Boycot iPhone

Power to ya. You don't like it, hope you return it and are happy. Me, I'm getting quite a few of them for friends this Xmas. Makes a great gift.

Why because there was never an apple sdk and they never said they would support 3d party apps, in fact apple even announced this before the update. What did you think was going to happen, apple would beta test their update on 100s of apps they never wanted to support.

Its your own damn fault for buying one when there is clearly enough information online to tell you about the drawbacks.


Lets all blame apple for your ignorance.

"I can't wait to see the reaction of the sales person at the apple store."

Enjoy that, because there isn't much fun in any of this--I'm very disheartened by the way Apple has handled all of this.

Post here and recount how it goes--I'll be surprised if they give you a refund, but who can say?

Who pays for the service when you give it as a gift?

very true, unless is your dad or mother I see no point in somebody buying an iPhone as a gift to someone else. Sure some people will, but the majority of iPhone purchases are for oneself if you ask me.
I want one, who wants to buy me one and pay my 2 year contract monthly bill.

I give two years service with it for convenience (billed to me). After that, they're on their own. It's not like they can't afford it themselves, but it's the thought that counts.

Will you be my friend?

Please quit griping.

You can downgrade your firmware and have all your l33t-hak2 back.
http://iphone.fiveforty.net/wiki/ind...1.1.1_to_1.0.2
Happy now?

C.

A $200 price cut is hardly bleeding them dry.

Why no free ringtones? - 'cos Apple has to work with the record companies who want revenue for Ringtones. The record companies are already unhappy because iTunes includes a CD ripper.

Why no installable 3rd party Apps? - because Apple has to to work with AT&T ( & O2 etc) and if you could easily install Skype for iPhone - then at 2c per minute, no-one would ever pay for mobile rates again.

Yes Apple could deliver these things for free, but at the cost of losing their partners.
Could this cost Apple in the long term? Yes, it certainly hurt Sony.

Does that make Apple as evil as Microsoft. Possibly, but Apple is using its power to shift the market towards no DRM, and I'd still argue that Apple places the experience of the customer much higher than MS or Sony.

I'd suggest you wait until Apple has established itself as a major mobile phone vendor. And compare its ethics then.

But if you don't like it. Dump you iPhone and buy a Zune.

C.

If there was ANY logic to your position it might be interesting to discuss but Apple has been totally up front with everything they've done with the phone. They said there would be no SDK. They said there would be no unlocking. They said that the current upgrade would likely break both. After the release of the iPod Touch this results was totally predictable as it was reported the iTouch used a different restore process and different encryption scheme.

Apple has always presented that they were selling a phone with these capabilities. They only promised upgrades, which they are delivering (albeit slowly).

The previous poster has given you back your apps by downgrading, so again you've lost nothing.

iPhones're better for this group. Next year, when the gigs are up higher on the iTouch, I'll rethink. Some of what comes with the phone is the "call me any time if you need a lift" part of the Xmas gift I give. No one should drive drunk, so the phones work out better for that part of the present. It's funny how many people don't want to wait for cabs, but will wait for a friend.

First you tell me to get an iTouch rather than an iPhone for my friends (having no idea their likes and dislikes). Then you tell me you'd choose a prepaid for the "call any time" part of the gift.

First: you don't know my friends, so why an iTouch over the iPhone? Second: a prepaid phone? If my only reason were to give them lifts, I guess, if I were cheap, I might do that. Why would you do that?

I think getting an iPhone is much nicer as a gift ("Oh, look what I got... a prepaid phone?") and serves both the purpose of being fun to play with, full time communication ability (rather than limited prepaid) and takes care of the "call any time." But, I guess money is probably tighter for you, and that makes sense with the prepaid.

We cool.

No, your logic is if I want it they should give it to me. Apple doesn't 'expect' you to pay they 'ask' you to pay. Don't want it, don't buy it. Again, they have let you know exactly what you are buying now. They offer other features that other smart phone don't have either like multi-touch, like a UI that actually helps you, like safari, like an iPod, etc. etc. etc. I would bet that you're not on Nokia's boards demanding they add these features to your Nokia phone (please substitute appropriate vendor as required) or you will return it. Any product offers some features and not others. There are NO standards for phone features - only 'usual'.

As to learning from 3rd party devs I agree totally - it has nothing to do with Apples greed, only their business approach. I would also bet they have learn a tremendous amount from what the hacks already did, and I personally thing they will add a number of these feature in a much more controlled, and much more complete fashion. Everyone here that is complaining about the current Apple offerings fit and finish would scream bloody murder if Apple offered the third-party apps in their (the third party apps that is ) current condition. They only reason the current offerings are accepted, and even praised (and yes I used most of them) are because they are free.

