Shock horror, the UK is a different country. We get paid in, and buy things in pounds. Going to XE.com and sticking in the UK price means nothing and shows how little you understand about how these things actually work. We have different overheads and costs in the UK, so the price is different. We also have a higher average wage etc. to balance it out.
How is it a marketing stunt? It's not marketed information. The source of this story isn't an Apple press release going OH HAI LOOK WHAT WE DID OMG, it's come from somewhere else.
Could it be... could it just be... GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE?
Honestly, I'm neither pro- nor anti- Apple - I'll judge each and every product I buy, thanks - but you anti-Apple zealots would do a lot better if you put some thought into your claims.
What happens when you get in a wreck but keep driving anyway, and end up impaling yourself on a piece of metal that got bent out of shape?
Absolutely nothing, because it's your own damn fault for continuing to use it when you KNOW it may be of harm to you. The iPhone is not sold in that manner, so Apple isn't accountable - the same way that they wouldn't be responsible for a murder if someone somehow turned the iPhone into a shank.
While your comments about white label ATMs do ring true, this isn't one - it's from Bank VTB, one of the largest banks in Russia. On top of that, it's a Wincor Nixdorf ProCash machine, which are the top of the line, as ATMs go (probably not obvious to you, but that machine has a variety of features to prevent card cloning, PIN theft, etc.)
They're very expensive, and WN has engineers to install them in every country. Unfortunately, said engineers are pretty useless, which would explain why it hasn't been activated.
How do you figure that? Microsoft's revenue for 2006 was around $45 billion. That's not even a scratch on, say, the United Kingdom's GDP of over $2 trillion. Or France with $1.8 trillion.
Now, having corrected your idiotic comment, you think it's a case of the EU being worried about Microsoft not allowing their product to be sold there any more? Hahahaha. It's a case of Microsoft worrying about losing out on a huge market, actually.
If you're honestly naive enough to believe that Microsoft won't do what the EU wants, I suggest you go look up these three letters: "XP N".
So... this is just cloning the chip, yes? You can't actually read the contents of the chip?
Coupled with the short range of these chips, this only really sounds like a problem if someone steals the complete passport.
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Shock horror, the UK is a different country. We get paid in, and buy things in pounds. Going to XE.com and sticking in the UK price means nothing and shows how little you understand about how these things actually work. We have different overheads and costs in the UK, so the price is different. We also have a higher average wage etc. to balance it out.
Quit whining.