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Well, we can’t say we weren’t surprised, but it does seem a little excessive to straight-out blacklist any and all iPhones that come in for service brandishing an unlocked GSM radio and/or native third-party applications.
Apple is supposed to be neutral on third-party iPhone applications, but they might just take offense to seeing an iPhone working on T-Mobile’s network. One iPhone owner took his less than two-week-old iPhone in for service of his green-tinted camera issue, only to find out that the boys at Apple refused to provide any service. He was also told that his third-party-app-installed, unlocked iPhone would be blacklisted from any future repairs or returns.
The good news is that he was allowed to pay a 10% restocking fee to return the iPhone. The bad news is that all you iPhone hackers out there (are there any non-iPhone hackers out there anymore?) will want to do a complete restore on your iPhone before letting those Apple “geniuses” get their quasi-informed hands on your precious gadget.
[Via: Engadget Mobile]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
