Rumor's are that big brother Apple will be sending the new iPhone 3Gs to AT&T stores already bricked, according to this CNET news article. Only AT&T stores will have a special version of iTunes that can unbrick iPhone 3Gs at the AT&T store. (Now, there's another brilliant idea - take iTunes software that runs slow as a ton of bricks and have it unbrick phones. Doh!) So, any dreams of just buying an iPhone 3G any other way than at an AT&T store sans the 2 year contract is pretty much nil. I guess Apple is no longer the company who makes computers "for the rest of us" but the company who makes products for the rest of us without the intelligence to make our own decisions. No replaceable battery. No upgradable storage. Only 3rd party apps you chose to offer us, and only through your store. Apple, the company who created the infamous 1984 commercial, still more evidence that you continue to reek of hypocrisy.
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It was well advertised that
It was well advertised that the 3G iPhone would be locked down and require in-store activation. This was because unlike the first generation iPhone, the 3G model is subsidized by AT&T which is why it is $199 or $299 as opposed to $600.
No upgradeable memory and a non-user replaceable battery were concerns raised before the first generation came out. It's an occupational hazard with Apple.
It still hurts
Telling me ahead of time you're going to kick me in the head doesn't make it any less painful, except to avoid the strike entirely in the first place.
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Don't buy one!
FFS - all this whinging about the iPhone! It doesn't do this... It hasn't got that... Why can't I get one like this...
If it's not what you want, don't buy it. Apple have no obligation to produce the product you want. You have no obligation to buy the product they produce.
You don't want it? STFU and buy a different phone.
Just stop whinging!
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iPhone is just a phone,
iPhone is just a phone, nothing more. It is not designed for business users, simple as that. What really annoys me is the lack of “user chargeable battery”
stop complaining
alot of you are fools, if you dont want it, dont buy it, i had my iphone since day 2, no problems yet, the battery lasts longer than my other cell's did, thats what a battery charger is for(duh), i am looking foward to buying the next one
AT&T and Apple will soon sell the iPhone without a contract...
It'll cost you $599 for the 8GB and $699 for the 16GB, but they say it'll be an option soon if you're interested in buying it without a contract:
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=25883
No one is forcing you
No one is forcing you to buy it. If you don't like it then don't buy it. Bitching about it on the net is just silly.
Calm down...
Hmmm. "wreaks of hypocrisy?"
Reeks of bad spelling, I'd say.
You gotta love automatic spell correction
Corrected. Thx.
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