Symbiosis 60

The living together in permanent or prolonged close association of members of usually two different species, with beneficial or deleterious consequences for at least one of the parties

iPhone therefore i'm not

Posted by Maciek Thursday, June 28, 2007

iWill not buy iPhone. iWill not give in to the madness of buying an obsolete device. And iWonder when will class action lawsuit hit AT&T? The reason…well you see cellular providers usually offer phones for $49, free, $100 etc etc. In order to be able to offer the device at such low prices they lock you in for two years (duh…everyone knows that) to recover the cost of phone discount they offered you in the beginning. If you decide to leave before two years (or whatever your carrier locks you in) you have to pay an “early cancellation penalty” usually in the range of $175 - 200 depending on the carrier or device. So here’s question..or two… Since iPhone will be sold WITHOUT any subsidy (as in you are NOT GOING to get any discount from AT&T or Apple) what will happen if you decide to cancel the service lets say in two months. Since neither AT&T nor Apple gave you any discount, wouldn’t it be grounds for filing a lawsuit against AT&T if they would demand an early cancellation penalty??? This may be an interesting case. Another question is WHY do we still have to pay let’s say $200 if you decide to cancel the service one year after you signed the agreement. The carrier recovered partial discount they offered you so why should YOU pay the full early cancellation penalty??? Let’s start a war…

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