Great points. Apple's primary interest was the transfer of control from AT&T to Apple. While there was some consumer-benefiting innovation (not hard when you're

Great points. Apple's primary interest was the transfer of control from AT&T to Apple. While there was some consumer-benefiting innovation (not hard when you're compared to AT&T), the primary beneficiary in this power grab was Apple. Apple simply had the willpower to arrest the control from the carrier by giving them an offer they couldn't refuse.