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I can walk into several stores in my burg and buy an unlocked phone, or purchase one off of the internet and then buy service with AT & T or T-Mobile or Vodaphone, no contracts, no commitments. I will pay a premium for the unlocked phone, as it gives me the freedom to choose my phone company, and the store selling me the phone receives no further revenue stream from the sale of the phone. Or, I can walk into a telco's store front, purchase a locked phone at a greatly reduced price and commit to providing the carrier with a revenue stream for the next two years. Plenty of freedom of choice, and exactly what the free market is about.

Whereas, in the EU, the legislators think the commoners are not capable of making good choices so they legislate those choices for them, which is why a pizza that cost $5.00 here costs 3 to 4 times that there. God Bless America and Pizza!
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Locking into a single carrier was a bad idea  CobraA1 | 01/29/08
And give up the monthly fees?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/29/08
The problem is that they're NOT getting monthly fees . . .  CobraA1 | 01/29/08
Give and take....  James Quinn | 01/29/08
Apple assumed everybody would go to AT&T  CobraA1 | 01/29/08
Ah but....  James Quinn | 01/29/08
"pretty good" being a relative term  CobraA1 | 01/29/08
Perhaps if Apple had made deals with all the carriers  tikigawd | 01/31/08
How it works  tikigawd | 01/31/08
Exactlly, so why would they  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/29/08
How about  tikigawd | 01/31/08
A new age, you'll find it hard to lock in  Boot_Agnostic | 01/29/08
AT&T service is so bad that...  JonathonDoe | 01/29/08
hmmm  voska1 | 01/29/08
I thought it was Sprint.  HouseOfZen | 01/29/08
I'll second that  wolfsouls | 01/30/08
i feel you, man  anidnmeno@... | 01/30/08
Amen to that  tikigawd | 01/31/08
Silly....  James Quinn | 01/29/08
Old business theory.  Joe_Racer | 01/29/08
Apple is known for underestimating  voska1 | 01/29/08
New theory means ....  kd5auq | 01/29/08
If you were a publicly traded company  tikigawd | 01/31/08
Why the agreement with AT&T in the first place  Prime Detailer | 01/29/08
Actually it was Cingular  MarcB_z | 01/30/08
Apple doesn't mind the unlocked...  bjbrock | 01/29/08
They don't mind a $500 million loss?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/29/08
Don't pay attention too rumors.... they'll get you every time!  James Quinn | 01/30/08
Maybe Apple should stop......  arminw | 01/30/08
In Belgium...  j.dupont | 01/29/08
France too, but  MarcB_z | 01/30/08
The US is 25 years behind the times.  kraterz | 01/29/08
You need to get out more...  spidermac | 01/30/08
25 years?  wolfsouls | 01/30/08
No Problem with AT&T, They Just Locked Out Businesses  ericseba | 01/30/08
RE: A quarter of Apple iPhones may be 'unlocked'  alan@... | 01/30/08
That's funny!!  wolfsouls | 01/30/08
RE: Unlocking iPhones  John_Doe69 | 01/30/08
How many are just sitting on shelves?  A.Sinic | 01/31/08
Maybe if Steve gave a keynote speech against it  Boot_Agnostic | 01/31/08
or maybe  Boot_Agnostic | 02/02/08

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