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Originally Posted by geenp
Having said that, I don't think it was wrong of Apple to brand the iPad as 4G, it is a 4G device. Caveat emptor.
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Originally Posted by sabredog
Apple adverts and information leading up to the sale of the iPad3 here never once said that the iPad's 4G was NOT compatible with the two 4G networks here.
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I'm surprised to see Sabredog's opinion in this thread as the minority one. Maybe we're just a strangely pedantic and unreasonable lot, us Aussies, but I agree with him and the ACCC's decision. Nitpick over wording and overseas standards all you like, Apple's advertising and promotional materials were misleading, particularly for the diverse crowd that iOS devices are often geared to. Or to put it bluntly, the often tech-illiterate crowd. No matter what you define 4G as overseas, say you see the new iPad advertised here in Australia, you live in Australia, you wander down to an Aussie Apple store, and you buy it... it's pretty reasonable to expect your new iPad to be compatible with what we know as our 4G networks here. Not to buy a supposedly 4G-compatible device, just to find out it doesn't work with local 4G networks, but hey, you can always use the 4G on the off-chance you holiday in North America!
Also, if anybody really wants to quibble at semantics over that website statement, it doesn't say 'only USA and Canada', but rather 'also USA and Canada'. Which implies something different.