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[fox]

I'm not bound at the moment to my cell phone contract. I've been thinking about an iPhone for a while now.

And of course AT&T has announced that they're going to turn into pumpkins assholes on June 7. I almost certainly wouldn't hit the data limit and don't have any plans to tether, but as another friend of mine said elsewhere, it's the principle of the thing.

SO: should I buy an iPhone this weekend?, is really the question. Thoughts?

Comments

[thalia]

Do you really think the tiered pricing is assholish? It's a change, certainly, but I'm not having a problem with the concept of charging heavy users more.

And for the record, I adore my iPhone, and I haven't had much trouble with AT&T's network, although that might be as much a function of where I live as anything.

[fox]

Conceptually I don't think I mind charging heavy users more than casual users. I'm powerfully annoyed on behalf of the people who do want to tether, who as I understand it will have to pay more for the same 2GB as people who don't. That kind of blows.