When the iPhone first became available a bit over 2 months ago and even before in the run-up to it's launch, there were grumbles that owners of the brand-new phone model would have no choice but to use the AT&T telephone service due to an agreement the companies had.
Even so, these folks with an extra $500 in their pockets dropped it on the first release of the iPhone only apparently, not to read about how one uses the iPhone especially when one must resort to using "roaming" like say when one goes to Italy, Croatia, Malta, Ireland, England, Dubai and Bangkok. *eyeroll*
A case of too much money/too few brains? You decide.
Below are several sad tales of humble iPhone owners and the most horrid of experiences they've endured due to their iPhone.
Roaming Charges!
Because he didn’t deactivate the feature that automatically checks for new e-mail messages, during Mr. Dingman’s trip through Italy, Croatia and Malta, the phone went to retrieve e-mail more than 500 times.
...Other iPhone users have felt the sting of high roaming charges with their iPhone, too....Many of them are complaining to the company or on blogs.
...Dave Stolte did that before taking his iPhone with him on a two-week trip to Ireland and England in July. He signed up for a roaming plan, but he said the customer service representative’s explanation of the charges was unclear. His bill was $3,000.
When he was offered a $100 credit, Mr. Stolte said he felt insulted, and he sent letters to the chief executives of AT&T and Apple. The story of his bill quickly spread around the Internet. Before long, he was given a full credit.
...Aaron Oxley took his iPhone with him to London, Dubai and Bangkok...he always made sure he was in an area with free Wi-Fi when he used his iPhone to access the Internet...when Mr. Oxley’s AT&T bill arrived, the data charges totaled $300.
...Mr. Dingman said it didn’t occur to him to disable the e-mail feature. AT&T eventually reversed the charges.
How much you want to bet that the "early adopters" of the iPhone are terribly upset that Apple has dropped the price of their expensive toy by $200?
How dare they!
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