"AT&T Wireless CEO implies iPhone Exclusivity to End", to which I say, "how soon?"

[silvarios]

Yeah, no chance for Sprint, unless they go LTE as well and Apple opens up the iPhone to all carriers.

I actually like Sprint. Pretty decent network. Decent speeds. Decent prices.


Nathan

[jdc]

silvarios wrote:
Yeah, no chance for Sprint, unless they go LTE as well and Apple opens up the iPhone to all carriers.

I actually like Sprint. Pretty decent network. Decent speeds. Decent prices.


Nathan

and see, thats how it works. sprint sucks so bad here its near un-useable

my work phone dropped calls all day, random times. switched phones, cause i thought that was the problem, and it got worse. did it again, to a phone with an actual antenna, same problem. gave up =(

[silvarios]

jdc,
There is no doubt our experiences with different carriers varies greatly with geographic location.

[Jerry®]

hmm..I've had no problems with Sprint and I live in a small town in the boonies.

[deckeda]

AllGold wrote:
He said nothing to contradict the original term of the exclusivity contract.

What was the original term? Forever?

de la Vega wrote:
...after the iPhone is no longer exclusive to us, ...

Maybe not in 2010, but someday.

Regarding Apple not making compatible phones for other networks, that engineering challenge has to be the easiest of all hurdles to overcome. The evidence from other makers on this score is everywhere.

[AllGold]

I don't recall for sure, but I thought it was five years.

[gabester]

Sprint coverage around my home is poor, and it's nonexistant around the area I vacation most frequently. Having an ancient Treo 650 doesn't help things; and their billing system is a mess. Otherwise, I like Sprint as well as anyone could like one of their cell carriers.

I've been on the fence about a Pre and/or something else, but I really don't want to sign up for a 2-year contract since I'm currently a month-to-month customer with Sprint and could switch any time Apple releases an iPhone that's not on AT&T.
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[silvarios]

deckeda wrote:
Regarding Apple not making compatible phones for other networks, that engineering challenge has to be the easiest of all hurdles to overcome. The evidence from other makers on this score is everywhere.

Apple is not going to make separate handsets for each carrier. Then we would be stuck in the same crappy place as every other consumer with their carrier specific phones. Apple does not want to bend over backwards a make one handset per carrier like Nokia and RIM have to do. Otherwise, bye bye profit margin, hello carriers asserting control over building crappy handsets again.