New iPhone carrier deal to be announced in June?

Just curious, who's rule is it that they have to charge for iPod updates, as well as the iPhone thing?

I'm confused. I read this 3 times and I'm not understanding.... Why am I being charged for updates?

Original (1st Gen) iPhone owners will have to pay for updates...a year later, 2nd Gen iPhone owners will have to pay for updates...etc. This is MAJOR updates that add new features, not minor updates that just fix things.

Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

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Original (1st Gen) iPhone owners will have to pay for updates...a year later, 2nd Gen iPhone owners will have to pay for updates...etc. This is MAJOR updates that add new features, not minor updates that just fix things.

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@djeazyg

Regardless, the sheep still blindly flock to the apple tent and happily drink the kool aide.

Originally posted by Unfocused:

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@djeazyg

Regardless, the sheep still blindly flock to the apple tent and happily drink the kool aide.

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If they do open teh iphone to verizon i still think you need to look for 2 things. the first is which is going to be cheaper for the services. the base plan with 1500 text cost around 80 a month. if verizon can offer something of equal value for less will at&t do something to compete. Then second if you split the iphone population between other carriers that will obviously have to take some of teh stress off at&t netowrk not to mention one can only assume at&t will continue to expand there coverage and network strength.

Competition always breads better pricing for customers, Economics 101. F U AT&T, and Verizon! The customer is what drives prices, not the companies.

Another chance for Apple to screw their customers over...this time they will probably be exclusive to T-Mobile or MetroPCS...just to prove once again that their loyal customers will buy anything so long as it has an apple logo in it.

BTW...the Droid is still a very new phone, but it is already better than the iPhone 3G in reliability, and better than the 3GS in performance...without the exploding battery issue. It has fewer software titles, but much of the software is free, and there are free versions of most of the pay softwares on the iPhone. I think that most of the "The iPhone is better" comments come from people who have not tried the Droid, or who were unable to figure it out in the 2-3 minutes they did try it.

Apple users deserve to be stuck with AT&T...they blindly follow and even support a company that does everything they can to screw their customers, while claiming everything else to be inferior, even as they go to the emergency room with 3rd degree burns from their brand new 3GS.

More competition doesn't necessarily mean better prices. Until recently only Rogers/Fido had the iPhone in Canada and charged a lot for it. Now you can get it from any of the big carriers but the plans didn't change. Hopefully they still will though.

Why complain regarding the payment of an upgrade?

Try to think of paying for an update for an Apple (fill-in-the-blank) as an upgrade to an operating system.

Think of it as Microsoft making you pay from going from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95, windows 95 to Windows 98, Windows 98 to ME, Windows ME to Windows XP, Windows XP to Windows Vista and now Windows Vista to Windows 7 (which is actually Windows Vista 2).

Likewise, look at virtually any large corporate software manufacture making an upgrade from a previous vrsion number to a newer version number. (For example... Adobe Flash CS3 to Adobe Flash CS4 and soon Adobe Flash CS5 or Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection to Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection, etc...)

I'm sure that most, if not all, of these upgrades cost alot more than any of Apple's upgrade of (fill-in-the-blank).

Originally posted by KillerBug:

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Another chance for Apple to screw their customers over...this time they will probably be exclusive to T-Mobile or MetroPCS...just to prove once again that their loyal customers will buy anything so long as it has an apple logo in it.

BTW...the Droid is still a very new phone, but it is already better than the iPhone 3G in reliability, and better than the 3GS in performance...without the exploding battery issue. It has fewer software titles, but much of the software is free, and there are free versions of most of the pay softwares on the iPhone. I think that most of the "The iPhone is better" comments come from people who have not tried the Droid, or who were unable to figure it out in the 2-3 minutes they did try it.

Apple users deserve to be stuck with AT&T...they blindly follow and even support a company that does everything they can to screw their customers, while claiming everything else to be inferior, even as they go to the emergency room with 3rd degree burns from their brand new 3GS.

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Originally posted by cpetrou:

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Why complain regarding the payment of an upgrade?

Try to think of paying for an update for an Apple (fill-in-the-blank) as an upgrade to an operating system.

Think of it as Microsoft making you pay from going from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95, windows 95 to Windows 98, Windows 98 to ME, Windows ME to Windows XP, Windows XP to Windows Vista and now Windows Vista to Windows 7 (which is actually Windows Vista 2).

Likewise, look at virtually any large corporate software manufacture making an upgrade from a previous vrsion number to a newer version number. (For example... Adobe Flash CS3 to Adobe Flash CS4 and soon Adobe Flash CS5 or Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection to Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection, etc...)

I'm sure that most, if not all, of these upgrades cost alot more than any of Apple's upgrade of (fill-in-the-blank).

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Actually, going from 3.0 to 4.0 is the equivalent to a new operating system. Again, it is like going from Microsoft Office 2003 to Microsoft Office 2007.

Now, on the other hand... if you went from 3.0 to a version like 3.x... it would be like going from Windows XP to Windows XP Service Pack 1 or going from Windows XP SP 1 to Windows XP SP 2. These sort of upgrades usually do not cost anything (other than your time and download bandwidth).

