NEWS: 5 ways iPhone users get ripped off
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From: John Navas on 3 Jul 2010 12:19 <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178836/5_ways_iPhone_users_get_ripped_off>: 1. You pay $360 for mobile broadband you don't use 2. You pay $325 to not use the carrier anymore 3. You pay $18 for committing to a new, two-year contract 4. You pay $240 for the high-end data plan you don't use 5. You pay full price for apps you don't use "Using an iPhone means companies are going to rip you off by charging you real money, and providing nothing at all in return. And there's really nothing you can do about it."
From: Who Dat? on 3 Jul 2010 12:49 On 7/3/2010 12:19 PM, John Navas wrote: > <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178836/5_ways_iPhone_users_get_ripped_off>: > 1. You pay $360 for mobile broadband you don't use > 2. You pay $325 to not use the carrier anymore > 3. You pay $18 for committing to a new, two-year contract > 4. You pay $240 for the high-end data plan you don't use > 5. You pay full price for apps you don't use > "Using an iPhone means companies are going to rip you off by charging > you real money, and providing nothing at all in return. And there's > really nothing you can do about it." Let the rationalizations begin!
From: Todd Allcock on 3 Jul 2010 16:59 At 03 Jul 2010 09:19:53 -0700 John Navas wrote: > <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178836/5_ways_iPhone_users_get_ri pped_off>: > 1. You pay $360 for mobile broadband you don't use > 2. You pay $325 to not use the carrier anymore > 3. You pay $18 for committing to a new, two-year contract > 4. You pay $240 for the high-end data plan you don't use > 5. You pay full price for apps you don't use > "Using an iPhone means companies are going to rip you off by charging > you real money, and providing nothing at all in return. And there's > really nothing you can do about it." How are any of those points any different with any other smartphone on AT&T? You could replace "iPhone" in that article with "Blackberry Bold," "Aria," or "Tilt2."
From: nospam on 3 Jul 2010 18:09 In article <zhOXn.2954$Zp1.900(a)newsfe15.iad>, Todd Allcock <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote: > At 03 Jul 2010 09:19:53 -0700 John Navas wrote: > > > <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178836/5_ways_iPhone_users_get_ri > pped_off>: > > 1. You pay $360 for mobile broadband you don't use > > 2. You pay $325 to not use the carrier anymore > > 3. You pay $18 for committing to a new, two-year contract > > 4. You pay $240 for the high-end data plan you don't use > > 5. You pay full price for apps you don't use > > "Using an iPhone means companies are going to rip you off by charging > > you real money, and providing nothing at all in return. And there's > > really nothing you can do about it." > > How are any of those points any different with any other smartphone on > AT&T? they're not. it's just more soundbites to bash. > You could replace "iPhone" in that article with "Blackberry Bold," > "Aria," or "Tilt2." or any android device, and you could replace at&t with verizon or t-mobile.
From: Todd Allcock on 3 Jul 2010 19:27
At 03 Jul 2010 15:09:36 -0700 nospam wrote: > In article <zhOXn.2954$Zp1.900(a)newsfe15.iad>, Todd Allcock > <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote: > > > At 03 Jul 2010 09:19:53 -0700 John Navas wrote: > > > > > <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178836/5_ways_iPhone_users_get_ri > > pped_off>: > > > 1. You pay $360 for mobile broadband you don't use > > > 2. You pay $325 to not use the carrier anymore > > > 3. You pay $18 for committing to a new, two-year contract > > > 4. You pay $240 for the high-end data plan you don't use > > > 5. You pay full price for apps you don't use > > > "Using an iPhone means companies are going to rip you off by charging > > > you real money, and providing nothing at all in return. And there's > > > really nothing you can do about it." > > > > How are any of those points any different with any other smartphone on > > AT&T? > > they're not. it's just more soundbites to bash. > > > You could replace "iPhone" in that article with "Blackberry Bold," > > "Aria," or "Tilt2." > > or any android device, The Aria is, IIRC- AT&T's Android selection is pretty thin, (and rather crippled,) compared to other carriers'. Insert your own Apple-appeasing conspiracy theory there. > and you could replace at&t with verizon or > t-mobile. In concept only- some of the points were AT&T-specific, like the tiered data and tethering plans. |