True to form: Android is all about freedom... For the carriers, not the user.
And Apple is all about making the user--not the carrier--happy.
How for christ's sake is Apples advertising and selling "4G" phones supposed to make me, the user, "happy", when their "4G" phones are actually incapable of delivering 4G?
Oh, and while we're at it:
- Why is Personal Hotspot always disabled on my iPad Cellular?
- Why does it always tell me to contact my carrier in order to enable Personal Hotspot?
- Why does my carrier always tell me Personal Hotspot isn't supported on my iPad on the few times that they even get what I'm talking about?
- Why is there a
carrier feature support list with Personal Hotspot only available at some carriers?
- Why does the
Apple website tell me
"Verify that your carrier supports Personal Hotspot for your device and that you have Personal Hotspot enabled on your cellular plan: iPad (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular: Check with your carrier for availability."
...when WiFi hotspot functionality actually
does work using the exact same price plan, same SIM card on the same carriers' networks on some random Android device? What is supposed to make me, the customer, happy about Apple arbitrarily restricting Personal Hotspot - when at the same time it's just "pop in and go" on random Android phones or tablets which my carrier might have never even heard of, let alone sold?
There's no technical reason for Personal Hotspot being unavailable on an Apple device with any price plan and carrier of my choice. Apple's actively blocking the functionality on some carrier's/cards.
How is that supposed to be (and I quote you) "all about making the user--not the carrier--happy"?
Please elaborate.