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Originally Posted by Quicksilver
Thanks for the info but verizion isn't the service in question. We're talkin GSM here.
The comments you see although they look like the might have come from me is a quote from the posted article.  |
If AT&T had made a GSM phone without a SIM card (i.e. SIM card built-in & part of the internal board), would that have made it ok then? Because that is essentially what Verizon and Sprint have done with all of their phones.
BTW, I think Apple's only mistake here was to make a statement about the unlocked phones. If they had simply kept their mouth shut and issued this "update" which bricks the unlocked phones, I don't think they could be blamed for anything. They could simply say it was a coincidence and that they cannot guarantee that hacked phones will be compatible with their updates. But instead, they had to issue a statement warning people about unlocked phones, and now it becomes obvious that they are intentionally attempting to cause problems for those people with unlocked iPhones.
Also, Apple is not the only GSM phones that are locked to Network. For years T-Mobile has been selling their "Sidekick" that is locked in the same manner. You cannot install your own software on a Sidekick nor can you use it on another network.