AT&T Sends Out SMS Message Urging Users to Update to iOS 4.2, Unlockers Beware

If you�re rocking an unlocked phone, it would behoove you to stick to the tried and true suggestions from the Dev Team to stay away from official updates. AT&T has recently started sending out mass text messages urging customers to update to iOS 4.2.

Why would they do this? Since AT&T is already on the cusp of losing quite a few users to Verizon�s iPhone once it is released, the company is in a frenzy trying to convince customers to stick with them�

If you can remember, they even offered early upgrades for iPhone 4's in order to lock customers into another 2-year deal. This was done because they knew that the Verizon iPhone was only six months away.

Now, AT&T is spamming customers via SMS urging them to update to iOS 4.2. Well, as we know, there is currently no unlock for this firmware version.
So, say a customer wanted to dump AT&T for Verizon? Naturally, they�d want to sell their current iPhone in order to recoup the costs of the early termination fee if they were still locked into a deal.
Having an unlocked phone means that you could sell the iPhone to either an AT&T or T-Mobile customer. If you�re phone is locked, though, your only choice is AT&T until an unlock is released.
If the purchaser of the iPhone is thereby locked into AT&T, then AT&T doesn�t really lose a customer; see how that all works out?
Whether or not an unlock will be released before the iPhone launches on Verizon is anyone�s guess, but for the conspiracy theorist, it sure sounds like a sneaky plan, doesn�t it?