an iphone in US

hi people.. i live in philippines and il be heading to california and las vegas next week, and im planning to buy an iphone 3gs, do i need to sign up for a at&t plan when i buy an iphone in a retail store? prices of 3gs in retail store are same as the website?
thanks

You can buy an iPhone without an AT&T subsidy or contract, but the prices are $499 (8GB), $599 (16GB), $699 (32GB). The iPhone (sold in the US) is configured to work only with wireless service provided by AT&T. It won't work in the RP. Also, nothing in the iPhone will work until activated with AT&T.
See footnote 1 on this page: http://www.apple.com/iphone/buy/

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