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iPhone hacking.

[Anauel]

Amen to that

Really I think that the most important part is that you cannot expect Apple to
keep updating you if you are not keeping up with their terms. And I write this
from my unlocked iPhone.

[GlennF]

Various and sundry

I love this line you quote from Larry: "The iPhone sticks you with one carrier--AT&T--that few people want. Why?"

Right. Few people being 60 million customers. That's very very very few. And AT&T has this neat thing that nobody could want called rollover minutes, that lets you have unused minutes roll, you know, OVER from one month to next, expiring after 12 months instead of within 30 days. Because nobody wants that.

[fakerob]

Exactly...!

I like the way 'few people' use AT&T and yet the iBricked phones represent such
large numbers that it will cause huge PR problems for Apple. Which is it Larry..?

Oh, wait, I mean... No! stop picking on him Macalope. He's an astute analyst.

[macnabbit]

Lame and lamer

Oh dear, dear, dear... The horned one's gone lamer and lamer ever since he sold out.

[steve4lee]

Apple doomed

Apple has the best customer service and highest customer level of satisfaction.
Therefore, they are doomed.

Can you think of any other company that someone would see this as a reason
for their coming demise?

[L_K_M]

Hacked iPhones will continue working just fine

My hacked iPhone still works. The day I hacked it, I knew I was probably not going to install an Apple update, ever again. Even if the update is hacked, too, I'll probably stay with my current version simply because it works, and if I accidentally brick the phone, I don't expect Apple to do anything about it.

So I don't understand the whole brouhaha. What, did you expect to be able to SIM-unlock the phone and then get support from Apple? If so, you are - quite plainly - dumb.

I will, however, point out that I did not enter any kind of agreement with Apple. A friend of mine living in the US sent me the phone. I immediately hacked it. I never saw any kind of agreement, never broke a seal, never clicked "Agree" or even "OK."

[pj-mckay]

Nobody mentioned $250 refund !!

Larry clearly mentioned that Apple had offered an instore credit of $100. That equates to, at best, $75 dollars in real outlay. The man clearly asked that Apple give hime the chance to recoup his hard earned $200 by offering a $250 in-store credit. What's so hard to understand if you took the time to read his article properly? Geez! Who in their right mind can defend Apple on any of this? It's clearly backfired badly, with little sign of getting better in the near future. Who is likely to rush into buying the next product on day 1? Zealots with cash to throw away... $200 to throw away!

[Jose Madre]

AAPL, T, VZ

Apple approached Verizon to be the exclusive carrier of the iPhone. Verizon declined because they felt is wasn't profitable enough. AT&T is the second choice.