AT&T's iPhone insurance to cost twice as much as SquareTrade

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  • Reply 41 of 51
    avidfcpavidfcp Posts: 381member
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    Originally Posted by bitzandbitez View Post


    And to ALL THE APPLE HATERS UP IN HERE FOAMING AT THE MOUTH

    AND DRINKING THE HATERADE GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT AND ATTACK THE REAL ENEMY



    AT&T those greedy bloodsuckers I can't wait until they lose EXCLUSIVITY



    Umm. Won't people be jail breaking and unlocking for teeethering, then selling basicaly new and buying a new one? I could see how AT&T could terminate a AT&T phone but if it's unlocked can it be zapped based on imme. Surely it must or they wouldn't be coming out with this.



    I have a strong suspecion this new phone is going to be for grown ups as in very tech, metal, high end, fast. No cheap plastic. Then againg the higher end MacBook pros always get dinger so easy.



    Still seeing a trend of people dumping mbp and getting higher end iMac and ipad.
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  • Reply 42 of 51
    onhkaonhka Posts: 1,025member
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    Still seeing a trend of people dumping mbp and getting higher end iMac and ipad.



    Could you show us where you are looking? I can't seem to find any evidence of it.
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  • Reply 43 of 51
    avidfcpavidfcp Posts: 381member
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    Could you show us where you are looking? I can't seem to find any evidence of it.



    sorry. I dontvwant to give any ideas to people but there doesn't have to be evidence. It's commonsense. (spelling. Just got up),
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  • Reply 44 of 51
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
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    Could you show us where you are looking? I can't seem to find any evidence of it.



    Anecdotally, I've noticed the same thing. Besides my personal window of interest in the device being lessened because I choose to use a 13" MBP and iPhone, I know of several people who has specifically held off on the recently released MBPs they had had been planning to buy for many months to wait for the next iMac update because they feel the iPhone+iPad+iMac is a much better spacing and financial take over the iPhone+iPad+MBP.
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  • Reply 45 of 51
    macguyseamacguysea Posts: 12member
    It's probably because of the concessions they had to make to get the iPhone (and iPad) to begin with so they stick it to the consumer to make up the difference. Well guess what AT&T: I don't care about your $325 ETF fee. Because of this, the high insurance and crappy network (I know it - I used to work there!).. I have NO PROBLEM GOING TO VERIZON. So if it's later in the year or next year that Verizon gets it, I'll just wait it out and then get the new iPhone then.
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  • Reply 46 of 51
    avidfcpavidfcp Posts: 381member
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    Originally Posted by macguysea View Post


    It's probably because of the concessions they had to make to get the iPhone (and iPad) to begin with so they stick it to the consumer to make up the difference. Well guess what AT&T: I don't care about your $325 ETF fee. Because of this, the high insurance and crappy network (I know it - I used to work there!).. I have NO PROBLEM GOING TO VERIZON. So if it's later in the year or next year that Verizon gets it, I'll just wait it out and then get the new iPhone then.



    Way OT here but which brands can be unlocked and use a sim card? Just curios, really but metroPCS has like crazy pricing. Really. Just curios.
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  • Reply 47 of 51
    aiaddictaiaddict Posts: 487member
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    Originally Posted by macguysea View Post


    It's probably because of the concessions they had to make to get the iPhone (and iPad) to begin with so they stick it to the consumer to make up the difference. Well guess what AT&T: I don't care about your $325 ETF fee. Because of this, the high insurance and crappy network (I know it - I used to work there!).. I have NO PROBLEM GOING TO VERIZON. So if it's later in the year or next year that Verizon gets it, I'll just wait it out and then get the new iPhone then.



    Oh you will really stick it too them! To avoid AT&T's $325 ETF you will go to Verizon and sign up for their $350 ETF! Brilliant thinking!
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  • Reply 48 of 51
    onhkaonhka Posts: 1,025member
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    Originally Posted by solipsism View Post


    Anecdotally, I've noticed the same thing. Besides my personal window of interest in the device being lessened because I choose to use a 13" MBP and iPhone, I know of several people who has specifically held off on the recently released MBPs they had had been planning to buy for many months to wait for the next iMac update because they feel the iPhone+iPad+iMac is a much better spacing and financial take over the iPhone+iPad+MBP.



    Did you bother to read his statement? For a trend to happen there has to be a physical action. Not anecdotal hearsay. Not one iota of evidence supports his contention, i.e., that people have been dumping or are dumping the MacBook Pro and replacing it with an iMac.



    A trend in thinking? What the hell is that?



    Interesting that all the reports to date suggests that as of two weeks ago, "…that [the]Mac momentum is strong helped by a recent significant refresh of the MacBook Pro to new Intel Arrandale processors, offering much better price-performance and an industry best 8 to 10 hours of battery life…”
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  • Reply 49 of 51
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
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    Did you bother to read his statement?



    Did you read my statement? I clearly stated, as the first word in my reply, that my comment was anecdotal. That should tell the reader that my comment is not necessarily true for everyone as it's because based on personal accounts.
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  • Reply 50 of 51
    onhkaonhka Posts: 1,025member
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    Did you read my statement? I clearly stated, as the first word in my reply, that my comment was anecdotal. That should tell the reader that my comment is not necessarily true for everyone as it's because based on personal accounts.



    How can you anecdotally notice that people are dumping (present tense) the Macbook Pro? And are getting (again present tense) [both] an iMac and an iPad [instead]?
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  • Reply 51 of 51
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
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    How can you anecdotally notice that people are dumping (present tense) the Macbook Pro? And are getting (again present tense) [both] an iMac and an iPad [instead]?



    Because they are telling me what they are planning to do for their next purchase. Hence, that is my personal account of what I have personally observed.
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