At one point, an AT&T representative reportedly told one of Jobs' deputies that the company co-founder should wear a suit to meet with the AT&T Board of Directors. That AT&T employee was allegedly told, "We're Apple. We don't wear suits. We don't even own suits."
I agree with AT&T on this one. Jobs looks stupid in that same outfit day after day and the other guys just look really uncomfortable dressed like that. It doesn't fit their personalities. Appropriate attire is showing respect for your partners and vendors. Jobs would probably show up to a funeral dressed like that. He doesn't appear to give a rat's ass about anyone but himself. Oh I forgot, he 'loves' his users.
Apple really holds the majority of the cards here. Other carriers will likely drop their pants and bend over backwards should Apple shop around for a new carrier.
I believed this article up until the mentioning the "source" could not be identified. Why is it that every story that these technology news mediums and blogs find can't disclose the person who is giving the information? #imjustsaying. I'm still standing were I always stand with these posts: I'll believe it when I see it...
Apple should start its own telecom company. Can you imagine calling to complain about your wireless service from Apple telecom and actually getting somewhere? Apple sets the gold standard for customer support - something these telecom giants (read A&TT and Verizon) can learn from. I have wasted countless hours getting nowhere with both of these giant slugs.
"We're Apple. We don't wear suits. We don't even own suits."
They do rent on occasions though:
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Originally Posted by AppleInsider
Apple engineers allegedly visited the headquarters of Qualcomm to consider the prospect of creating a CDMA iPhone for the rival network. EVentually, the company concluded it would have to rebuild the phone from scratch to fit the new chips inside, making the prospect too costly and complicated.
That might be resolved with Verizon switching to GSM:
To me, this confirms the rumors that Apple has had a Verizon compatible phone waiting in the wings for some time now. They couldn't play chicken with AT&T without having that option ready.
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And on second thought, maybe it confirms exactly the opposite. That Apple has put up with AT&T only because they don't have a Verizon solution.
Of course it says the opposite of your initial post. It says that they CAN NOT make a Verizon phone with existing chips unless they redesign the iPHone (bloody well unlikely).
If Infineon comes through with a chip that handles both networks, it would be possible.
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Originally Posted by mstone
I agree with AT&T on this one. Jobs looks stupid in that same outfit day after day and the other guys just look really uncomfortable dressed like that. It doesn't fit their personalities. Appropriate attire is showing respect for your partners and vendors. Jobs would probably show up to a funeral dressed like that. He doesn't appear to give a rat's ass about anyone but himself. Oh I forgot, he 'loves' his users.
Funny how the people who criticize Apple for 'form over function' jump on Jobs for what he wears.
His function as a CEO has been exceptional. I can't imagine that any shareholders care what he wears - as long as he keeps doing a great job.
You guys in the US really are in a mess with this while AT&T aren't you. Here in the UK the iPhone is on 5 carriers now, with the previous exclusive carrier (O2) having lost their exclusivity some time ago now. I gather many other countries also have a choice of carriers with the iPhone, so what's gone wrong in the US? Why are you stuck with only one choice? Is this an uncommon situation or are most phones locked down like this in the US?
You guys in the US really are in a mess with this while AT&T aren't you. Here in the UK the iPhone is on 5 carriers now, with the previous exclusive carrier (O2) having lost their exclusivity some time ago now. I gather many other countries also have a choice of carriers with the iPhone, so what's gone wrong in the US? Why are you stuck with only one choice? Is this an uncommon situation or are most phones locked down like this in the US?
It's because they have 2 (?) carriers who use GSM, AT&T and T-Mobile. The others use CDMA. The iPhone works on GSM as that's the technology most carriers in the world use.
There is no CDMA iPhone, so in the US there's only AT&T as T-Mobile uses a different frequency that the iPhone doesn't understand. On a T-Mobile iPhone you only have 2G (in the US at least).
Got to love T-Mobile in the Netherlands, unlimited 3G all the way 8)
Part of the power of the statement "we're Apple. We don't wear suits..." is that any employee could probably make that statement to an AT&T executive and be confident that Steve Jobs himself would back them up. Not enough companies in this country have that sense of identity and courage.
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At one point, an AT&T representative reportedly told one of Jobs' deputies that the company co-founder should wear a suit to meet with the AT&T Board of Directors. That AT&T employee was allegedly told, "We're Apple. We don't wear suits. We don't even own suits."
