
10-06-2007, 12:40 AM
|
|
What's Jailbreak?
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 15
Thanks: 2
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
|
|
|
I hate to point out the extremely obvious, but its people that unlock and resell their iPhones (most times for a profit) that screw the rest of the community over. Apple stated a few times that they didnt mind people changing icons, or even installing 3rd party apps. They do, and for good reason, mind people unlocking their phones, especially turning a profit by doing so.
Most people think (and continually post saying) that Apple hooked up with AT&T so that they get a kick-back on every phone they sell, which is not true at all. Apple paired up with AT&T because, believe it or not, AT&T has the most widespread & robust GSM/Edge network. I'm not saying they are the best in every area/market. Also, Apple wanted a certain level of coverage/service in specific areas, which required AT&T (or T-mobile if they had been chosen) to build quite a few cells sites in different areas to support this need. Beyond the current, first generation iPhone, they made this multi-year exclusive partnership for future iPhones. AT&T has a very good start on their UMTS/HSDPA 3G network with complete coverage in most major cities, where as T-Mobile just began building their 3G network a few months ago. (Sorry Verizon/Sprint people, we'll probably never see a CDMA/CDMA2k or Ev-Do iPhone)
Not trying to go completely AT&T fanboy on everyone, but keep in mind that your keeping the iPhone community from being able to load 3rd party applications by unlocking so many devices
|
|