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brakken said:

Where’s the conclusion? Where’s the wrap-up?
This article started out so well, but it seems like the was a sudden accident that prevented the rest being written.

bobroo said:

boltsfan17 said:

bobroo said:

I just want to know, when does it become MY PHONE????

As an iPhone 6 (quote) owner (unquote) and a Verizon customer....I don't think both companies ever relinquish control. Somehow Apple and Verizon interest trumps whatever I paid for the device or whatever I prepaid to use their cellular service.

I don't understand.....

It becomes your phone when you pay it off. If you buy unlocked phones, you don't have to worry about that. The new policy isn't going to affect current users, just people who buy new phones. So your iPhone 6 won't be locked. 

I don't think you and Apple understand; I bought my $750 iPhone 6 a lousy two years ago. For my needs it works fine. It works fine until Apple sneaks updates into it in the middle of the night. It works fine until it is throttled, ya' know so it doesn't get shut down by a lack of battery juice--as a precaution (wink, wink). It works fine until Apple puts implements default screens to trick me into buying a Apple Music subscription. It works fine until I download a never well described Apple update and then older apps I paid money for are unusable because they are unsupported. 

And now Verizon is playing the same game. If I were to buy a new iPhone from Verizon and pay the upfront price--I still can't use it in a way I would like to for an undetermined amount of time--because of security (wink, wink).

What a rip-off!

DavidAlGregory said:

I still say the iPhone X is an IQ test. Are people stupid enough to pay $1k for something Apple makes for a little over $300. That is one hell of a markup.
If I had a Jeff Bezos $100 Billion I would not pay that much for a cell phone and I have no interest in any face recognition system.

Cannot for the life of me understand the BFD being made over an OLED screen. As to cameras, I have Leicas that smoke any cell phone snapshot camera.

Price Consciousness should be translated to rational, sentient being. In the end, your $1k does not buy you faster internet, better sound, better battery life or more storage capacity. It does get you a lighter wallet

AppleInsider said:

Other tests included less common codec R3D, and Red RAW files stored on an external drive, as well as shared storage over 10-Gigabit Ethernet. In every case, Altman said he was blown away by the results.

macxpress said:

Wait for it....wait for it....Tim Cook needs to be fired!!! 

fahlman said:

This wouldn't happen if Steve was still alive.

airmanchairman said:

Doomed, I say, doomed...