Apple's Demands of Vodafone

[Cleverboy]

@CB
"Apple's not a whore" . I don't agree. Every business is a whore. They succumbed to AT&T's demands.

Whores "sleep around" and compromise their integrity on a much broader scale. Personally, I think succombing to one partner's "ground rules" is one of the cornerstones of a happy, monogamous relationship. I won't stretch the metaphor farther than that though. You're free to think otherwise, but just saying that it sounds like crazy talk to me. :: shrug ::

I'm not being sensitive, I just don't see you're point of dissecting my now "nonsensical" argument that Apple is selling themselves short. That's my opinion, how are you going to prove that wrong? I think they managed it wrong. How are you going to prove that wrong?

Being stuck on the term "nonsense" sounds really sensitive to me (like the skin under your arm or the inside of your nose). I'd just get to the point and not worry about it. For instance, I refuse to talk about your sensitivity around that any more than this closing sentence on the matter.

You need to quit being so "sensitive", and accept someone's opinion as an opinion. If you don't agree, say you don't agree and don't throw quotes around from who the hell knows where to make it sound like you're right.

Ok.

BTW, you're right, I'm probably using "sic" wrongly. I just didn't agree with the word you used and wanted to hold it at arms length. I should have been satisfied just to leave it in quotes.

~ CB

 

[koobcamuk]

The crazy thing is, that you're talking as if Apple is the ONLY phone maker that makes exclusive deals with certain carriers. I'm not clear you understand why phone makers like Research in Motion or Nokia introduce phones that are exclusive to a specific carrier, because none of your statements, that I've read, take this into account.

~ CB

RIM and Nokia have handsets on all networks in the UK. Sometimes some networks get them first, but they all end up on the same network, more or less. All the good phones do anyway.

Whores "sleep around" and compromise their integrity on a much broader scale....
~ CB

I thought a whore got paid for sex. Sleeping around makes you a slut

 

[Cleverboy]

RIM and Nokia have handsets on all networks in the UK. Sometimes some networks get them first, but they all end up on the same network, more or less. All the good phones do anyway.

I guess I'll politely bow out. I just disagree, but I don't feel strongly enough to keep talking about it.

Check out definition 2, or 1b depending on your dictionary. It's not really THAT important.

~ CB

 

[koobcamuk]

I guess I'll politely bow out. I just disagree, but I don't feel strongly enough to keep talking about it.Check out definition 2, or 1b depending on your dictionary. It's not really THAT important.

You're right, I was just being a bit picky. Whore/slut... anyway...

I stand by what I said, but I also won't bother coming back to this thread, so I retire too now.

I joined in late anyway. Who know's what'll happen, eh?

 

[Fairly]

Vodaphone are only like the biggest cell provider in the world - they're going to let Lilliputian Apple dictate to them?

 

[shamino]

Vodaphone are only like the biggest cell provider in the world - they're going to let Lilliputian Apple dictate to them?

If Apple is the only supplier of a product that Vodaphone feels they must have, then yes. If Vodaphone doesn't care about the iPhone, then no.

It's as simple as that. Everything else is just ego.