Supposedly the terms Apple was demanding for carriers were pretty onerous.
I read in some review that Cingular agreed because they were at the bottom of the market and that Apple wanted to change everything form the ground up.
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Stephanie - Jun 28, 2007 1:11:16 pm PDT #2013 of 25496
Trust my rage
DCJensen - Jun 28, 2007 3:53:49 pm PDT #2014 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.
I think iPhone's exclusivity to Cingular/AT&T is a rare blunder for Apple
I'm assuming that Apple has an escape clause or two...
sj - Jun 28, 2007 7:25:37 pm PDT #2015 of 25496
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
There is no way I will go back to Cingulair/AT&T/whatever they're calling themselves next week for any phone. Hopefully Verizon will come up with something competitive eventually.
le nubian - Jun 29, 2007 2:03:06 am PDT #2016 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I haven't had major problems with Cingular (and I've had cell service with the company since 1995 - before it was Cingular!). AT&T has a much poorer rep when it comes to wireless customer service. I think it is a major blunder for Cingular to change its name to AT&T - but I'm no CEO.
That said, the cell service isn't wonderful everywhere in this country. In my own home, I have dropped calls and I sincerely believe the service has degraded in the last 8-10 months because I think call quality has gotten worse more recently.
I do think that if you get the wrong customer service person, you are kind of fucked. But googling problems has typically gotten me the answers I need so I haven't had to fuck with customer service.
I did do customer service online chat and was on there for 2-3 hours (they were answering like 20 people's questions at the same time) and they couldn't tell me why my Razr couldn't get on the internet. But when I went to a Cingular store, they told me to download Opera Mini and I was set.
Katie M - Jun 29, 2007 3:20:30 am PDT #2017 of 25496
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
everyone hates their phones
I like my phone fine. I open it up and push the little numbers and talk to people and hang up, and occasionally I check voicemail. Also, it's red.
...wow, I am totally not his market.
Steph L. - Jun 29, 2007 3:36:25 am PDT #2018 of 25496
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I want an iPhone, but not because I hate my cell phone. I feel the way that Katie does (except my phone is silver) about my phone.
However, I want the iPhone b/c it's also a video iPod with a huge screen, as well as (more or less) a wee portable computer (at least, it meets about 50% of my "computer" needs), and it's soooooo fucking pretty.
bon bon - Jun 29, 2007 4:27:40 am PDT #2019 of 25496
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I was watching the iPhone circus on the news this morning-- there's a couple guys that have been at the Apple store since Monday morning.
Consuela - Jun 29, 2007 4:58:04 am PDT #2020 of 25496
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I like my phone fine, but it's beginning to not hold a charge for very long. Also, T-Mobile's voicemail service lacks something--I often get the notice that I have voicemail hours afterwards. Which is not helpful.
Jessica - Jun 29, 2007 5:14:22 am PDT #2021 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
bon bon - Jun 29, 2007 5:41:17 am PDT #2022 of 25496
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I have no idea why the first guy in line was there since Monday (obviously you could still get the phone by lining up yesterday) but the second guy was doing interviews to promote a charity. He wasn't great at promotion-- I didn't find out what the charity was, and his phone battery was dead so he couldn't do radio interviews. But I give him credit for trying.