Existing users, 
iPhone will have no functionality without activation (no iPod, nor presumably WiFi)
Posted 26 June 2007 @ 10am in News, Uncategorized
iPhone will have no functionality without activation (no iPod, nor presumably WiFi)
A piece of text on Apple’s rate plan page for the iPhone reads:
“Minimum new 2-year wireless service plan and activation fee required to activate iPhone features, including iPod; plans are subject to AT&T credit approval.”
In other words, if you buy an iPhone at an Apple or AT&T retail location, and fail to activate the device via iTunes, none of its functionality will work, meaning it cannot play music, nor (presumably) access the Internet via WiFi and perform other functions.
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Posted by mastranto
26 June 2007 @ 11am
Apple blew it with those service plans. It is no so much price as it is the restrictions they impose. Activation fee is a mere arbitrary commission.
There are no prepaid plans and there is no information as to if one will be able to insert a local GSM chip in another country.
We all love the iPhone, but it should have been unlocked, carrier free, and global, just like the iPod.
Looks like all the initial hipe will fade sooner than expected.