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Originally Posted by srijit  I humbly beg to differ. |
Feel free to differ - dont be so humble, even though you're wrong
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Originally Posted by srijit Apple has got contracts with all the carriers and they most probably will have got revenue sharing deals. The 1st gen iPhone had about $18 per month from a customer going to Apple, over his contract of 2 years.
So that is an additional revenue of about $400 more to Apple. Tack that on to the $600 - $700 and the price of the iPhone becomes $1000 - $1100. |
The additional revenue to Apple is from the locked phones. For the unlocked ones at 600-700$ they pocket all the money upfront, hence the lower total outlay when compared to $300 + monthly payouts.
Anyway, everyone agrees this thing is horribly overpriced and overhyped. I'm glad I moved back to HTC - my life is normal again, without looking silly while trying to type out messages with that stupid virtual keyboard or make elaborate finger gestures to a handheld device to get it to do something.
EDIT: Meanwhile AT&T have announced the first Google Android-powered phone. The HTC device will start selling on T Mobile and AT&T networks for $199. No strings attached, hopefully.