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No doubt it was part of their deal with AT&T. U.S. telcoms (especially AT&T) are big bullies. Apple needed to play ball when they were first getting started. N
by officemonkey 15y ago
No doubt it was part of their deal with AT&T. U.S. telcoms (especially AT&T) are big bullies. Apple needed to play ball when they were first getting started.
Now of course, they don't need AT&T, so they're dropping all the restrictions as soon as they're legally able to.
- rmc 15y agoNo doubt it was part of their deal with AT&T Possibly. Another factor is that in some countries mobile phone networks are legally required to unlock phones after a certain date.
- officemonkey 15y agoThat doesn't explain why in the UK and France you were able to buy an unlocked phone pretty much from the get-go.