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Apple, AT&T sued for lack of MMS capability

16 points by AndrewWarner 17y ago

naz 17y ago
Apple needs to move away from exclusivity. Networks would be falling over themselves to cater for iPhone users if there was a choice in the matter.
- alanthonyc 17y ago
  Just guessing, but I'm sure they can't wait to get away from AT&T themselves. When they first introduced the iPhone, they didn't have the leverage the do now.
- masklinn 17y ago
  > Networks would be falling over themselves to cater for iPhone users if there was a choice in the matter. Verizon and Sprint are in CDMA, not GSM… in the US, that leaves T-Mobile I think, which could run iPhones (unless a separate CDMA hardware is created).
dzlobin 17y ago
"The class action suit alleges the Louisana suit will consist of at least 10,000 individuals" Enjoy your $.10 settlement and watch AT&T continue as they were.
- chrischen 17y ago
  Beats bending over for it. How do I get my $.10 ?
- treyp 17y ago
  I'm pretty sure this is about more than the money.
- omouse 17y ago
  It's not about the money. It's about protecting consumers.
daeken 17y ago
It's rare I see a class action suit with merit, and this is one of them. If it was just Apple advertising it, it wouldn't be as big a problem (since it does work with other carriers elsewhere), but a carrier clearly advertising something they don't support is just ludicrous.
- masklinn 17y ago
  > It's rare I see a class action suit with merit, and this is one of them. If it was just Apple advertising it, it wouldn't be as big a problem So only partial: the suit against AT&T makes sense (especially if they're advertising it…), again Apple not so much.
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c0nsilience 17y ago
The lawsuit is ridiculous in that it states AT&T towers don't support MMS! My old Nokia 6682 does MMS on AT&T's network! The plaintiffs also said that AT&T and Apple stated in the fine print that MMS is coming in late summer. Um... hello? Disclaimer! Can't sue them for that. This lawsuit is total bunk.
octover 17y ago
I think that maybe this could have some traction and get AT&T more in line. Though I don't know since the suit seems to be based on some fallacies. AT&T does support MMS for phones that are not the iPhone. Credible speculation seems to be that AT&T flexed their muscles with Apple (and anyone who saw the WWDC 2009 keynote can attest annoyingly so to Apple) to delay MMS on the iPhone until they upgraded their towers more to handle the load. My friends and I would send each other MMS messages from our Sony Ericsson & Nokia phones years ago. I was on T-Mobile and they were on AT&T.

16 points by AndrewWarner 17y ago

naz 17y ago

Apple needs to move away from exclusivity. Networks would be falling over themselves to cater for iPhone users if there was a choice in the matter.

alanthonyc 17y ago
Just guessing, but I'm sure they can't wait to get away from AT&T themselves. When they first introduced the iPhone, they didn't have the leverage the do now.
masklinn 17y ago
> Networks would be falling over themselves to cater for iPhone users if there was a choice in the matter. Verizon and Sprint are in CDMA, not GSM… in the US, that leaves T-Mobile I think, which could run iPhones (unless a separate CDMA hardware is created).

dzlobin 17y ago

"The class action suit alleges the Louisana suit will consist of at least 10,000 individuals" Enjoy your $.10 settlement and watch AT&T continue as they were.

chrischen 17y ago
Beats bending over for it. How do I get my $.10 ?
treyp 17y ago
I'm pretty sure this is about more than the money.
omouse 17y ago
It's not about the money. It's about protecting consumers.

daeken 17y ago

It's rare I see a class action suit with merit, and this is one of them. If it was just Apple advertising it, it wouldn't be as big a problem (since it does work with other carriers elsewhere), but a carrier clearly advertising something they don't support is just ludicrous.

masklinn 17y ago
> It's rare I see a class action suit with merit, and this is one of them. If it was just Apple advertising it, it wouldn't be as big a problem So only partial: the suit against AT&T makes sense (especially if they're advertising it…), again Apple not so much.

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c0nsilience 17y ago

The lawsuit is ridiculous in that it states AT&T towers don't support MMS! My old Nokia 6682 does MMS on AT&T's network! The plaintiffs also said that AT&T and Apple stated in the fine print that MMS is coming in late summer. Um... hello? Disclaimer! Can't sue them for that. This lawsuit is total bunk.

octover 17y ago

I think that maybe this could have some traction and get AT&T more in line. Though I don't know since the suit seems to be based on some fallacies. AT&T does support MMS for phones that are not the iPhone. Credible speculation seems to be that AT&T flexed their muscles with Apple (and anyone who saw the WWDC 2009 keynote can attest annoyingly so to Apple) to delay MMS on the iPhone until they upgraded their towers more to handle the load. My friends and I would send each other MMS messages from our Sony Ericsson & Nokia phones years ago. I was on T-Mobile and they were on AT&T.