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Originally Posted by Nate the great
I know a couple of Iphone owners, and they said they did not have to sign a contract.
But it is true that there are clauses buried in the warranty that specifically excludes from the warranty coverage any damage if you install unapproved third party apps.
Refusing to cover unauthorized apps is understandable; releasing an upgrade that freezes all Iphones with those apps is something else. They have set themselves up for a class action lawsuit. They will likely lose the suit because I bet they bricked the Iphones deliberately.
But nevermind the lawsuit. What they have done is a PR fiasco, and it will soon grow to be a major PR clusterf***. I give it two weeks before Apple caves, apologizes, and releases a new update that won't brick your Iphone.
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It is not clear that they bricked the phones. Some have said they merely set them back to unauthorized and you can reauthorize them at ATT. However, what makes you think this is Apple's fault. I am sure this is an ATT requirement for subsidizing the cost of the phone in the exclusive contract.
Dale