I agree with AT&T on this one. Jobs looks stupid in that same outfit day after day and the other guys just look really uncomfortable dressed like that. It doesn't fit their personalities. Appropriate attire is showing respect for your partners and vendors. Jobs would probably show up to a funeral dressed like that. He doesn't appear to give a rat's ass about anyone but himself. Oh I forgot, he 'loves' his users.
Apple really holds the majority of the cards here. Other carriers will likely drop their pants and bend over backwards should Apple shop around for a new carrier.
I bet Verizon won't!
Google would!
I believed this article up until the mentioning the "source" could not be identified. Why is it that every story that these technology news mediums and blogs find can't disclose the person who is giving the information? #imjustsaying. I'm still standing were I always stand with these posts: I'll believe it when I see it...
Confidential sources are as old as journalism.
yes, they only wear denim and black turtleneck, and now they don't even own electric shavers. I hope they take showers for boardrooms' sake
They are Apple, they don't own soap! (to scared to drop it)
"We're Apple. We don't wear suits. We don't even own suits."
They do rent on occasions though:
Apple engineers allegedly visited the headquarters of Qualcomm to consider the prospect of creating a CDMA iPhone for the rival network. EVentually, the company concluded it would have to rebuild the phone from scratch to fit the new chips inside, making the prospect too costly and complicated.
That might be resolved with Verizon switching to GSM:
http://www.gsmworld.com/newsroom/pre.../2010/5105.htm
GSM is a far more prevalent network format so it makes more sense for Verizon to go GSM so that the same iPhone can work on both networks.
To me, this confirms the rumors that Apple has had a Verizon compatible phone waiting in the wings for some time now. They couldn't play chicken with AT&T without having that option ready.
edit:
And on second thought, maybe it confirms exactly the opposite. That Apple has put up with AT&T only because they don't have a Verizon solution.
Of course it says the opposite of your initial post. It says that they CAN NOT make a Verizon phone with existing chips unless they redesign the iPHone (bloody well unlikely).
If Infineon comes through with a chip that handles both networks, it would be possible.
I agree with AT&T on this one. Jobs looks stupid in that same outfit day after day and the other guys just look really uncomfortable dressed like that. It doesn't fit their personalities. Appropriate attire is showing respect for your partners and vendors. Jobs would probably show up to a funeral dressed like that. He doesn't appear to give a rat's ass about anyone but himself. Oh I forgot, he 'loves' his users.
Funny how the people who criticize Apple for 'form over function' jump on Jobs for what he wears.
His function as a CEO has been exceptional. I can't imagine that any shareholders care what he wears - as long as he keeps doing a great job.
I wonder what would happen to this awesome Verizon network if 5,000,000 ATT customers showed up one day wanting to take it to the limit.
verizon pre cripples its own networks making sure every one get a tad above shit service
but no one gets dropped calls
to use an iphone on version and stream hulu
get a mifi card or the dongle thing they sell
yet verizon can handle it
verizon can run much of it thru its fios network
fiber
fiber
optic
verizon has really built out nyc
towers and repeaters abound every where except the bayonne nj dead zone
They do rent on occasions though:
That might be resolved with Verizon switching to GSM:
http://www.gsmworld.com/newsroom/pre.../2010/5105.htm
GSM is a far more prevalent network format so it makes more sense for Verizon to go GSM so that the same iPhone can work on both networks.
best post this month
ta da !!!
but i feel good after reading this
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You guys in the US really are in a mess with this while AT&T aren't you. Here in the UK the iPhone is on 5 carriers now, with the previous exclusive carrier (O2) having lost their exclusivity some time ago now. I gather many other countries also have a choice of carriers with the iPhone, so what's gone wrong in the US? Why are you stuck with only one choice? Is this an uncommon situation or are most phones locked down like this in the US?
It's because they have 2 (?) carriers who use GSM, AT&T and T-Mobile. The others use CDMA. The iPhone works on GSM as that's the technology most carriers in the world use.
There is no CDMA iPhone, so in the US there's only AT&T as T-Mobile uses a different frequency that the iPhone doesn't understand. On a T-Mobile iPhone you only have 2G (in the US at least).
Got to love T-Mobile in the Netherlands, unlimited 3G all the way 8)
best post this month
ta da !!!
This is not a suit, it's a tuxedo.