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> will have their existing 2-year commitment restarted when buying a new iPhone. Cellphone companies are the ultimate evil.

• dcurtis 18y ago
  Actually I thought this was a very un-evil thing for them to do, considering my experience with cell phone companies in the past. They could have said that you can't upgrade, or that upgrading would tack on two additional years. Instead they said your 2-year commitment will restart, which is pretty awesome I think.
  • attack 18y ago
    But they are tacking on an additional two years?
    • dcurtis 18y ago
      Not on top of the remainder of the 2 year contract from the last iPhone. (i.e. rather than extending your contract to 3 years, they just delete the old contract and create a new one that is 2 years)
      • attack 18y ago
        Yeah, either way, that sucks.
• michaelneale 18y ago
  Brilliant evil really. Business genius I guess it could be. How else can they convince people that < 100 bytes is worth 20cents? (SMS)
  • Xichekolas 18y ago
    Not having any other choice means they don't have to convince anyone.