Comments on: Apple Giving US iPhone Owners a Rotten Deal? http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/11/apple_giving_us_iphone_owners_a_rotten_deal.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:14:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tim Meyer http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/11/apple_giving_us_iphone_owners_a_rotten_deal.html/comment-page-1#comment-175442 Tim Meyer Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:08:35 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/11/apple_giving_us_iphone_owners_a_rotten_deal.html#comment-175442 This really isn't an iPhone issue, as once AT&T agrees on this they have to offer unlocking for all other phones, not to mention T-mobile. This is further compounded by the fact that many phones have customized firmware versions, so unlocking will unlock the voice part, but it does not mean that you can change the default home page of your browser or any other data specific configurations. This really isn’t an iPhone issue, as once AT&T agrees on this they have to offer unlocking for all other phones, not to mention T-mobile. This is further compounded by the fact that many phones have customized firmware versions, so unlocking will unlock the voice part, but it does not mean that you can change the default home page of your browser or any other data specific configurations.

]]> By: Ricky http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/11/apple_giving_us_iphone_owners_a_rotten_deal.html/comment-page-1#comment-174610 Ricky Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:47:30 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/11/apple_giving_us_iphone_owners_a_rotten_deal.html#comment-174610 I don't know that it would undermine the exclusivity. Even in France, you still have to purchase the device from Orange to begin with. In any case, I simply think it's rotten that in the U.S., Jobs states that the iPhone can't be safely unlocked and actively and publicly works against unlockers, while in France, it's obvious that Apple could really easily unlock the iPhone, and still (presumably) turn a profit, even without the monthly revenue sharing. I don’t know that it would undermine the exclusivity. Even in France, you still have to purchase the device from Orange to begin with.

In any case, I simply think it’s rotten that in the U.S., Jobs states that the iPhone can’t be safely unlocked and actively and publicly works against unlockers, while in France, it’s obvious that Apple could really easily unlock the iPhone, and still (presumably) turn a profit, even without the monthly revenue sharing.

]]> By: carlo http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/11/apple_giving_us_iphone_owners_a_rotten_deal.html/comment-page-1#comment-174586 carlo Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:37:43 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/11/apple_giving_us_iphone_owners_a_rotten_deal.html#comment-174586 French consumer laws dictate that the phone be offered in an unlocked version. No such law exists in the US, while Apple's deal with AT&T presumably includes a clause forbidding them from actively unlocking or selling unlocked iPhones, as it would undermine the operator's "exclusive" a bit... French consumer laws dictate that the phone be offered in an unlocked version. No such law exists in the US, while Apple’s deal with AT&T presumably includes a clause forbidding them from actively unlocking or selling unlocked iPhones, as it would undermine the operator’s “exclusive” a bit…

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