Thread: Who said Nokia did not do false advertising? look at this
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2010-11-08 , 20:27
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Originally Posted by ndi View Post
By that standard, my car can be marketed with "free driving, forever! At only 75% cost!". The fact that those b*tards at the gas station charge for gas isn't my problem. And the fact that all sales are subject to tax also isn't my problem.
Your analogy is apt, but only because it's actually correct and totally goes against the point you were making.
In the UK, almost every car is marketed with an "on the road" price - This is the cost of the car, its' road tax, and a small amount of fuel. Nowhere on the advert is it specified that the "on the road" price will only actually get you maybe 50 miles or 6 months, whichever is sooner, and that after that you have to start paying for fuel and road tax.
You know why they dont advertise those extra running costs? Because theyre BLOODY OBVIOUS.

Originally Posted by ndi View Post
Designed to be online 24/7 means it CAN maintain a link 24/7, not that it has to. And you know that full well.
Er, no. Quite the opposite. Designed to be online 24/7 means it is supposed to be online 24/7, should be, and is designed to be. Most network operators actually also make this abundantly clear.