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From Friday's HN post "Confessions of an Apple Store Employee": "We usually have to tell them that if they unlock their iPhone, it won't work. That it's g
by greattypo 16y ago
From Friday's HN post "Confessions of an Apple Store Employee":
"We usually have to tell them that if they unlock their iPhone, it won't work. That
it's going to be like a $700 paperweight, and that the antenna will fry itself
on T-Mobile. Of course, that's not true, but that's what we tell them."
Wonder how quickly their tune on that last part will change..
- Legion 16y agoThe whole thing will change - because what GSM provider in the US are they going to worry about people unlocking and switching to? The release says this will "enhance [AT&T's] network capacity". That means T-Mobile isn't likely to exist as a separate thing that's just owned by AT&T. It's pretty certain to be rolled directly into AT&T. It's Cingular 2.0.
- tptacek 16y ago... which is probably a good thing, from an efficiency standpoint.
- eli 16y agoI wouldn't read too much into that sentence. It's marketing speak and could mean just about anything. I don't know exactly what would be involved, but it's worth noting that T-Mobile 3G and AT&T 3G are not currently compatible.
- pitdesi 16y agoLink: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/news/confessions-of-an-apple-store-employee http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/news/conf...