Handset Lemon Law Passed in Illinois
Carriers are responsible
So, if any "idiot" customer were to purchase a phone from a store or from a carriers web site or, by chance, to notice the logo that happens to be printed on the thing then the phone they bought was contractually made with specific features for the specific carrier.
So, if a carrier requests a phone to be made and endorse the crappy thing by having their logo printed on the thing then why not hold the carrier responsible? A manufacturer no matter how good or bad would never mass produce anything if it were not going to sell.
Yes, GSM, lovers I realize there a...
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jbradl said:...
I know that each and every cell phone carrier in the U.S. (Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile,. . .) all specifically request manufacturers to make a phone specific for their network.
So, if any "idiot" customer were to purchase a phone from a store or from a carriers web site or, by chance, to notice the logo that happens to be printed on the thing then the phone they bought was contractually made with specific features for the specific carrier.
So, if a carrier requests a phone to be made and endorse the crappy thing by having their logo printed on the thing then why not hold the carrier responsible? A manufacturer no matter how good or bad would never mass produce anything if it were not going to sell.
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what i was saying is that any phone made for sale in the u.s. is made at a specific carriers request and would never be made if said carrier did not request said phone. and yes, gsm lovers i know well about european phone modles and makers, you can use them anywhere.
the reason law makers are placing the blame on manufactures is simple. most phones that are made for us marketing are made with specific requests for a specific carrier. like a truck is made by ford to the specific reqirements of, say, u-haul. if the truck breaks down, you do not take it back to ford, you take it to u-haul. because their name is plastered all over the thing and they own the truck and the modle for the truck...
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And I can think of a very good reason why the carrier should be "let off the hook" as you put it: How about the fact that they didn't make the phone? We're talking defects. That means unintentional. Something goes wrong with the phone that it shouldn't and wasn't designed to go wrong. In terms of a defect, how can you hold responsible a company for this problem if they're not the ones who made the phone? Carriers do us a FAVOR by fulfilling the warranty, which they don't have to do. They could just as easily refer you to the manufacturer.
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