Start paying attention. It’s not very difficult.I absolutely do not approve of the fact that the iPhone will be a locked device and you’ll be forced to choose from a meager selection of tariff options and stick with the cellular operator for two years.
This system has so far not existed in India, thankfully, but the iPhone is set to change that. I had a little conversation with David Pogue about it, New York Times technology columnist and CBS news correspondent, and he agreed that the system was all about ripping customers off in the U.S.A. and that India was much better off.
That’s one of the reasons why I’m satisfied with my 1st gen iPhone, even though I paid a lot more for it than people who buy the locked iPhone 3G will. I get to use it with Airtel and Vodafone or any other carrier I choose and with any plan I want, both prepaid and postpaid.
There’s no point in throwing that point in again and again—I know it’s wrong.
isn't that wrong & extorsion?
Don't you get the damn bitter truth ?Don’t bother. It will be a rehashing of the following:
1. SMS;
2. Bluetooth;
3. Video recording; and
4. Copy-paste.
On the AppleInsider forum, in one of the threads where they were discussing the iPhone and cribbing about the $10 increase, one guy who’d unlocked his iPhone, thrown away the AT&T SIM card and voided the warranty commented something in the lines of (not his exact words), “Dudes. You’re all such crybabies. I’m using EDGE on T-Mobile on my iPhone right now and it’s <expletive> slow and I pay <expletive> $30 per month to them, that too with a limit of 500MB. You guys get to buy an iPhone for $199, use <expletive> unlimited 3G for the same price and you’re cribbing about it. Get a life.” He used a lot of F-words, so his post was deleted (they do allow one or two though) but T-Mobile does have a plan with a 500MB limit for $30, so I guess he was being truthful (he is known for being an Apple fanboy though).
Also, Blackberry users have to pay $40 for EDGE/3G access and that too capped. So how are AT&T’s plans not reasonably priced? They used to be the most inexpensive at $20 and now that they have 3G, they brought the pricing more in line with the rest of the market ($20 was a special plan only for iPhone users).
I really don’t see anything wrong here. Of course, when Airtel and Vodafone’s plans are revealed, we’ll be able to judge it more appropriately.
Thanks for telling these guys what I knew all along pathik.News: You can get the iPhone for $199, pay the 1st month $70 rental and then cancel your subscription for $175 and keep your 3G iPhone to unlock it later.
So the price becomes $445.
It is much better than Wagon R, Santro. Don't know about the rest. It is a really nice car. I own 1.Also, the Indica is a crap car.