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Consumerist Says AT&T Site Won't Sell iPhone In NYC, Citing Network

Posted by timothy on from the sounds-a-bit-hinky dept.

cowp writes "A Consumerist tipster couldn't get AT&T's website to sell him an iPhone when he shopped using an NYC ZIP code, but could when he tried other cities' ZIPs. Consumerist asked an AT&T CSR and seems to have gotten confirmation that this is carrier policy: 'Yes, this is correct the phone is not offered to you because New York is not ready for the iPhone. You don't have enough towers to handle the phone.' Considering Apple's gadget is currently the most popular handset in the US, its exclusive carrier's inability/unwillingness to support the device in the country's largest market is pretty huge news. If this proves true, I'd expect curtains for AT&T's exclusivity deal when it comes up for renewal." If you're in NYC, can you confirm or deny this outlandish-sounding claim? Updated 20091227 1:03 GMT by timothy: Headline, now corrected, inaccurately named Apple rather than AT&T. Mea culpa.

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  1. :p by Xeontg · · Score: 1, Troll

    Verizon is going to have a field day with this haha..

  2. Re:Spin by MBCook · · Score: 0, Troll

    You're right. We should only use that label for the best selling handset in the US (this is about NYC, after all).

    Oh, wait.

    The iPhone 3G line is the most popular phone is the US. In fact, it has nearly a 10% lead over the next most popular phone. It's market share is 4%, double your guess.

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  3. iPhone Market Stats by iwoj · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apple has 12% world-wide marketshare, and the iPhone 3G, according to Nielsen, is the most popular handset in the US. Granted, the 3G model only has 4% marketshare, but overall Apple's suite of mobile devices are on an upward trend that will likely eclipse RIM soon enough.

    1. Re:iPhone Market Stats by dangitman · · Score: 0, Troll

      Nokia makes smartphones?

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  4. Well, that's odd... by Lars+T. · · Score: 1, Troll

    Let's ignore the long lines in front of the Apple Store in New York when the iPhone was released - what about the fact that the first photo of the Hudson River landing was shot and Twittered with an iPhone? Okay, that could have been WiFi on the ferry...

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  5. Re:This has been an issue for quite awhile. by murdocj · · Score: 0, Troll

    You mean paying attention to the Republican efforts to monitor everyone and tuck US citizens away in secret prison around the world where there aren't inconvenient notions of freedom?