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3G Apple iPhone will be subsidised

Started by Ewan · 1 year ago

And the final word on the 3G iPhone? Yes, you can finally rest easy - it’s well and truly on its way, this June 9. Gizmodo, chatting to sources “very, very close” to the iPhone launch, has confirmed what everyone’s been thinking - that Apple boss Steve Jobs will be showing off the device at [...] ... Continue reading »

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  • DanLane

    1 year ago

    Noooo!, subsidising the handset would be bad! at the moment I can walk into a shop and leave with an iPhone without a contract, jailbreak it, unlock it and use it with almost any SIM card I want!

    I quite like that freedom.
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  • Ewan

    1 year ago

    Nahhh we want the masses to adopt the iPhone, don't we?
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  • Ben Smith

    1 year ago

    I don't think there's been any suggestion that option will be going away - just that the networks will additionally be able to offer subsidised prices with new contract sales...
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  • juliancooling

    1 year ago

    I think what we want is for the iPhone to do so well, Nokia realises that it must spend time and money getting its wonderful wizardry available via single click/point type and click style interfaces. When the big boys realise that the standard competative model rewards fully usable functions, then we will move into the post normob era.
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  • Ewan

    1 year ago

    Here here, Julian!
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