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On top of having a massive price tag, the friendly folks at AT&T have also decided that these $599 or $699 phones should be locked to their network – preventing you from using it on other providers’ networks, which essentially means you're locked into a contract anyway. What exactly is AT&T thinking? $699 for a locked phone that costs Apple only $173 to manufacture? True, AT&T is going to be paying Apple significantly more than that. Even if it was twice the price, though, AT&T is kidding themselves if they think people are going to jump at such atrocious pricing coupled with cumbersome ways to restrict what customers do.
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wow...just wow...
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They're so freaking annoying, why screw your costumers like that? stinking greed, no shame
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I doubt that the high price tag is because AT&T is out of touch with what people are willing to spend. Rather, it is a preventative measure to stave off lawsuits over forced contracts. This way they can say that consumers are free to buy the phone without a two year contract. Eventually, we the consumers are going to have to put our foot down regarding carrier proprietary phones, proprietary transmission and forced multi-year contracts. I should be able to buy my phone and choose my carrier as two separate and distinct transactions. We used to rent our phones from the carriers until the government stepped in and broke up that racket. We shouldn't wait for the government to ride to our rescue again.
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This makes me just wanna kill myself cause I'm so over this overpopulated w/ greed planet we call earth... I'll just get myself an upgraded Blackberry and go buy myself the elite version of XBOX 360 since that's amazingly cheaper than a phone...
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