Carriers here love customizing phones. The only logic behind the added production costs / delays and disabling of features is to try to squeeze some sort of revenue out of it. Instead the consumers end up with poor performing phones with glitches. How many of the best selling phones in the world, NOKIA, are comically not even sold by carriers here.
Why don't they stick to what they know best which is processing calls and data and let the phone manufacturers do what they do best, designing and manufacturing phones.
“The experience was a quick and painful reminder that no matter how pretty the window dressing is here, HTC has staged its fashion show in a building that should be scheduled for demolition.
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Carriers here love customizing phones. The only logic behind the added production costs / delays and disabling of features is to try to squeeze some sort of revenue out of it. Instead the consumers end up with poor performing phones with glitches. How many of the best selling phones in the world, NOKIA, are comically not even sold by carriers here.
Why don't they stick to what they know best which is processing calls and data and let the phone manufacturers do what they do best, designing and manufacturing phones.