iPhone exclusive to AT&T until 2012?

Hmmm, exclusivity? With an Apple product? How strange. ;)

These 2 seem made for each other. I'm glad Verizon passed on it. It took some guts, since Apple's not used to being told no. I usually can't stand Verizon's "get every penny from you" tactics, but I applaud them for this.

However, Motorola did the same thing with the RAZR and Cingular (now AT&T) and look how that turned out...

Yes, but the RAZR was only exclusive for less than a year if I remember right. This deal is for the ONLY phone from a company, and it prevents that company from even making ANY phone for other another company for 5 YEARS.

That's unprecedented, as far as I know. I'm not saying it's a wrong thing, just very odd.

But, AT&T is United States only. What about Canada (where I live) or the rest of the world? This phone will probably be a whole lot harder to unlock. >.<

I am a customer of Cingular aka AT&T. This seems to be their strategy with a lot of newer phones. Hopefully this phone isn't limited like they do some of their high end phones with features and so forth.

im in the clear then, yay

for what i see T-mobile is not getting that in US soon.... thats sux case where i live in my opinion is the best company, with best packages

In Australia we have what is called the ACCC and they make sure everything in the competition level is above board and i feel this would not work in Australia so if the iphone comes down under it would have to be available across many carriers.

I will get an unlocked gsm version eventually.