You sound like a disgruntled little kid.

i just love it when people buy products after doing no reasearch whatsoever, you deserve to have your iPhone bricked after it was clear that apple would not go out of their way to allow 3d party apps. Maybe you shouldnt have bought the phone to begin with, i didnt buy one just because of the lack of any sdk.

They most likly did not attempt to kill the apps but they didnt try not to.


Ringtones are just because of licensing by the music companies.

and like you work for M$, or at the very least are a troll, please do go away.

OK, I'll correct you because you are wrong.

For content purchased on iTunes you can read this, which you in effect signed by purchasing content from ITS

Term of Service

I believe this is similar for CD's in that you don't own' the music you have permission to use it is certain ways (playing for personal listening etc.). I did not want to take the time to find references. If you 'owned' the software you could do with it what you liked, such as play it at the Super Bowl, etc. You don't own it.

This, of course, is extremely similar to software. You do not own the software you buy - read the EULA. Msft has gone out of its way in the past to enforce this in that they have actively prevented re-sale of older licenses of Office and Windows. That's the only specific example of enforcement of which I'm aware.

Use of previously licensed music for ringtone, to me, is arguably under the original personal use license but currently Apple is one of the less egregious examples of providing ringtones. I believe on verizon the only way to do this is pay $2- $3 for JUST the ringtone.

Please stop being a pure winer here and go file a reasoned argument at iphone feedback. Apple does listen to these if enough people are asking the same thing.

I have done this vis-a-vis an SDK. I have just downgraded by iPhone back to 1.0.2 because the 3rd party apps are more valuable to me than what Apple provided in the upgrade. I know far more people who could care less about the 3rd party stuff (as currently done) than what Apple provided in the upgrade, so from a market perspective Apple is probably following the right path, for the moment.

What am I missing here?!?!

This is not simply directed to the OP but people bitching about the price drop in general...

In the US:

Nov - 2004 - the RAZR was introduced at a price point of $600 with a $100 rebate
Sept - 2007 - You can get pretty much find the phone free with a box of cereal

So basically the RAZRs availability spanned the full years of 2005, 2006 and by 2007 the RAZR was easily available for $99 or sometimes free with a new contract. The RAZR lost apx 85% of it's 'value' in just over/under 2 years time. Where are the MILLIONS of people complaining about that?!?! Since you gotta know that most of the RAZR owners paid quite a bit more than the 'free' and/or $99 it's priced at now.

Dave

If the iPhone is not living up to the hype or the promise of it or what ever else you think it should do I guess you're right to be mad. However, if they phone keeps on selling well, and the bulk of their users are happy, and they keep making money for their investors what you think is irrelevant. Perhaps Apple should not be using such draconian methods to keep it locked and they may be forced to at least allow third party apps on it. But the market will decide how well the iPhone and Apple does not your "boycot". Apple might be greedy, but all good companies are greedy, and if they go too far they get thumped on the head.

I'm boycotting the iPhone.

I refuse to buy one until Apple releases it fully compatible with at least one network here. Until Apple releases it here I just won't buy it.

That'll teach 'em!

very well said.

Wouldn't you take a much bigger hit returning it than you would if you paid for the ring tones? Do you really need special ring tones of music you like mutilated by being played through a very crappy speaker?

Apple never promised to make unlocking easy, and never promised third party apps.

I know there's the principle of it, but this is silly. I'm happy not being an early adopter though.

I agree that Apple is being greedy here. But there are instances when they are offering products at competitive pricing. Look at iTMS. 9.99 is hardly greedy for an album. And sticking to 1.99 for tv show downloads when they could have easily succumbed to the pressure from NBC is very cool. Also, look at their iMac pricing. They dropped prices AND updated the specs too. I think thats great.

If you are pissed about the deal you got with the iPhone, take it back. But there are lots of Apple fans who showed restraint and resisted the urge to purchase because it was VERY CLEAR that the iPhone was going to be closed and not 3rd party app friendly. If you can be patient and wait a couple years, the ATT deal will end, and the iphone will be open to all GSM carriers across the world, and at that point, we'll have a 64GB iphone and 3G and about a million iphone widgets that can easily be downloaded without fear of Apple killing them.

So yes, its your impatience that is causing your headaches now. Shut up and bring your phone back to the store, plead your case for a refund, but most importantly stop complaining about things you already knew.

hey stop the b--t--ing grow up,my experience with apple has been well much better than most consumer electronics companies and certainly better than motorola, or at&t....people in canada and chinca are paying $1000 (at least befoe the last updae) for this amazing thing and it will only get better....why don't you have a poll of best buys, M$, dell customer service..because people just expect junk from them...
stop this whining and get a grip

signed: non-blinded....mind awakend..apple fanboy waiting to buy this amazing thing once it has voice dialing