Yep.....marrying the iPhone to AT&T for such a long period of time, in my opinion, was a HUGE mistake.
“Yep.....marrying the iPhone to AT&T for such a long period of time, in my opinion, was a HUGE mistake.”
Version 1.0, yes. I will not buy an iPhone as long as AT&T is the only carrier - not only did I fire them in rage, but their attitudes and policies about customer info when the Fed comes knocking seals the deal I will never give them a dime ever again. Most of my friends and coworkers feel the same - a lot of them are early adopters when it comes to Apple, and I usually see the new iPods and laptops and stuff within a day or two of them being released, or hearing people say they are saving for one, and I don’t know anyone that bought one.
I’m predicting huge first week sales, and a plummet after, based on AT&T and the stories that are coming out of activation woes and the horrific customer support. Apple has to find a way to open these phones up to other systems, or AT&T will kill it.
Now, version 1.5 or 2 of the iPhone, which could theoretically be released in October with Leopard...that might not be locked into AT&T. The minute they release one for another carrier, they have a sale from me. From what I see the hardware is rock solid, the software very good, and the integration with Leopard looks to be very, very cool.
I am still vastly disapointed with Verizon for not signing the deal for the iPhone, I love them, and their phone support is top notch. I understand that they felt their network could’nt handle it, but c’mon...you blew it...
I’m eligible for a new phone, my contract is up, but the new phones Verizon has are so...meh...compared to the iPhone...and I don’t want a Blackberry or Treo, because I’m Mac based. Everyone I know that has a razor hates it, and I don’t need a camera or TV or proprietary DRM music that doesnt work with iTunes.
Verizon, help me get an iPhone!