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Originally Posted by UCrewX5
Actually I am betting that Apple does care. Why, you may ask. Well for one, I suspect that there is a revenue sharing arrangement between AT&T and Apple, much like there is expected to be with the service providers in Europe that Apple is about to sign deals with. So beyond protecting its intellectual property rights and keeping its business partner happy, Apple has a financial interest in keeping the iPhone working exclusively on the AT&T network in the United States. |
I am sure that APPL cares and that they are on a revenue sharing plan with AT&T. In the US, the phone only works on the AT&T and t-mobile network, and AT&T have the lion's share of the market. They made the right decision in going with AT&T. In Europe, I think the market is different, and the phone can work on all the networks, so I think APPL has more of an incentive to get in with all the phone companies there.