if it walks. talks, looks like a duck, what you have there is a duck, if that duck claims it's not a duck because it's duck season, some people will believe the duck as he quacks to everyone that he's not a duck
apple went out of their way to make sure if you wanted their phone you had to use the provider they had their deal with and only the provider they had their deal with, they made tons of extra money on that licensing fee...they made gaurantees, no other provider could use the phone and verizon had the exclusive rights
then some kids say...errr...we buy the phone, we use the phone the way we want to
the licensee, (verizon) says to apple...you made promises you could not keep for more then a coupla weeks, we wants a portion of that license fee back, you failed your responsibilitiies ubder our contract, could not deliver the services prmised
apple says...no prob, watch what we do to those kids phone;
and here we are today
if this wasn't a deliberate attempt to insure the contract they have with verizon then that duck up at the top of my post is not a duck