In a nicely ill-timed move (given the flurry of iPhone OS and App Store release news) PC Magazine ran a wonderful little piece of tripe by Dan Costa titled “Don’t Buy an iPhone 3G“. Before I commence to get my rant on, I have to ask: Why the hell do people write “Don’t Buy X” articles? Does anyone really benefit from this shit? I mean, I’m fucking negative, but even I don’t have the heart to rain on other people’s purchase decision parades. Anyway, on to the point-by-point rantification.
“The iPhone 3G is AT&T only.”
And? I hate to break it to you, but since apparently the entire tech journalism sector has lost it’s gods damned mind, here goes. Many phones are released exclusively via a single carrier. Hell, I remember when you couldn’t get a single Sony Erricson phone on a CDMA network. That’s the main reason I jumped ship to T-Mobile. Does this suck? Sure, but it’s the way things are. If choice of carrier trumps choice of device for you, then sure, don’t buy an iPhone 3G. Same deal with coverage issues. But it’s a weak-ass point to lead
