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The iPhone belongs to ATT. The fact that it has a fruit logo on it is irrelevent. You are paying to use ATT's system get used to it. When apple does a deal with
by ygvucoqwv 17y ago
The iPhone belongs to ATT.
The fact that it has a fruit logo on it is irrelevent. You are paying to use ATT's system get used to it.
When apple does a deal with FOX for the next Mac you will have a machine that can only access Fox.news not the BBC.
But it will have a nice smooth case - so don't worry.
- unalone 17y agoIf you think that, you haven't seen the way Apple works deals with companies. AT&T is leaning heavily on Apple because it's scared, rightly so, that they'll lose a lot of money when the iPhone goes to Verizon, which it will. I also don't approve of that snide little comment at the end. If you've got something to say, say it, and leave the snark somewhere that isn't here.
- philwelch 17y agoI really don't see Apple jumping into another carrier-exclusive deal, especially not with phone-crippling shitheads like Verizon.
- netsp 17y agoWhy is Apple signing exclusivity deals at all in the US? Down here (Australia) they just go with everyone. The do make them bend and turn and invent new plans that include a calls/texts/data package that's more to Apple's liking, but they go through everyone.
- drewcrawford 17y agoI suspect they had to, initially, and the only terms they could get were for several years (basically until now). Every US phone is aligned with a carrier. It's not immediately clear to me why that is, but there you go. When the contract is up, Apple has a serious opportunity to shake that notion, but I'm not sure if they will.
- philwelch 17y agoMany phones pass out of exclusivity and are offered through multiple carriers. The RAZR used to be Cingular only--then, every carrier had them.
- jonknee 17y agoThey'd have to redesign the whole thing for Verizon, T-Mobile's a better bet if exclusivity ends.
- gamache 17y agoOnly if coverage doesn't matter. Verizon has very good coverage, T-Mobile not so much.