..."blah blah" to Piloti's comment, but then, thinking about it you have a really valid point there.
Having used my GPS functioning phone in Europe earlier this year I got stung with an enormous data bill (knowingly). But had no option to drop in a local PAYG SIM to counter this.
I guess the Apple model of single carrier tie in is just too damned profitable to ignore for all involved. The price we pay I guess for demanding all functions be levered into a single device.
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At first I thought...
..."blah blah" to Piloti's comment, but then, thinking about it you have a really valid point there.
Having used my GPS functioning phone in Europe earlier this year I got stung with an enormous data bill (knowingly). But had no option to drop in a local PAYG SIM to counter this.
I guess the Apple model of single carrier tie in is just too damned profitable to ignore for all involved. The price we pay I guess for demanding all functions be levered into a single device.