Reason Why iPhone Owners Hate AT&T
There has been many views on AT&T and the iPhone but it does appear that most hate AT&T and to this end pcworld has come up with 4 reasons why iPhone owners hate the exclusive carrier.
The iPhone 3G S can work on the much faster HSDPA network delivering speeds up to 7.2 Mbps but AT&T will not complete the transition until 2011 which means there are 2 more iPhone generations which will have to cope with the lower speed.
Then there is iPhone MMS and tethering
, which have been at the top of the iPhoners want list. US iPhoner’s won’t get MSS until late in the summer as AT&T is conducting “system upgrades” and tethering won’t arrive until about the same time.
But probably the biggest hate is the upgrade pricing for the iPhone 3G S which will cost upgraders $599 for the 16GB and $699 for the 32GB version. Having said all this, I have known iPhoners to hate AT&T for a whole lot longer than for just these reasons.
So do you hate AT&T, if so let us know why.
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4 thoughts on “Reason Why iPhone Owners Hate AT&T”
I had a 8310 curve and their support was the worse that any one can imagine and that is why I now have a Iphone because the tech support comes from apple.
Why I hate AT&T and Apple as well: Apple knew when they signed the exclusive rights to carry the iPhone in the US that AT&T had a weak network. Now everyone that purchased the 3G is holding the Bag – We want to upgrade to the 3GS but AT&T’s network won’t be ready for who knows how long to support MMS – a fundamental feature in MOST Cell Phones – Apple is just as much to blame for this as AT&T – they would have probably done better if they let the major US Carriers sell the iPhone – Verizon is quicker to upgrade their networks – I left Verizon just for the iPhone – now with all these up charges, lack of network capacity or functionality – I am ready to drop the iPhone 3G in favor of another Brand – the only thing that keeps me with the iphone are the APPS Store – if it wasn’t for that – I doubt the iPhone would be selling in the high numbers that they are doing right now. $599 for a 32gig Upgrade 3GS is ridiculous – the new customers always get the discounts and the loyal existing customers usually get the raw end of the deal – What a Racket both Apple & AT&T have going for themselves… PO’d in NY
One more reason to hate ATT:
They have absolutely no respect for their customers.
I went to a large ATT store in NYC this week to buy from one to three Iphones. There was a line that did not move for 30 minutes and I had to leave. Only 2 out of the 5 sales rep. stations had people working.
I then went home to call ATT. They kept me waiting on line for half an hour while blasting the same ad over and over into the phone. I had to listen so that I could here when a rep answered. It was torture. Finally a rep. answered and told me I could not have a family plan if my relatives lived in different “modules” of the country. Only a business account could have special rates if it had phones in different “modules” of the country.
I will not buy an Iphone as long as ATT is the only carrier in the USA. I will stick with an ITouch and use Skipe.
AT&T = NO bars in More places!