BTW... I'm not giving Micro$haft Winblows 7 a dig... It is a fact, it is built upon Microsoft Windows Vista (therefore, it is in fact the equivalent to Windows Vista 2 - I think they changed the name for marketing purposes only - too much bad press when Vista was originally released).

Also, keep in mind that Windows Vista / Windows 7 (aka Windows Vista 2) is actually Microsoft Longhorn... Microsoft's attempt to recreate Apple Mac OS X released to the public in 2001. Now, nearly 9 years later Microsoft still didn't get it right... even with "Windows 7". LOL!!!

Hopefully something changes in Canada too...dont know why the prices are so high for plans in Canada but I might be a lifetime pay-as-you-go subscriber I can make a $100 phone card last me 1 1/5 years if i only use it when I absolutely must some of my buddies with a iphone have a $150 month contract for 3 years....plus I have rogers pay as you go and it doesnt work unless your in a big city if you travel with rogers in Canada excpect 100% dead spots outside of any city and in small cities expect dead spots everywhere, if I was on a 3 year plan with dead spots everywhere and dropped calls when i needed the phone I would be ready to seriously start freaking out.

I think Id rather spend 2 weeks on a beach every year instead of owning a iphone with its rediculas plan prices and the enourmous headache it brings...doubt theyll change, thought more companies would bring more competition many times but the companies all had basically the same plans or even worse plans than the overpriced and restricted plans as it was.

In regards to the paying for updates for Ipod Touches and older Iphones, this is due to a US FEDERAL accounting regulation.

As much as Apple may 'enjoy' receiving $10 payment for the update, their accounting costs to track that $10 out weighs it by at least 2 fold.

The minute they can stop charging for updates they will, because it will save them money.

Do some basic google research.

Originally posted by cpetrou:

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Actually, going from 3.0 to 4.0 is the equivalent to a new operating system. Again, it is like going from Microsoft Office 2003 to Microsoft Office 2007.

Now, on the other hand... if you went from 3.0 to a version like 3.x... it would be like going from Windows XP to Windows XP Service Pack 1 or going from Windows XP SP 1 to Windows XP SP 2. These sort of upgrades usually do not cost anything (other than your time and download bandwidth).

BTW... I'm not giving Micro$haft Winblows 7 a dig... It is a fact, it is built upon Microsoft Windows Vista (therefore, it is in fact the equivalent to Windows Vista 2 - I think they changed the name for marketing purposes only - too much bad press when Vista was originally released).

Also, keep in mind that Windows Vista / Windows 7 (aka Windows Vista 2) is actually Microsoft Longhorn... Microsoft's attempt to recreate Apple Mac OS X released to the public in 2001. Now, nearly 9 years later Microsoft still didn't get it right... even with "Windows 7". LOL!!!

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Originally posted by djgizmo:

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In regards to the paying for updates for Ipod Touches and older Iphones, this is due to a US FEDERAL accounting regulation.

As much as Apple may 'enjoy' receiving $10 payment for the update, their accounting costs to track that $10 out weighs it by at least 2 fold.

The minute they can stop charging for updates they will, because it will save them money.

Do some basic google research.

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Originally posted by djeazyg:

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Originally posted by djgizmo:

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In regards to the paying for updates for Ipod Touches and older Iphones, this is due to a US FEDERAL accounting regulation.

As much as Apple may 'enjoy' receiving $10 payment for the update, their accounting costs to track that $10 out weighs it by at least 2 fold.

The minute they can stop charging for updates they will, because it will save them money.

Do some basic google research.

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Good old government. Wants every penny they can squeeze out of ya.
Thanks for that bit of info, but......
If we Google every thought and question that comes to mind, forums like this one will become useless. I prefer to interact with people to get info than going to a dry website with only one opinion.

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Originally posted by djeazyg:

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Originally posted by djgizmo:

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In regards to the paying for updates for Ipod Touches and older Iphones, this is due to a US FEDERAL accounting regulation.

As much as Apple may 'enjoy' receiving $10 payment for the update, their accounting costs to track that $10 out weighs it by at least 2 fold.

The minute they can stop charging for updates they will, because it will save them money.

Do some basic google research.

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Good old government. Wants every penny they can squeeze out of ya.
Thanks for that bit of info, but......
If we Google every thought and question that comes to mind, forums like this one will become useless. I prefer to interact with people to get info than going to a dry website with only one opinion.

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The problem is that so many ignoramuses in forums like this are going to believe what they want to believe regardless of what another commenter posts, but are (somewhat) more likely to believe otherwise if they find out themselves. Online forums seem to THRIVE on lazy, uneducated, knee-jerk reactions.

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I've had an unlocked 1st gen iPhone w/T-Mobile since they launched. I love it for the apps. The phone itself is sub par. But getting full internet for $5.99 month can't be beat.

It would be nice if they opened up carriers so I wouldn't have to jack around with unlocking it every time they release a new ver.

A major update is like a new OS why not to charge?


They develop it, they kept studying ways to improve your device I think they are allowed to be compensated for their time and work.

Microsoft keeps trying to improve windows and they charge for each "improvement" and so everyone else.

charge for an update, or charged for a new phone, which do you perfer?