Best Buy & Geek Squad Policies

[Neihn Valued Contributor]

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CrimsonRain wrote:

Lol what do you expect from a website called "macrumor"? It's like trusting Fox for unbiased news or reddit and Consumerist for the truth.

As another poster said its any news source. I have seen completely biased views coming form all news outlets Fox, MSNBC, CBS, CNN, etc.. Fox is by far not alone.

Even if Verizon were to get the iPhone, it won't be until at least 2012 when AT&T's contract with Apple ends. Even if it goes to Verizon, there is no guarantee that it will be better. Steve Jobs even said himself during a conference just before the release of the iPhone4 that Apple extensively researched each carrier to see which one was the best fit for the iPhone and AT&T fit the criteria. Even if the iPhone had been released on Verizon, they would have definitely had their own separate set of problems. Seeing as how cultish and meticulous Apple is, I'm going to believe them on it.

Keep in mind Verizon was offered the device first but declined and most likely due to the control Apple wanted over the device. I am sure Verizon would have wanted to lock down WiFi capabilites limit the iTunes store and eventually the App store. At the time the iPhone came out Verizon was horrible at locking down devices just so they could charge you an additional monthly fee to unlock it. And I wont say until at least 2012 because of the contract as contracts can change and we really dont know if Apple and AT&T modified their contract when they agreed with AT&T to provide 3G service for the ipads.

That being said I would agree with you just for the simple fact after 2011 they could potentially release just 1 device. With AT&T expecting to move to LTE next year and Verizon starting the move to LTE already. To  me it would make more sense to just continue for the next year and just keep putting GSM iPhones out and then in 2012 look at going to LTE. Instead of releasing a GSM device then spending money in research/design/development for a CDMA device. I would think you would be best to just continue making GSM and skip CDMA. That way you are not also having to provide support for 2 different hardware versions.

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[Mbrguy Emerging Expert]

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Neihn wrote:

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CrimsonRain wrote:

Lol what do you expect from a website called "macrumor"? It's like trusting Fox for unbiased news or reddit and Consumerist for the truth.

As another poster said its any news source. I have seen completely biased views coming form all news outlets Fox, MSNBC, CBS, CNN, etc.. Fox is by far not alone.

Even if Verizon were to get the iPhone, it won't be until at least 2012 when AT&T's contract with Apple ends. Even if it goes to Verizon, there is no guarantee that it will be better. Steve Jobs even said himself during a conference just before the release of the iPhone4 that Apple extensively researched each carrier to see which one was the best fit for the iPhone and AT&T fit the criteria. Even if the iPhone had been released on Verizon, they would have definitely had their own separate set of problems. Seeing as how cultish and meticulous Apple is, I'm going to believe them on it.

Keep in mind Verizon was offered the device first but declined and most likely due to the control Apple wanted over the device. I am sure Verizon would have wanted to lock down WiFi capabilites limit the iTunes store and eventually the App store. At the time the iPhone came out Verizon was horrible at locking down devices just so they could charge you an additional monthly fee to unlock it. And I wont say until at least 2012 because of the contract as contracts can change and we really dont know if Apple and AT&T modified their contract when they agreed with AT&T to provide 3G service for the ipads.

That being said I would agree with you just for the simple fact after 2011 they could potentially release just 1 device. With AT&T expecting to move to LTE next year and Verizon starting the move to LTE already. To  me it would make more sense to just continue for the next year and just keep putting GSM iPhones out and then in 2012 look at going to LTE. Instead of releasing a GSM device then spending money in research/design/development for a CDMA device. I would think you would be best to just continue making GSM and skip CDMA. That way you are not also having to provide support for 2 different hardware versions.

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Very nice post Neihn.  Posts like that are an asset to the community.  I learned a few things there about the move to LTE.  Thanks

[Abel]

I star Neihn. Well written and insightful information.