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brundles · 03-10-2007, 12:54

I'm not an Apple fan (don't have any iPods, iPhones or general Apple gubbins), but I'm not convinced they have done anything particularly evil in this instance. They offered a partial refund for the difference after the price drop which is more than most companies would have done. Admittedly I'm a but dubious about the speed with which the 4GB model was canned - why bother with it in the first place?

Everyone seems to be focussing on Apple as the culprits when, as highlighted in the contract (and I quoted above) the real sting is the 2 year contract with AT&T. To be fair, AT&T need to do this to cover the costs that Apple have imposed on them.

The overall cost of the package might be high, but very few new, high profile cutting edge products aren't. I don't see anyone accusing Sony of nasty behaviour for the high price of a PS3.

03-10-2007, 12:54	#136
brundles Inactive Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Berkshire Posts: 1,266	Re: iPhone I'm not an Apple fan (don't have any iPods, iPhones or general Apple gubbins), but I'm not convinced they have done anything particularly evil in this instance. They offered a partial refund for the difference after the price drop which is more than most companies would have done. Admittedly I'm a but dubious about the speed with which the 4GB model was canned - why bother with it in the first place? Everyone seems to be focussing on Apple as the culprits when, as highlighted in the contract (and I quoted above) the real sting is the 2 year contract with AT&T. To be fair, AT&T need to do this to cover the costs that Apple have imposed on them. The overall cost of the package might be high, but very few new, high profile cutting edge products aren't. I don't see anyone accusing Sony of nasty behaviour for the high price of a PS3.