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Re:And Then Steve Said, ‘Let There Be an iPhone’ by jkubicek on Friday October 04, 2013 @05:18PM (#6498074)
And remember, the iPhone was the first phone with visual voicemail. It boggles the mind that we all had to deal with horrible audio menus for decades before Apple came along and strong-armed Cingular into fixing voicemail.
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Re:And Then Steve Said, ‘Let There Be an iPhone’ by RyJones on Friday October 04, 2013 @07:49PM (#6498776)
Audio voicemail increased ARPU and minutes/month/user, thus the resistance dropping it.

Now that everyone is on flat-rate plans, burning minutes for voicemail access is unlikely to ever cost you money. Didn't use to be the case.

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Re:And Then Steve Said, ‘Let There Be an iPhone’ by Greenisus on Friday October 04, 2013 @08:57PM (#6498959)
I'm not sure of this, but if I recall, voicemail minutes were free for me back then on Cingular.
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Re:And Then Steve Said, ‘Let There Be an iPhone’ by perishabledave on Friday October 04, 2013 @07:34PM (#6498728)
Amazing how backwards the industry is to have to be strong-armed into improving something. Visual voicemail is under appreciated.
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Re:And Then Steve Said, ‘Let There Be an iPhone’ by sliverstorm on Friday October 04, 2013 @07:49PM (#6498774)
Of course it hardly matters now. Nobody leaves me voicemail or listens to the voicemail I leave anymore.
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