| Take the Chains off the iPhone. Create a Universal Chipset
RIM can do it. Motorola can do it. HTC can do it. Samsung can do it. Every device manufacturer out there is capable of making phones with any type of radio. Some even are capable of GSM/GRPS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA/1x/EV/ technologies on multiple frequencies.
I say to Apple: Sell your device to all four of major US wireless carriers. Let the iPhone users spread the load across the various networks so that not all of them are loading down one or the other.
Let the carriers compete on data pricing and hardware subsidies to entice customers just like they do with BlackBerry's and other Smartphones.
For a GSM phone, the iPhone sold here in the US is the most crippled locked down piece of hardware around. Goes against the very grain that the GSM industry stands for.
As a T-Mobile sub in an area with a well built out HSPA network, I'd love the opportunity to use one made for AWS spectrum. As long as MaBell has her death grips on Apple, it won't happen.
Like others said, we should have the choice to pick the network that works well for us. Apple doesn't only sell Mac notebooks to those who subscribe to ATT HSI or make them only compatible with DSL technology. The iPhone shouldn't be any different.
Steve Jobs: I love your products. I'm a Mac fan and have been from the start. But I do not want any part of AT&T's network or billing system. I own a MacBook Pro, iPod Touch, iPod Nano etc. I would buy an iPhone if I could use it on the wireless network I prefer. Can we work out a deal? |
