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Originally Posted by myk View Post
Surely you mean the most anti-competitive market?
Incompatible networks, locked handsets the norm, long term lock-in contracts, flat-rate pricing (discourages having multiple accounts), restricted software, almost universal handset subsidies. Last I heard it was not possible to buy an iPhone outright from Apple in the US.
Its becoming more open, with T-mobile offering to support any phone you can stick your SIM card in, but you are right, you can not buy iphone from Apple. You can get it unlocked from Hong Kong or Australia and use it on T-mobile, etc.