In a recent press release, Apple has gone on record saying they will be discontinuing service for users who have “unlocked” their iPhone. Unlocking the iPhone allows users to run unauthorized software applications, which is strictly prohibited by Apple. This Friday, Apple will be releasing an update that will be pushed out to phones on the network which is intended to disable the phones that have been unlocked. To help guise the update, Apple will also include the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store capability in the phone with the update.
We all know how important killing off 3rd-party support is for Apple. Unfortunately, it’s like having testicles but without a penis.
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After only two months since it’s release, Apple has decided to slash the price of the iPhone by $200! The decision came amidst terribly poor iPhone sales since it’s initial release and the lack of sales since forth. Apple’s aggressive advertising campaign has been mediocre and word-of-mouth advertising has been filled with phrases such as, “buggy video support,” “no MP3 ringtone support,” “lack of games,” “absolutely no third-party application support allowed,” and “one in ten iPhone shipped defective.”
Regarding the price-drop, forum users are pissed. “I just bought the fucking phone last month and this month, it’s $200 less! Bullshit! No place around town would honor retroactive price drops, so now I look like a fucking idiot.”
Jeremy Ball said, “I am a totally dedicated Apple fan so I made sure to buy the iPhone the day it was released. Now I am treated to a ridiculous $200 price drop only two months after my purchase. What the hell?”
Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ response was, “First, I am sure that we are making the correct decision to lower the price of the 8GB iPhone from $599 to $399. There is always change and improvement, and there is always someone who bought a product before a particular cutoff date and misses the new price or the new operating system or the new whatever. This is life in the technology lane.”
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I think I will stick with RIM’s Blackberry.
