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In addition, even when you have great AT&T coverage, the iPhone can't run on AT&T's fastest cellular data network. Instead, it uses a pokey network called EDGE, which is far slower than the fastest networks from Verizon or Sprint that power many other smart phones. And the initial iPhone model cannot be upgraded to use the faster networks.
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What is the reason for this?
Is there some sort of technical limitation of the iPhone that has caused Apple and AT&T to adopt this approach? Or is it related to some shitty deal that Apple has made with the AT&T that ties the iPhone to a service that the telco wants to promote or is otherwise underused? Or is this a form of intentional crippleware, made this way for reasons only the elves understand and about which we can only speculate?