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Apple To Be New Mobile Carrier?
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This story is FAKE! Yesterday's story was taken from another website, and frankly i cannot take anymore of macrumors. this place sucks. I actually believed the story until i went to the article and translated it myself.
this proves my point that macrumors doesnt know what they are doing
this proves my point that macrumors doesnt know what they are doing
zyuzin4 said:
I would have said the same until I visited a BestBuy yesterday and check out Virgin's prepaid phones. Apple can most certinly do the same.
Here comes another Revolutilon...Yup! All the millions of iTunes Users that purchase music online could at the same time buy a fifty or hundred dollar prepaid phone card.
BWhaler said:
I agree. I have been getting most of my news for a while from AppleInsider or Think Secret, which MacRumors seemingly get their news from most of the time...
It's time for some higher ups to consider closing down the rumors section and just focus on the great Mac community forums we have here, as I know for a fact that is why most people are here in the first place.
eogold said:
Erm, that's what MR has always been about.
They provide a central point for the discussion of Mac Rumours which have surfaced elsewhere on the web. If original material's what you're after, go elsewhere.
Quoting the About MacRumors page:
The goal of Mac rumors is to compile interesting news and rumors from all source (sic) to try to create a big picture view of what to expect from Apple, Inc.
For me, that's what makes this site so valuable. The web can do with yet another site with their 'inside sources' like a hole in the head.
This particular article should've been Page 2 at best, but I'd bet on an 'Updated' comment appearing soon in the story text warning that the original article was a hoax.
Put the oversight down to the time of year
if apple does do this
it will probably mean the service will
be overpriced with half the features and compatibilty.
it will probably mean the service will
be overpriced with half the features and compatibilty.
ojames said:
If you're going to complain about MR then do something about it - I am bothered by people who just whine and complain and don't take action. So, etiher become an insider spy and collect some top secret info for MR and actually contribute, or don't visit the site anymore - no one is forcing you to. It's as simple as that.
Since you said yourself that you can't take anymore of MR and it sucks, I expect never to see you on here again. (Unless you're a hypocrite of course.) Thanks for coming out.
Fake or not, this is still quite the concept- I wonder if Apple does indeed have something along these lines in the works. Could this possibly tie into the Motorola rumors we heard about earlier?
Bring on the iPhone!
Bring on the iPhone!
this would seem to be an extremely odd arena for apple to enter, i can't imagine shareholders would be happy about it. wireless service is an extremely competitive and low-margin field, something that goes completely against apple's business model. And it's not like Apple routinely goes out and talks about new products with foreign media... I wouldn't be surprised if this story was a little fudged.
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Dave00 said:
Sounds like it's mroe than "a little fudged" if you read the disclaimer on the actual translated site and what the people earlier in this thread have to say.
Apple cell phone keeps creeping closer to reality...
But, an Apple cell phone is undoubtedly going to be expensive. And a cell phone isn't an electronic that I personally wouldn't blow hundreds of dollars on. I try to stay under $100 and that is when I am signing up with a contract with a carrier.
Making Apple into a carrier would at least open the possibility of having something priced competitively with the rest of the market with a contract.
EDIT:
IT'S FAKE!!!
But, an Apple cell phone is undoubtedly going to be expensive. And a cell phone isn't an electronic that I personally wouldn't blow hundreds of dollars on. I try to stay under $100 and that is when I am signing up with a contract with a carrier.
Making Apple into a carrier would at least open the possibility of having something priced competitively with the rest of the market with a contract.
EDIT:
IT'S FAKE!!!
That goes hand in hand with thier newly created "Breakfast Food and Softdrink" division. Of course everything tastes like apples...
Dang article didn't register my negative rating. Hmph!
https://www.macrumors.com/rate.php3?sid=20041228145106&rate=2&from=1
Seems to be stuck at 21 positive and 22 negative.
https://www.macrumors.com/rate.php3?sid=20041228145106&rate=2&from=1
Seems to be stuck at 21 positive and 22 negative.
displaced said:Erm, that's what MR has always been about.
They provide a central point for the discussion of Mac Rumours which have surfaced elsewhere on the web. If original material's what you're after, go elsewhere.
Quoting the About MacRumors page:
The goal of Mac rumors is to compile interesting news and rumors from all source (sic) to try to create a big picture view of what to expect from Apple, Inc.
For me, that's what makes this site so valuable. The web can do with yet another site with their 'inside sources' like a hole in the head.
This particular article should've been Page 2 at best, but I'd bet on an 'Updated' comment appearing soon in the story text warning that the original article was a hoax.
Put the oversight down to the time of year
Exactly.
And here are the best forums too!
I'm glad its fake. Being a 'MVNO' means you're just piggybacking off of someone else's already crappy service (like Virgin uses Sprint in the US), so it's not like all of a sudden we'd get great call quality because the service is from Apple. ..but the phone probably would be pretty dope!
basehart said:
Apple's timing with the lawsuits is perfect too, right as the rumors hit their traditional peak just before Macworld.
i couldn't help noticing that this is the first news item in ages where there has been a clear and outright 'negative' vote. interesting.
*FLASH*
Australian press conference expected same time as MWSF, could this mean the introduction of both services simultaneously! (iTMS and iConnect) Australia is basically the little brother of America when it comes to mass consumerism, we watch the same crap tv, eat the same crap food and listen to the same crap music. The only thing that would be a negative here is all the poor American Apple users feeling bad that someone else got a new toy first. Well maybe it's time Steve taught them all a lesson, that he's the big dada and he doesn't have to give them presents if they're not all good boys and girls!
Do I amuse you?
*FLASH*
Australian press conference expected same time as MWSF, could this mean the introduction of both services simultaneously! (iTMS and iConnect) Australia is basically the little brother of America when it comes to mass consumerism, we watch the same crap tv, eat the same crap food and listen to the same crap music. The only thing that would be a negative here is all the poor American Apple users feeling bad that someone else got a new toy first. Well maybe it's time Steve taught them all a lesson, that he's the big dada and he doesn't have to give them presents if they're not all good boys and girls!
Do I amuse you?
a "fake" fake
It's really a headfake by SJ
Everybody's laughing.
Then on Jan 9:
SJ in MWSF; Bono in LA
"uno, dos, tres, quatorze...
Hello, hello!!!"
It's really a headfake by SJ
Everybody's laughing.
Then on Jan 9:
SJ in MWSF; Bono in LA
"uno, dos, tres, quatorze...
Hello, hello!!!"