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AT&T Still Sole iPhone Carrier In US, Revenue Sharing With Apple Comes to an End
In a conversation with Ars Technica, AT&T has revealed that it will remain the sole carrier of the iPhone in the US and that their new agreement will eliminate the revenue-sharing model that gave Apple a portion of AT&T's monthly service revenue. Not all that surprising when you consider the hit AT&T is taking with the significant drop in iPhone prices this time around.
Furthermore, it seems that current iPhone owners will be locked into a new 2 year contract if they decide to upgrade to 3G—butif you purchased your iPhone on or before May 27th, you will not have to pay an additional handset charge. [Ars Technia]
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keene
Posted 7:19 AM 10/6/08
@Anks329: I hope not.
keene
drewheyman
Posted 7:13 AM 10/6/08
@Hiphopopotamus: Si, though Apple will also get less $$ for themselves.
drewheyman
yoshi
Posted 7:10 AM 10/6/08
The new at&t is betting on an increasing number of new subs paying more money. :)
Let's see how badly this destroys Sprint and the other carrier's. You have to admit, there is nothing like the new iPhone in the market.
This is a hand held Mac... Let's just a say a New and Improved Newton!
yoshi
Y2KGTP
Posted 7:08 AM 10/6/08
Now.....tell us what the 3G unlimited data plan costs.....
Y2KGTP
keene
Posted 7:06 AM 10/6/08
I love it.
America's best carrier continues to dominate.
Piss off, CDMA users.
keene
Anks329
Posted 7:06 AM 10/6/08
@hessml: Hopefully we'll be able to order it off the website soon, either the Apple store, or the AT&T site. I'm with you, I don't want to wait in line in this heat...
Anks329
vdubguy
Posted 7:06 AM 10/6/08
There will be a new in-store activation process as well. Few details other than it is a "short" activation process.
vdubguy
hessml
Posted 7:05 AM 10/6/08
Will someone at WWDC please find out why I can't preorder one of these things from Apple's online store. This is stupid. I don't want to wait inline at a store.
hessml
Jones91
Posted 7:04 AM 10/6/08
@Hiphopopotamus: right! but they are still going to stop them anywaaaays! well at least you get the application store now...
Apple no longer leeching off AT&T? blasphemy! I am very impressed with the price drop though, it makes the iPhone worth getting now. $300 for 16GB isnt bad for what you get.
Jones91
JiAvW
Posted 7:04 AM 10/6/08
Jailbreaking/Unlocking the iphone was nothing more than a $600 job application to Apple.
They got what they wanted from it and we paid them for the right to give us a much improved product.
They don't really care, other than they don't want a bunch of people screwing up their phones and being SOL. They obviously don't want to lose customers, either. We have a nice status-quo that I don't really expect to change very much going forward.
JiAvW
jozen
Posted 7:02 AM 10/6/08
well duh
jozen
Anks329
Posted 7:02 AM 10/6/08
no revenue share -> FAN discounts will apply?
Anks329
Hiphopopotamus
Posted 6:59 AM 10/6/08
No revenue sharing = Apple has no incentive to stop people from jailbreaking/unlocking... right? RIGHT?!
Hiphopopotamus
jerkyboy
Posted 7:07 AM 10/6/08
no revenue sharing... ahhh i will miss being gang raped by them both. I kinda liked it when they took turns
jerkyboy
rebirthbyfire
Posted 7:02 AM 10/6/08
@Hiphopopotamus: That what I read too! Once AT&T buys them... Apple's free to spend the money on other things that I might want to buy!
rebirthbyfire