Things couldn't get any worse, this quote comes from MacRumors:

“…It also describes that the customer can cancel their phone after 30 days and pay an early termination fee. Cancelation within 30 days, however, requires the customer to return the phone (and get a refund).”

It seems I am able to attain even higher levels of disgust than I previously thought possible.

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This is just obnoxious. I own the hardware. I am not renting, leasing or otherwise using it without actually owning it.

If I want to buy the iPhone 3G, and then sit it on my shelf without activating it for 3 months that is my prerogative. I own the hardware. The very idea that they could levy penalties against me for not activating the phone with them is an insult and an affront.

I had been excited about the new features present in the iPhone 3G, but as it stands now I won't be buying one. Although I am not really effected by this newest attack on the customers right to choose, I don't think I can stomach supporting this type of behavior.

Maybe enough pressure in the market will convince AT&T and Apple, Inc. to rethink this decision. But somehow I doubt it.