I don't understand. (Obviously, since I asked the question, "No to everything" doesn't enlighten me.)
What would be the problem with buying an iPhone for someone else (i.e., an eBay buyer) and allowing that person to activate it? Is the "no" because of a logistical limitation? AT&T and Apple get their money regardless, right?
Or must phones be purchased by the end user? If so, I guess it's one of the only products that cannot be bought as a gift -
Maybe it isn't possible - I'd just like to understand why not.
I don't understand. (Obviously, since I asked the question, "No to everything" doesn't enlighten me.)
What would be the problem with buying an iPhone for someone else (i.e., an eBay buyer) and allowing that person to activate it? Is the "no" because of a logistical limitation? AT&T and Apple get their money regardless, right?
Or must phones be purchased by the end user? If so, I guess it's one of the only products that cannot be bought as a gift -
Maybe it isn't possible - I'd just like to understand why not.
It can't be easily done. You don't buy the phone. You subscribe to the service, and THEN buy the phone.
It can't be easily done. You don't buy the phone. You subscribe to the service, and THEN buy the phone.
Now you have the service and the phone.
So, now what?
I get it. That's clever. So much for my get-quasi-rich-quick idea. And here I was, willing to sacrifice myself to wait in line for someone who was just dying to get an iPhone on opening day but just isn't able to endure the excruciating torture of being around other Apple fanatics...
I'm wondering if this is just for AT&T stores, or if this is applied to Apple's web site as well. But hey, if I have to camp outside of my apple-store, I've got a fiend with a tent.
I would assume that Apple would let us pre-order as soon as they get the okay. Just maybe because cingular's stores are so chocked full of other garbage that they won't have room to hold pre-orders plus walk ins?
THIS IS FAKE. For a corporate communications bulletin, this sure is sloppily put together. I'm a graphic designer who works for a large company and I produce these types of collateral in a routine basis. This is not how corporate bulletins are sent out, especially if we're talking about the size and scope of AT&T distribution channels, right down to the store.
Download the PDF and look closer:
#1. At the bottom section, under "Key Facts:" section, first bullet (the dot) is red but bullets one and two are black. Why?
#2. On the third bullet, second sentence, the word "respectively" should have a period to end the sentence. And why is this inconsistently green instead of red, per two previous bullets?
#3. Last bullet, last word -- why is the period in red instead of green?
#4. Overall, sentences are inconsistently spaced -- most double-space, some single-space after each period.
#5. Under "Key Selling Points:" section, fourth line bullet -- why is "User Interface" capitalized?
#6. Most printed internal communications are in black & white (except for the masthead which are pre-printed, so we call them 'shells' in printing lingo).
I find it hard to believe that an internal communications writer (or graphic designer/production artist) would send out this bulletin with all the errors I mentioned above. Like most companies, AT&T has a writing style-guide for branding purposes and this sales bulletin doesn't cut it.
THIS IS FAKE. For a corporate communications bulletin, this sure is sloppily put together.
Count your blessings for working in a company where corporate communication is subject to serious quality control. It is certainly not the norm.
I could pick apart Cingular's official iPhone webpage in this manner for hours. It says to me that their design department receives very brief notes on the iPhone info they're allowed to publicize. That being so, it's probably handed off to a designer without going through the rest of the process where the AD and the marketing people carefully put together the whole campaign. All the iPhone promo material coming from Cingular has been really poorly put together. I'm not saying that proves this bulletin is real, but its lousiness certainly doesn't prove it's fake.
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No to everything.
I don't understand. (Obviously, since I asked the question, "No to everything" doesn't enlighten me.)
What would be the problem with buying an iPhone for someone else (i.e., an eBay buyer) and allowing that person to activate it? Is the "no" because of a logistical limitation? AT&T and Apple get their money regardless, right?
Or must phones be purchased by the end user? If so, I guess it's one of the only products that cannot be bought as a gift -
Maybe it isn't possible - I'd just like to understand why not.
I don't understand. (Obviously, since I asked the question, "No to everything" doesn't enlighten me.)
What would be the problem with buying an iPhone for someone else (i.e., an eBay buyer) and allowing that person to activate it? Is the "no" because of a logistical limitation? AT&T and Apple get their money regardless, right?
Or must phones be purchased by the end user? If so, I guess it's one of the only products that cannot be bought as a gift -
Maybe it isn't possible - I'd just like to understand why not.
It can't be easily done. You don't buy the phone. You subscribe to the service, and THEN buy the phone.
Now you have the service and the phone.
So, now what?
It can't be easily done. You don't buy the phone. You subscribe to the service, and THEN buy the phone.
Now you have the service and the phone.
So, now what?
I get it. That's clever. So much for my get-quasi-rich-quick idea. And here I was, willing to sacrifice myself to wait in line for someone who was just dying to get an iPhone on opening day but just isn't able to endure the excruciating torture of being around other Apple fanatics...
Just wait till the Playstation 4 comes out...
I'm wondering if this is just for AT&T stores, or if this is applied to Apple's web site as well. But hey, if I have to camp outside of my apple-store, I've got a fiend with a tent.
I would assume that Apple would let us pre-order as soon as they get the okay. Just maybe because cingular's stores are so chocked full of other garbage that they won't have room to hold pre-orders plus walk ins?
THIS IS FAKE. For a corporate communications bulletin, this sure is sloppily put together. I'm a graphic designer who works for a large company and I produce these types of collateral in a routine basis. This is not how corporate bulletins are sent out, especially if we're talking about the size and scope of AT&T distribution channels, right down to the store.
Download the PDF and look closer:
#1. At the bottom section, under "Key Facts:" section, first bullet (the dot) is red but bullets one and two are black. Why?
#2. On the third bullet, second sentence, the word "respectively" should have a period to end the sentence. And why is this inconsistently green instead of red, per two previous bullets?
#3. Last bullet, last word -- why is the period in red instead of green?
#4. Overall, sentences are inconsistently spaced -- most double-space, some single-space after each period.
#5. Under "Key Selling Points:" section, fourth line bullet -- why is "User Interface" capitalized?
#6. Most printed internal communications are in black & white (except for the masthead which are pre-printed, so we call them 'shells' in printing lingo).
I find it hard to believe that an internal communications writer (or graphic designer/production artist) would send out this bulletin with all the errors I mentioned above. Like most companies, AT&T has a writing style-guide for branding purposes and this sales bulletin doesn't cut it.
Excellent observations! Really.
THIS IS FAKE. For a corporate communications bulletin, this sure is sloppily put together.
Count your blessings for working in a company where corporate communication is subject to serious quality control. It is certainly not the norm.
I could pick apart Cingular's official iPhone webpage in this manner for hours. It says to me that their design department receives very brief notes on the iPhone info they're allowed to publicize. That being so, it's probably handed off to a designer without going through the rest of the process where the AD and the marketing people carefully put together the whole campaign. All the iPhone promo material coming from Cingular has been really poorly put together. I'm not saying that proves this bulletin is real, but its lousiness certainly doesn't prove it's fake.