Comments on: Britain's Carphone Warehouse runs out of iPhones http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/04/25/britains-carphone-warehouse-runs-out-of-iphones/ Fortune's tech team offers analysis and perspective on the world’s most important developments. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:43:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Toby, Zurich, Switzerland http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/04/25/britains-carphone-warehouse-runs-out-of-iphones/#comment-10675 Toby, Zurich, Switzerland Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:02:29 +0000 http://fortuneapple20.wordpress.com/?p=493#comment-10675 Aha! This author misses a crucial point: If you bought from carphone warehouse, as opposed to O2 stores, you didn't need to activate the contract before you got home. You could pay cash, and so you could just jailbreak the phone before starting the contract, and bingo, you bought an unlocked iPhone for £169. Welcome to the truth of the world! Firms like Apple make our lives better, and firms like AT&T are a legally protected private tax farming scheme visited on the common people by the same folks who own banks and political parties. One day folks will wake up to the licensing system of the airwaves, and they will understand that they are, quite literally, owned and farmed by people who own their political system. Aha! This author misses a crucial point: If you bought from carphone warehouse, as opposed to O2 stores, you didn't need to activate the contract before you got home. You could pay cash, and so you could just jailbreak the phone before starting the contract, and bingo, you bought an unlocked iPhone for £169.

Welcome to the truth of the world! Firms like Apple make our lives better, and firms like AT&T are a legally protected private tax farming scheme visited on the common people by the same folks who own banks and political parties. One day folks will wake up to the licensing system of the airwaves, and they will understand that they are, quite literally, owned and farmed by people who own their political system.

]]> By: DrFu, Heidelberg, Germany http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/04/25/britains-carphone-warehouse-runs-out-of-iphones/#comment-10674 DrFu, Heidelberg, Germany Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:32:23 +0000 http://fortuneapple20.wordpress.com/?p=493#comment-10674 iPhone in Germany are really expensive thanks to T-Mobile´s Strategy. Thats the only thing that keeps poeple from buying. I own one in germany since launch, and i´m really satisfied although it costs me at least 49 Euros / month. iPhone in Germany are really expensive thanks to T-Mobile´s Strategy. Thats the only thing that keeps poeple from buying.

I own one in germany since launch, and i´m really satisfied although it costs me at least 49 Euros / month.

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