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iPhone Will Not Remain Exclusive To AT&T, Many Rejoice

Posted 07/24/2009 at 1:53:01pm | by Cory Bohon

AT&T CEO

It's no question that AT&T has been extremely lucky to be the only US carrier for iPhone, but could their days of exclusivity be limited? As the CEO of AT&T said on Thursday at a conference in California, the iPhone will not be exclusive to AT&T forever. Quoted by CNET, Randall Stephenson said, "There will be a day when you are not exclusive with the iPhone." He refused to detail any information about the contractual agreement between AT&T and Apple.

He did talk about the quality of AT&Ts service, saying that all wireless companies experience weak spots in their service. "There's no greater cause of churn than network quality, [and] we have the lowest churn in the company's history."

For those who want an iPhone on another network, you now have solice in knowing the question is not if it will happen, but when it will happen.

COMMENTS: 5

TAGS: AT&T

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this is news? How about
Submitted by Jensen on Fri, 2009-07-24 13:04

this is news?

How about this? "someday the sun will fail"

Can I be on your front page too?

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Yawn
Submitted by Loup407 on Sat, 2009-07-25 09:02

This isn't news, unless you can tell us when this happy day will occur. However, I predict within days one of the most frequent comments to this and other sites will be "Verizon sucks". (full disclosure: I'll be one of the first people to take my iPhone and desert AT&T.)

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So
Submitted by SpaceTrucker on Sat, 2009-07-25 10:59

Who cares if AT&T is the exclusive carrier of iPhone or not, none of the cellular companies can keep up with iPhones inventions, personally I would rather just be able to purchase the iPhone as an unlocked device not locked into any provider and use it as I see fit, just as I can do with my iMacs, Minis, Touch, etc. Until that day, I will stay away from iPhone. Personally I would rather use it with T-Mobile but, AT&T isn't that bad either, considering the other options here in the U.S., all of which use an outrageously expensive proprietary system that is only available in a few countries, (CDMA,) something I hope that Apple doesn't stoop to making it's phone only available to in the future. Granted AT&T isn't cheap for using the iPhone but, the other options available will only be even more expensive or less accommodating than AT&T had been thus far to Apples inventions.

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Any carriers is better At&t,
Submitted by MacMike1000 on Tue, 2009-07-28 09:03

Any carriers is better At&t, went into ATT store to pay the bill, have to register and wait about 45min just to pay the bill. Only that bill owner can pay no one else can't, they charge $1.75 or $2.00 not sure just to pay the bill in store, ridiculous, what a rip off, they nickel and pennies you. Apple should not sign with ATT in the first place, I believe if they sign with T-Mobile, their sales would be a major increase.

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Iphone
Submitted by bballboy1794 on Tue, 2009-08-11 07:40

i hope they switch to verizon then i could get an iphone which ive been wanting for so long!

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