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"Bad Connection": iPhone + ATT = Fail For Suckers

Yeah, these capped 3G speeds are just killing me...

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I'll never understand why anyone would care what other people do with their own money?! It's my money, I can spend it however I wish. I'm a very happy AT&T and iPhone customer. If I wasn't, I'd switch. Until then, I'll stay.

How bout you let me decide what I spend my money on, and I'll reserve judgement on you as a sane person.

Have a great day

Sent from my iPhone 4
 
OP suffers clear envy

Anybody that would take time out of their day to post this crap clearly has some issues. My thought is that he can not afford one and more then likely drives a hummer to cover up other shortcomings.
 
pugnut said:
Anybody that would take time out of their day to post this crap clearly has some issues. My thought is that he can not afford one and more then likely drives a hummer to cover up other shortcomings.
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A simple glance at his posting history would prove otherwise, but whatever floats your boat.
 
cward0715 said:
+1

Although AT&T is less than ideal, people who think they are the only cellular company who has service issues is delusional.
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That didn't link to a service issue (correct me if I'm wrong). Sorry, in the past 5 years I've been on Verizon, T-Mo, and AT&T. I've been on AT&T the longest. The issues they have are far and away worse than either of the former. However, I only started having major issues when I started using the iPhone. My HTC Tilt never dropped calls. Shrug.
 
nooaah said:
That didn't link to a service issue (correct me if I'm wrong). Sorry, in the past 5 years I've been on Verizon, T-Mo, and AT&T. I've been on AT&T the longest. The issues they have are far and away worse than either of the former. However, I only started having major issues when I started using the iPhone. My HTC Tilt never dropped calls. Shrug.
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Sorry, my mistake. I meant to say AT&T isn't the only one that is cutting back services at the consumers expense
 
No surprise people are hostile. The Wired story speaks the truth: despite top-of-the-line pricing, the iPhone and ATT have not lived up to their lofty promises to consumers. ATT and Apple make a boatload of money, and you have an iPhone 4 that needs "bumpers." Wonderful.

This was true with iPhone 3G, and now is true with iPhone 4. These are the facts.
 
Velin said:
No surprise people are hostile. The Wired story speaks the truth: despite top-of-the-line pricing, the iPhone and ATT have not lived up to their lofty promises to consumers. ATT and Apple make a boatload of money, and you have an iPhone 4 that needs "bumpers." Wonderful.

This was true with iPhone 3G, and now is true with iPhone 4. These are the facts.
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You stumble into an iPhone forum, say the iPhone sucks, and calls all owners of iPhone suckers . . . and you pat yourself on the back for getting a reaction. You're sharp.
 
Not patting myself on the back. And Apple + ATT have taken advantage of Apple fans' goodwill, taking them for suckers, yes. Doesn't the Wired article confirm it? They pump out a product that both companies know the network cannot handle -- and bill top dollar for it. What would you call such conduct?
 
Velin said:
Not patting myself on the back. And Apple + ATT have taken advantage of Apple fans' goodwill, taking them for suckers, yes. Doesn't the Wired article confirm it? They pump out a product that both companies know the network cannot handle -- and bill top dollar for it. What would you call such conduct?
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Handles me just fine, and loads of other people, I imagine.
 
Velin said:
Not patting myself on the back. And Apple + ATT have taken advantage of Apple fans' goodwill, taking them for suckers, yes. Doesn't the Wired article confirm it? They pump out a product that both companies know the network cannot handle -- and bill top dollar for it. What would you call such conduct?
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What your saying isn't necessarily untrue, it's just that your basically calling people idiots for purchasing an iPhone, and they are taking offense to that. Call out Apple and AT&T all you want, I'm sure plenty would join you. Just don't call everyone who bought one an idiot and they won't get defensive. (mostly)
 
Velin said:
Not patting myself on the back. And Apple + ATT have taken advantage of Apple fans' goodwill, taking them for suckers, yes. Doesn't the Wired article confirm it? They pump out a product that both companies know the network cannot handle -- and bill top dollar for it. What would you call such conduct?
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Everyone is aware of the poor service. Calling people suckers implies we're being deceived.
 
Velin said:
If you haven't seen the Wired story, you need to read it. Here: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/07/ff_att_fail/all/1

Bottom line, you've all been played for suckers. You've been billed above-market rates for substandard service, including dropped calls, capped bandwith, and more failures than all -- and I do mean all -- the other cellular networks combined.

Apple and ATT have not been able to deliver on the promises, and these failures accelerated mightily after the release of iPhone 3G, a misnomer if there ever was one. iPhone 4 may be the biggest fail yet -- reception problems, capped bandwith, and even more dropped calls. And for the glory of the iPhone 4 fail, you get to pay even more money with fewer plan choices. You people need your heads examined. Seriously.

I hate talking to people on their iPhones, because the call invariably gets dropped or the reception is utter garbage. Again, this is noticeable with iPhone.

We'll stick with Verizon and T*Mobile (our two service providers) and our cheap "talkies" from Nokia. We pay far far less per month than you iPhoners. Our cellular networks are stable. We don't have reception problems. Our calls don't drop. And our phones sound great.

Sure, maybe I can't watch pr0n, play a game, download music and look at photos on our simpler Nokia phones. Well iPhoners, you can keep all that jazz. Our cell phones work with minimal expense and no frustration. Number of cell phone complaints we've made the past year? Zero. Our Verizon, T*Mobile and Nokia stuff simply works. It's a tradeoff we are happy to make.

#attfail #iphonefail
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I look forward to a year from now when your Verizon contract expires and you're in here asking how to jailbreak your new iphone.
 
Velin said:
I am one of several partners. We run a firm.
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And yet:

- Your impressive command of the english language consists of "fail." Do you put that in your legal briefs?

- You can't seem to figure out that this isn't Twitter. Hashtags mean nothing here.



We are very successful. And we spend more on Apple products in six months than you will in a lifetime.
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So basically, you're as much of a sucker as the rest of us. :D

What now?
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Nothing. You're still a troll, and my iPhone still works just fine.
 
Velin said:
I am one of several partners. We run a firm. We are very successful. And we spend more on Apple products in six months than you will in a lifetime.

What now?
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If you run anything besides running to cash an unemployment check then Im George Bush Sr.:D

Primejimbo said:
got to love the internet. I can say I am a president of a company and I make millions :D
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I actually used to be a president:D
 
Wirelessly posted (iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_0 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/532.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Mobile/8A293 Safari/6531.22.7)

Ooh. A firm.
 
cward0715 said:
+1

Although AT&T is less than ideal, people who think they are the only cellular company who has service issues is delusional.
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In fact, AT&T provides a lot better customer service than any of the other carriers I've been with before - most notably Sprint.
 
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