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Verizon Rejected iPhone Deal

Posted by kdawson on from the just-saying-no dept.

SnowDog74 writes "According to an article in USA Today, Verizon Wireless rejected an Apple deal over the iPhone. The article says that Verizon wasn't happy with the strict terms Apple demanded — a Verizon Wireless VP is quoted saying that Apple wanted a cut of monthly revenues and control of the customer relationship. What's perhaps equally interesting, however, is the implication from sources that say Cingular's exclusive 5-year deal with Apple applies within the United States only. If this is true, it undermines some of the criticism Apple has been receiving for their business strategy surrounding the iPhone, given the size of the cell-phone market outside the US."

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  1. iphone is a rip by timmarhy · · Score: -1, Troll

    $800 for a phone AND the plan on top of that? fucking rip off if you compare it with ever other packages out there. so what if it plays mp3 and video, so does other phones for a fuckload less. and your not locked in for 5 YEARS. you think the iphone will be cutting edge after even 12 months?

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  2. Re:Five years? by Reaperducer · · Score: -1, Troll

    Americans need to get with the program. I don't know how your phone systems work there
    Thank you for your honesty. Most Slashdotters won't admit they're pulling crap out of their asses before spouting off. You, sir, have broken the mold.

    I recommend you get off your Euro-centric high horse about cell phone lock-in because I've seen phone carriers from England to Austria to Japan who all play the same lock-in game.

    in the rest of the world all you need to do to change phones is to buy the phone and put your sim card in it.
    Just like in the United States (though with more limited carrier choice). Now go troll over on slashdot.eu or something.
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  3. Mono, what? Poly or something? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "According to an article in USA Today, Verizon Wireless rejected an Apple deal over the iPhone. The article says that Verizon wasn't happy with the strict terms Apple demanded -- a Verizon Wireless VP is quoted saying that Apple wanted a cut of monthly revenues and control of the customer relationship. What's perhaps equally interesting, however, is the implication from sources that say Cingular's exclusive 5-year deal with Apple applies within the United States only. If this is true, it undermines some of the criticism Apple has been receiving for their business strategy surrounding the iPhone, given the size of the cell-phone market outside the US."
    Hmmmm... what's that one thing... about using market domination in one area to start gaining market domination in another? Isn't that like some kind of anti-trust law or something?

    Isn't that, like, that thing Apple and Lunix people are always, like, whining about Microsoft about?

    Oh, THAT'S right... I forgot Apple has received "Slashdot's Favored Monopoly Status". That means Apple can do no wrong... no matter how immoral or brutally monopolistic they are (and have always been).
  4. Did Verizon also demand by matt328 · · Score: 0, Troll

    to put those goddamn red bars, ugly-ass counterproductive menus and shit all through the phone's GUI?

    (Frustrated razr v3m owner.)

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