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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 28 2012 @ 10:18 AM EDT |
I don't understand you comment, it isn't very constructive.
Until the Verizone CDMA phone released on February 10, 2011,
AT&T was the only officially supported carrier for the
iPhone. Sprint didn't receive support until October 4, 2011.
Also, there are many other carriers in the USA:
- Verizon Wireless
- Sprint Nextel
- T-Mobile USA
- TracFone Wireless
- MetroPCS
- U.S. Cellular
- Cricket Wireless
- Virgin Mobile
- Boost Mobile
and more ...
The point of my statement was that consumers have allegiance
to their mobile providers as well (incentives, services,
coverage, etc), and that should not be underplayed. In many
situations a customer wished to purchase a smartphone for
their existing service (e.g. family minutes plan), and the
iPhone was not yet available.
I was making an editorial opinion that i don't believe a
significant number of consumers purchase a top-of-the-line
full retail priced iPhone/smartphone to be used on an
unofficial carrier (e.g. T-Mobile). I was suggesting that
those that did use iPhones on T-Mobile (& others) were using
old phones (contract expired) that gave them freedom of
service, or purchased/received it used/2nd-hand. The latter
being relevant because the "used phone" market doesn't
generate any revenue for the original manufacturer.
I thought that all this should be considered when assigning
damages to phones that were not directly competing on the
same carrier.
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