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Apple pulls iOS update after widespread reports of disabled phones
CNBC ^ | 09/24/2014 | CNBCstaff.com

Posted on 09/24/2014 12:25:11 PM PDT by Chgogal

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To: Chgogal

AT&T is raising EVERYONE’s data rate. I just found this out.

For instance, if you are paying $115 a month for 10GBs of Data and unlimited texts and phone calls in all 50 states.

If you upgrade your iPhone 6, and you want the 2 year plan (where you pay $199 or $299) upfront for the iPhone 6 plus the $40 activation fee. This part is nothing new. It’s been that way for a long time. However......,

your monthly rate of $115 will go up to $140 a month or an extra $25 a month or $350 a year.

I asked AT&T why and they said because they no longer receive a subsidy from the feds for their land lines. Therefore, in order to make it up they are throwing it on everyone’s wireless bill.

Once word gets out on the street I bet they will lose many current customers like myself. I was a customer since 2002. Think I will be looking at T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon.

Ridiculous and I will be leaving them soon.


21 posted on 09/24/2014 12:52:27 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Chgogal

Just ordered an i6 for me and an i6+ for the wifey. Replacing an i4 and an i5.

If the rumored new iPad ever shows up I’m going to grab one of those as well. My iPad 1 S/N 0000001 has become very forgetful of late - memory shortage I suppose. iPad brain cells are apparently not immortal.


22 posted on 09/24/2014 12:53:32 PM PDT by InterceptPoint (Remember Mississippi)
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To: NormsRevenge

My ipod touch out performs my wife’s Samsung all day long. And I can make phone calls on it too.


23 posted on 09/24/2014 12:54:17 PM PDT by csmusaret (Will remove Obama-Biden bumperstickers for $10)
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To: Okieshooter

>> All the beta testing in the world can’t compare with releasing something on the public.

Yeah, and Apple’s rushed, inadequate, minimal testing fares even WORSE...


24 posted on 09/24/2014 12:54:17 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and Mohammed is his demon)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I hope you are being sarcastic...

Forgotten MAPS and Antennagate already...


25 posted on 09/24/2014 12:54:19 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Enlightened1

$115 a month? Hell, for that much here in the UK you’d get unlimited calls, texts and data and a partial refund. Damn, cell phone plans are even more ridiculous in the States than when I left in ‘11.

I pay £45 a month for my Galaxy Note 3, which is about £20/month installment on the phone, and £25/month for 1 gig of data, 500 outgoing minutes (incoming calls aren’t charged for here) and 500 outgoing texts (again, incoming texts aren’t charged for)


26 posted on 09/24/2014 1:00:36 PM PDT by AnAmericanInEngland
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To: AnAmericanInEngland

Prices are ridiculous here. Of course, a large part of the total price is actually in federal taxes slapped on practically every aspect of the service.


27 posted on 09/24/2014 1:09:15 PM PDT by livius
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Yep.. well when enough people reject it, then they will be forced to lower their prices.

I like the phone, but not that much. $115 a month is the max I will for unlimited text, calls in 50 States and 10GBs of data.

AT&T is smoking crack if they really think the majority of people paying on 10GB plan will go up $25 a month to $140 a month before taxes. That's simply way too much money.

28 posted on 09/24/2014 1:10:47 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: WayneS
If having a cell-phone was not a job requirement I would not have one.

Back in the 90s we got a new manager on our crew. All of us were on 24/7 support, equipped with cellphones. New manager thought he would do some cost-savings, and ordered most of us to give up our cellphones. In the meeting, we all looked at each other smiling, and gladly tossed our cellphones to him. He thought it was a perk for us having these fancy cellphones with walkie-talkie features. For us, it was a pain, constantly getting called for every little problem. That lasted about two weeks and he was begging us to take back the cellphones.

29 posted on 09/24/2014 1:11:13 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: Enlightened1

You can get much better monthly plans on most of the MVNO prepaid carriers.


30 posted on 09/24/2014 1:11:24 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Exactly. It’s a shame he refused proper treatment.


31 posted on 09/24/2014 1:11:30 PM PDT by matt04
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To: NormsRevenge
Apple's systems as a whole are so closed that it's nearly impossible to remediate botched installs. On Linux at least I can hit ctrl-alt-F1 to get into a text shell.

To my knowledge (apart from the bash terminal that you can get to once you're already logged in), Apple has not had a text "shell" since the days of the Apple ][, the last time the company had anything "open". They chose the "closed" route, and the onus therefore lies entirely on them to fix the problems their user base is too non-technical to tackle.

32 posted on 09/24/2014 1:16:12 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: Chgogal

Won’t some die-hard Apple fan please tell us how this is a hoax, and that Apple is not at fault!!!?!


33 posted on 09/24/2014 1:16:23 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Chgogal

It just works! Magical! Thin! Lightweight! What, marketing verbiage didn’t fix the problem?

The reality distortion field continues to dissipate now that Steve Jobs is gone.


34 posted on 09/24/2014 1:17:31 PM PDT by Cato in PA (Resist!)
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To: NormsRevenge

I’ve found iPhones highly reliable. Androids tend to lock up.


35 posted on 09/24/2014 1:19:07 PM PDT by Borges
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To: matt04

Did he opt for some strange new-agey treatment?


36 posted on 09/24/2014 1:19:56 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: Chgogal

I don’t understand people who turn off their phones unless they have an important call to make. What if your family has an important call to make to you?


37 posted on 09/24/2014 1:22:04 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Enlightened1

$140 per month? Absolutely ridiculous. I pay $58 per month for unlimited everything plus all the frills on T-Mobile. If they have good coverage in your area, I advise you to look at them or one of their MVNOs first.

Sprint has some plans as well if you live in an area where their network isn’t congested. I was on Virgin Mobile when I first switched over to a smartphone.

Verizon and AT&T are two sides of the same coin: like Republican and Democrat.


38 posted on 09/24/2014 1:22:29 PM PDT by Cato in PA (Resist!)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Thanks for the tip! Although I wonder about their coverage?


39 posted on 09/24/2014 1:23:24 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Chgogal

Updated the iPhone 5,and iPad without a hitch


40 posted on 09/24/2014 1:23:47 PM PDT by italianquaker
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