http://blog.jacobburke.com/2008/07/09/control-is-out-of-apples-hands/ Random thoughts about life, technology and the world around me. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.jacobburke.com/2008/07/09/control-is-out-of-apples-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Michael Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:29:13 +0000 http://blog.jacobburke.com/2008/07/control-is-out-of-apples-hands/#comment-121 Unfortunately, with the way that cell phone sales work in the US, I think Apple needed to give up more of the power to ensure that they would reach their 10 million phone mark. For Apple to convince AT&T to give them that much money up front (subsidy) they needed to give it up to make sure that the iPhone actually stays on the AT&T network and isn't sold to another country or unlocked for another carrier. I bought the first iPhone and love it but won't be upgrading because their isn't enough new hardware there and 3G just isn't available in my area (and besides that I'm always around a Wifi hotspot). Unfortunately, with the way that cell phone sales work in the US, I think Apple needed to give up more of the power to ensure that they would reach their 10 million phone mark. For Apple to convince AT&T to give them that much money up front (subsidy) they needed to give it up to make sure that the iPhone actually stays on the AT&T network and isn’t sold to another country or unlocked for another carrier. I bought the first iPhone and love it but won’t be upgrading because their isn’t enough new hardware there and 3G just isn’t available in my area (and besides that I’m always around a Wifi hotspot).

]]> http://blog.jacobburke.com/2008/07/09/control-is-out-of-apples-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-785 Michael Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:29:00 +0000 http://blog.jacobburke.com/2008/07/control-is-out-of-apples-hands/#comment-785 Unfortunately, with the way that cell phone sales work in the US, I think Apple needed to give up more of the power to ensure that they would reach their 10 million phone mark. For Apple to convince AT&T to give them that much money up front (subsidy) they needed to give it up to make sure that the iPhone actually stays on the AT&T network and isn't sold to another country or unlocked for another carrier. I bought the first iPhone and love it but won't be upgrading because their isn't enough new hardware there and 3G just isn't available in my area (and besides that I'm always around a Wifi hotspot). Unfortunately, with the way that cell phone sales work in the US, I think Apple needed to give up more of the power to ensure that they would reach their 10 million phone mark. For Apple to convince AT&T to give them that much money up front (subsidy) they needed to give it up to make sure that the iPhone actually stays on the AT&T network and isn’t sold to another country or unlocked for another carrier. I bought the first iPhone and love it but won’t be upgrading because their isn’t enough new hardware there and 3G just isn’t available in my area (and besides that I’m always around a Wifi hotspot).

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