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Bad credit? No credit? No Big problem! In order to thwart iPhone reselling (and the seedy unlocked black market), Apple is reducing the former five per customer iPhone limit to just two—and cash will no longer be accepted on any iPhone purchases.

We can only assume that credit cards allow Apple to better track mass purchasers since, if anything, plastic allows people to spend more money on products than they have in their bank accounts. We’re guessing that neither of these new restrictions will impact 99% of consumers, but that perfumed old lady with her huge jar of change will just need to settle for a Prada. [nytimes]

The only reason I can guess as to why Apple is going to limit the amount of hardware they sell to customers is because of the demands of AT&T.  Apple makes their money off of hardware and in the end they shouldn’t care where the iphone ends up. The have already pocketed their money. This partnership with AT&T is going to come back to bite them more and more.

Source: Gizmodo

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