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People forget this but Apple didn't sign a contract with AT&T. They signed one with Cingular, which happened to be bought by AT&T right then. They got extremel
by addicted 9y ago
People forget this but Apple didn't sign a contract with AT&T. They signed one with Cingular, which happened to be bought by AT&T right then.
They got extremely lucky negotiating a contract with a smaller carrier, which then transformed into one with a bigger one.
- djsumdog 9y agoWas it Cingular that got that very first Edge iPhone? Man that was so long ago, but that does sound right. IIRC Cingular was part of AT&T originally, then split off, and then was re-absorbed. Eventually SBS bought AT&T, a couple of Bells and other carriers and renamed itself to AT&T.