Apple In Court Once Again

by Dallas Taylor Baker on October 7, 2007





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It’s no surprise that Apple is once again being sued. This time Damian Fernandez wants a shot at Apple and is fighting for the iPhone to be sold by all service providers, not just AT&T. His request for the iPhone to be unlocked will most likely be denied, I’m sure Apple has been getting ready for the lawsuits for quite some time.

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Apple is also being asked to offer a warranty with the iPhone, if the motion for the phone to be unlocked is accepted. The fact that AT&T is the only service provider does seem a little strange and almost resembles a monopoly. 

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I agree that in an ideal world the iPhone would be unlocked and open for all to use.  After all, there are plenty of people unhappy with AT&T’s service, and potentially a huge market for customers using other networks buying the handset.  Yet Apple's one-carrier, control-all-the-cards stance looks unlikely to change with all but the strongest legal crowbar, so I wouldn't expect to see this particular lawsuit back them into a corner.

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1 iphonelover 10.08.07 at 7:31 pm

Apple was talking with verizon about it FIRST but verizon declined the offer

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