Why, why, why do companies now suddenly think that releasing phones / tablets / whatever exclusively on one carrier is a good idea? It severely hurts your adoption rates, as a lot of people are simply unwilling / unable to change carrier.
This is what I really hate the iPhone for - this fecking exclusivity trend.
@Richiban Troll? In the UK, iPhone is available from O2, Vodaphone, and Orange, not just 1 carrier. iPhones are sold unlocked straight out of the box in countries like Hong Kong/Singapore. Just because in countries like the US, iPhone stuck with 1 carrier, doesn't mean it's the same case anywhere else. If you want to blame someone, blame Dell.
@pika2000 Note that Richiban said 'trend.' I'm sure he's aware the iPhone now comes on a choice of carriers in the UK, but he's right to point out that carrier exclusives weren't as annoyingly prevalent before it as they are now. The iPhone's early exclusivity with O2 had a big part to play in developing this situation.
@Vlad Savov True that is what I meant, before the iPhone the closest thing you got to exclusivity most of the time was "this new Nokia is available in a range of colours, but you can only get the black one on T-Mobile". You know, stuff that didn't matter.
I'm sure that the Palm Pre would have sold so much better if it was available on any network you want.
Perhaps my original comment was a bit too strongly worded.
@Vlad Savov Exclusivity didn't start with the iPhone. Even way back when when everybody on dumbphones, Nokia and SE do a lot of exclusivity on certain models, especially in the US. Everybody is giving Apple too much credit for anything (iPhone caused this, iPhone caused that). Funny thing is, I have yet to see anybody blame Dell, the one who actually did this "exclusive" deal. Apple doesn't make the Streak, Dell did.
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Why, why, why do companies now suddenly think that releasing phones / tablets / whatever exclusively on one carrier is a good idea? It severely hurts your adoption rates, as a lot of people are simply unwilling / unable to change carrier.
This is what I really hate the iPhone for - this fecking exclusivity trend.
@Richiban Troll?
In the UK, iPhone is available from O2, Vodaphone, and Orange, not just 1 carrier. iPhones are sold unlocked straight out of the box in countries like Hong Kong/Singapore. Just because in countries like the US, iPhone stuck with 1 carrier, doesn't mean it's the same case anywhere else.
If you want to blame someone, blame Dell.
@pika2000 Note that Richiban said 'trend.' I'm sure he's aware the iPhone now comes on a choice of carriers in the UK, but he's right to point out that carrier exclusives weren't as annoyingly prevalent before it as they are now. The iPhone's early exclusivity with O2 had a big part to play in developing this situation.
@Vlad Savov True that is what I meant, before the iPhone the closest thing you got to exclusivity most of the time was "this new Nokia is available in a range of colours, but you can only get the black one on T-Mobile". You know, stuff that didn't matter.
I'm sure that the Palm Pre would have sold so much better if it was available on any network you want.
Perhaps my original comment was a bit too strongly worded.
@Vlad Savov Exclusivity didn't start with the iPhone. Even way back when when everybody on dumbphones, Nokia and SE do a lot of exclusivity on certain models, especially in the US. Everybody is giving Apple too much credit for anything (iPhone caused this, iPhone caused that). Funny thing is, I have yet to see anybody blame Dell, the one who actually did this "exclusive" deal. Apple doesn't make the Streak, Dell did.