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February 27, 2006
Now they're gluing the SIM cards in!
This has got to be the dummest thing I have seen from a carrier in a long time. Apparently now in the UK, 3 is going to start gluing the SIM cards into their pre-paid phones in an effort to thwart resellers who are buying the discounted phones and selling them overseas for profit. The plan is to pot the SIM cards into the pre-paid phone with epoxy.
Gotta wonder who the rocket scientist who came up with this solution is. Maybe it's time to stop subsidizing phones; At least for pre-paid.
Here is the link on Mobileburn
UPDATE: In addition to our current tools (calipers, magnifying glasses, scales, oscilloscopes, etc.) We have now aquired a cold chisel for our test lab.
Posted by David Adams at February 27, 2006 10:49 AM
Comments
Guess what... premiumbell.nl has been doing that already 1.5 years ago already...
Posted by: Oscar at March 6, 2006 01:44 PM
"dummest" is spelled "dumbest". nyah.
Posted by: fone compney at March 6, 2006 07:43 PM