Curious

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Fluker join:2005-04-07 West Lafayette, IN	Curious I bet right now that Apple gets to keep a good part of the kicker instead of AT&T when you activate an iPhone. It wouldn't surprise me at all that instead of the subsidy helping customers, the money just goes to Apple. Now here's the thing I've never understood though - clearly quite a few iPhones are bought, unlocked and used on other networks. Why hasn't AT&T just required that you are either a customer or become one when buying a phone from them?
	to forum · permalink · 2008-04-30 18:42:34 ·
EPS join:2008-02-13 Hingham, MA	Apple and at&t do require that you become a customer- people who unlock their phones and use them on other networks have to bypass the phone's security to do so, and Apple software updates tend to make unlocked phones unusable... but that doesn't stop people from doing it.
	to forum · permalink · 2008-04-30 21:19:18 ·
Fluker join:2005-04-07 West Lafayette, IN	right. I'm wondering why they don't simply refuse to sell phones to people who don't have/or refuse to get contracts. Is it some sort of in boarding to require a contract when selling a device? Seems like unlocking would just about be a moot point if AT&T required you to have a contract before they let you buy the phone.
	to forum · permalink · 2008-05-01 09:14:16 ·

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