I think this blaming of U.S. Carriers is lame. If the handset makers really wanted us to have them limit the time that carriers have to decide. Then just release all models at once. The we can decide to subsidize with a locked handset or not.
That would loosen up the market and make carriers move quicker. It would also give us an option. I mean overseas isn't that's how it's done. The carriers have to get exclusive handsets otherwise, like Vodafone is doing with the Raphael. That would cause GSM carriers to go the extra mile past just subsizing phones with their own software or having cheap branded handsets made. That's why they have better devices overseas than we do. I mean does anybody really think at&t would get a Raphael? NO!!! T-mo probably would as it tries to gain a decent customer base as it tries to grow it's 3G network. Maybe even Verizon or Sprint but, not at&t. Look at all the nice GSM devices out lately - the nice Walkman phones, the SE UIQ phones, the Nokia N series, even the nice LG's. How many of these devices has at&t picked up?
NONE OF THEM!!! It's a shame that the largest carrier in the U.S. has inferior coverage to the #2 and #3 carrier but has access to the hottest phones in the world that only a radio change needs to be done (850 GSM, 850 and 1900 HSPA) and we have to wait on Best Buy, Nokia, and etc. to get them. Even the ones that have the radios we need.
And we wonder why no manufacturers cater to us. I guess not. All we get are those WinMo devices that alot of money is paid for the WinMo licenses and the rest of the handset is cheap as all get out. When's the last time a touch screen SE or LG had it's screen break or, a Nokia. Wake up people! We need to buy more unlocked devices to stop this.
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I think this blaming of U.S. Carriers is lame. If the handset makers really wanted us to have them limit the time that carriers have to decide. Then just release all models at once. The we can decide to subsidize with a locked handset or not.
That would loosen up the market and make carriers move quicker. It would also give us an option. I mean overseas isn't that's how it's done. The carriers have to get exclusive handsets otherwise, like Vodafone is doing with the Raphael. That would cause GSM carriers to go the extra mile past just subsizing phones with their own software or having cheap branded handsets made. That's why they have better devices overseas than we do. I mean does anybody really think at&t would get a Raphael? NO!!! T-mo probably would as it tries to gain a decent customer base as it tries to grow it's 3G network. Maybe even Verizon or Sprint but, not at&t. Look at all the nice GSM devices out lately - the nice Walkman phones, the SE UIQ phones, the Nokia N series, even the nice LG's. How many of these devices has at&t picked up?
NONE OF THEM!!! It's a shame that the largest carrier in the U.S. has inferior coverage to the #2 and #3 carrier but has access to the hottest phones in the world that only a radio change needs to be done (850 GSM, 850 and 1900 HSPA) and we have to wait on Best Buy, Nokia, and etc. to get them. Even the ones that have the radios we need.
And we wonder why no manufacturers cater to us. I guess not. All we get are those WinMo devices that alot of money is paid for the WinMo licenses and the rest of the handset is cheap as all get out. When's the last time a touch screen SE or LG had it's screen break or, a Nokia. Wake up people! We need to buy more unlocked devices to stop this.