Apple Users Talking Class-Action Lawsuit Over iPhone Locking (InformationWeek) reported on Dealbreaker's Opening Bell
No offense, but what's the deal with iPhone owners? Seriously. First, Apple warns them not to surf the internet when they're overseas, because they'll ring up a huge bill. What happens? Nobody listens, and then they complain when they get a $3,000 roaming bill. A bit steep? Sure, but they were warned, so hard to have too much sympathy. Then Apple warns them not to unlock their iPhones and that if they do, they might be in for some nasty surprises. Again, warning delivered and then followed up upon. But people act like it's some big shock. Here's the thing about the iPhone set. It doesn't really seem to be the early adopter crowd that everyone assumed it was. Remember those pictures of frat boys walking out of the Apple store, screaming at the top of their lungs? Exactly. That's the iPhone customer, which actually explains a lot.
While we're dogpiling on iPhone owners, don't forget the way that they screamed and mewled when the iPhone got a price cut.
To be a real early adopter you've got to be willing to hang out there on the edge, and pay top dollar to stay there: Forty thousand for a plasma tv ten years ago, eleven hundred for a Blu-ray player last year, and so on. Not to mention taking your lumps when hardware goes sideways on you, or if you end up on the losing side of a format war.
It's the cost of being first in line. Early iPhone owners are misguiding fanboys, not proper early adopters.
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