Engadget is reporting that AT&T has resumed sales of iPhone through their online store. The reason for the temporarily halting of sales still isn’t known. Originally it was thought NYC’s spotty network coverage, then it was said by an AT&T spokesperson that a recent spike in fraudulent purchases were to blame. Regardless, everything seems to be back to normal.
No one really seems to know why AT&T stopped selling the iPhone, so we are stuck with their word. If it was indeed fraud, we don’t know what kind. It also seems peculiar that the sales freeze was for only about a day.
My guess: AT&T was going to quietly stop selling iPhone through their online store for a limited time in an attempt to ease the strain on their network in the NYC area. The story broke, and in turn AT&T issued a flimsy reason for the outage, and backpedaled on their original plan.
But what do I know.
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