Nica's Blog

Yesterday Apple came out with the iPhone. It's pretty neat. I was even beginning to think of saving up for one. The more information I found about it the more I liked it. Nice design. Very friendly, of course. Then I came across a picture of Steve Jobs in front of a huge projection screen which read "Two Year Contract". Sure enough, you need to get a two year contract with Cingular when you get the phone.

I am no longer interested in getting the iPhone.

Is it so idealistic to believe that you should be able to simply buy a phone, then call up any service provider in your area and say, "Hey, I have this phone. How much would it cost to make a phone call using your company." And then they would say, "We charge $___ per month, or ___cents per call or text message." ? If you become unhappy with a provider you should be free to simply change cell phone companies. We expect this with our land lines, but people put up with two year contracts for cell phones. So they can sell me a five or six hundred dollar phone and if I decide that I don't like Cingular service I'm simply out of luck? That's not user friendly.

Labels: Apple, iPhone