Some friends who got his-n-her iPhones 6-months ago with some sort of discount plan claim their rates have been going up ever since. They love the phones, but hate the service and have decided to “simplify” their lives by chucking the things as soon as they can do so without penalties. I also noticed that one of their phones was already quite scratched up in spite of the fact that they seem to always carry it in a case.

I can see why people with lots of money, or business users (someone else’s money) would consider them must-haves. Maybe that’s as large a market as Apple feels they need.

Deja Vu all over again as far as someone likely stealing the market right out from under them while they cater to the upper crust (and keep the feds off of Microsoft’s back). In that sense the company serves a multiplicity of hidden agendas.