Re: [Fed-Talk] WWDC?
Re: [Fed-Talk] WWDC?
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] WWDC?
- From: Mark <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:15:30 -0400
I'm curious if ATT or Apple will allow my first gen iphone to be sim
unlocked. I fulfilled my contract, the phone is my property, I want it
sim unlocked without having to jail break it.
Cheers
- Mark
On Jun 10, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Taylor Armstrong wrote:
Everyone seems to be complaining about the price, but in reality,
there *is no price jump*. The problem is that we are viewing this
from the perspective of Apple clients, rather than ATT clients.
ATT always charges a premium for a new phone unless you are outside
of your contract term ("upgrade eligible"). They subsidize the
phones (all phones) heavily, so this is how they lock you in and
guarantee that they'll get their $$ back from the hardware. The
problem is that the original, Edge iPhone was not subsidized. When
the 3G iPhone came out, this meant that people were able to upgrade
cheaply, because ATT didn't care how old your current phone was.
Now, most people who bought a 3G are still within the limits of
their contract, and ATT isn't going to swallow the cost of the
subsidy until you are upgrade eligible.
I got bitten the other way around. When I needed a new phone, I
switched to ATT and bought a cheap-o phone a couple of months before
the 3G's were released, expecting to "upgrade" to an iPhone after
the new models came out. Instead, ATT began to subsidize them, and
since I'd just bought a new phone, I wasn't eligible. I'm not
eligible for a discounted upgrade for another 4 months, which means
I'm STILL not buying one until October.
We're used to Apple's sales, in which hardware isn't subsidized, and
we can upgrade (at full price) as often as we (and our wallets)
allow. ATT is the same way - they'll let you buy it at the full
price as often as you want, people just balk when they realize that
an iPhone costs almost as much as a base-model Macbook when it isn't
subsidized.
Taylor
Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC wrote:
I watched the video. But I never heard any of these issues
mentioned:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/166350/four_reasons_why_iphone_owners_hate_atandt.html
I'm troubled by the huge tethering (if it's ever allowed in the US)
fee and the near doubling of the price of an Iphone for some folks
which was never mentioned anywhere I heard of apart from this
article. I'm handicapped and can't get to the store on D-
(delivery) day to get mine and all my would-be drivers are out of
town. I had hoped to have mine delivered to my door through pre-
sales purchase but can't (kept being told on the website and phone
that i must go in) and I suspect it might have something to do with
the unadvertised price jump as it would be a replacement phone.
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From: "Trouton, Rich (NIH/NHGRI) [C]" <email@hidden>
Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 16:58
Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] WWDC?
To: "Wm. Cerniuk" <email@hidden>
Cc: Fed Talk <email@hidden>
Yep, I'm here and so is David Hester and Ben Stanfield from NIH.
Thanks,
Rich
On Jun 9, 2009, at 1:35 PM, Wm. Cerniuk wrote:
Anyone from our list at WWDC. I know Rich T is....
V/R,
Wm. Cerniuk
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