Apple iPhone
iPhone Proprietary Sim Card maybe the dealbreaker
iPhone support just told me that the iPhone uses a special sim card that will not fit, or function in any other phone!
As a mobile phone enthusiast on AT&T I have been swapping my sim card between my collection of unlocked phones and enjoying having choices of what phone I want to use.
So If you want an iPhone you either give up the joy and flexibility of being able to buy whatever GSM phone you want, OR, you must buy another 2year contract along with your iPhone so now your wireless phone expenses are doubled.
As a mobile phone enthusiast on AT&T I have been swapping my sim card between my collection of unlocked phones and enjoying having choices of what phone I want to use.
So If you want an iPhone you either give up the joy and flexibility of being able to buy whatever GSM phone you want, OR, you must buy another 2year contract along with your iPhone so now your wireless phone expenses are doubled.
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that's dumb. Oh well. You give and you take. It's more an iPod than a phone, I suppose.
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They can keep thier special phone. with a special sim. Thank God for Sony Ericsson and Nokia.
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if they don't sell it to you, someone else will buy I'm sure. They won't be doing any "keeping" of their phones, but it was worth a shot. keep it up.
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There are alot of people upset , let down exc. by the reliece of this weeks info about the phone.
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it won't dent sales ONE bit. They'll be sold out faster than any cell phone ever.
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My Sim card theory might be wrong if you look at Daves tour of the iphone
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/business/20070627_POGUE_G ... »
But the phone might still be locked to your itunes account so that would still make the phone locked to apple and AT&T. In other words you might not be avaiable to take a US version of the phone Europe becuase you only have a US itunes account.
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/business/20070627_POGUE_G ... »
But the phone might still be locked to your itunes account so that would still make the phone locked to apple and AT&T. In other words you might not be avaiable to take a US version of the phone Europe becuase you only have a US itunes account.
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that is correct. if you buy the ifone you have to do a two yr agreement. no question asked. you cannot buy the fone without any contract. the ifone will not work unless you have an active itunes account and ATT account. if you cancel the ATT. the ifone is disabled. the only thing it can do is make E-calls. NOTHING ELSE PERIOD!
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you are wrong the iphone can be purchased without a contract. you are buying the phone at full retail cost. you do not have to sign a 2 year agreement.
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You do have to sign a contract, unless your credit is so bad that you have a deposit, then you will need to activate it on AT&T's Pick Your Plan Go Phone service.
Either way, you have to activate it, and continue to pay the bills to be able to use it. If at any point your service is shut off, the phone becomes a paperweight.
Either way, you have to activate it, and continue to pay the bills to be able to use it. If at any point your service is shut off, the phone becomes a paperweight.
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I actually paid attention during training.
If you want, you can take your SIM card out and put it in a regular phone (especially helpful if you have to send your phone to apple to be serviced).
If you want, you can take your SIM card out and put it in a regular phone (especially helpful if you have to send your phone to apple to be serviced).
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Misinformation. The SIM is the same, physically. You can swap it out to the another phone, but there is some manner of limitation (apparently in the iPhone software) that prevents simply swapping SIMs in. In effect, the iPhone will only work for the SIM that is paired with its IMEI at activation. A new SIM can be activated, but as always this will deactivate the old SIM... permanently.
So you can still swap your SIM among various phones... but only one SIM will work in your iPhone at any one time.
So you can still swap your SIM among various phones... but only one SIM will work in your iPhone at any one time.
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