 Re: Why did Apple choose GSM for the iPhone?
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John Navas wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:58:36 +0000, mindfrost82
> <mindfrost82.34wlug@no-mx.mindfrost82.com> wrote in
> <mindfrost82.34wlug@no-mx.mindfrost82.com>:
>
>> Apple wanted too much control over the phone and the profits, so Sprint
>> and Verizon both declined the offer because of the amount of control
>> Apple wanted, at least that's what I read back when it first launched.
>> So its not so much GSM vs CDMA as it was control over the product.
>
> Sprint wasn't a player. Apple did a beauty contest between the two
> largest US carriers. Verizon lost and AT&T Wireless won. What you read
> was just Verizon trying to spin that loss away.
> Miss America contest was won by Apple, and AT&T
>> If you've noticed, all commercials for it seemed to have been by Apple.
>
> Not terribly surprising.
> IBM/Microsoft decided not to get in on the commercials.
>> I haven't seen any AT&T commercials advertising the iPhone like they do
>> other phones.
>
> There's quite a bit of promotion in AT&T Wireless stores.
>Apple does quite a bit of promotion in stores and on TV, can yall read?
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