Half of French iPhones unlocked

[StuB]

Interesting news on the BBC web site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7128941.stm

"Orange sold 30,000 iPhones in the first five days, 52% of which were unlocked so they could be used on any network. "

It would be interesting to know if this is the figure for those buying without a contract, or if it includes those on Orange but who paid to unlock.

Cheers
Stu.

 

[seedster2]

Interesting news on the BBC web site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7128941.stm

"Orange sold 30,000 iPhones in the first five days, 52% of which were unlocked so they could be used on any network. "

So much for "these Apple selected carriers provide a superior iPhone experience" theory.

Aside from visual voicemail, any other carrier with edge support will work just fine and you can avoid some of these ridiculous monthly fees.

 

[alFR]

Actually, the OP has misquoted the source article. The actual figures from the article are:

20% sold unlocked.
48% of sales were to new Orange customers.

It even says "20% of iPhones in France unlocked" in the headline.

 

[lofight]

Actually, the OP has misquoted the source article. The actual figures from the article are:

20% sold unlocked.
48% of sales were to new Orange customers.

It even says "20% of iPhones in France unlocked" in the headline.

how can people oversee that??

 

[edesignuk]

Actually, the OP has misquoted the source article. The actual figures from the article are:

20% sold unlocked.
48% of sales were to new Orange customers.

It even says "20% of iPhones in France unlocked" in the headline.

BBC revised their article, it did say half earlier on.

 

[StuB]

Actually, the OP has misquoted the source article. The actual figures from the article are:

20% sold unlocked.
48% of sales were to new Orange customers.

It even says "20% of iPhones in France unlocked" in the headline.

As edesignuk has now pointed out, the article has been changed (quite substantially) since I quoted it.

The title of the this thread is a cut and paste of the original headline, and the quoted section in my original post is also a cut and paste from the original article.

I would have to be seriously mentally difficient to get it that wrong - or heavily hung over

Thanks for the rolly eyes smiley anyway

Maybe we can get the thread title changed to:

Half of French iPhones (NOT) unlocked

 

[samab]

Actually the BBC is also wrong on their revised article.

If you read news articles in French --- it only said that 80% of the people chose the "iphone specific" plans.

http://marches.lefigaro.fr/news/societes.html?&ID_NEWS=64306845

Notice that in France you can buy an iphone with a general Orange plan --- in which case the iphone costs 549 euro.

Only 1500 iphones are reported to be bought "contract free" --- that's 5% of the 30000 iphones sold.

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15666/1103/

 

[TurboSC]

Actually, the OP has misquoted the source article. The actual figures from the article are:

20% sold unlocked.
48% of sales were to new Orange customers.

It even says "20% of iPhones in France unlocked" in the headline.

lol i see what you did there...

 

[alFR]

As edesignuk has now pointed out, the article has been changed (quite substantially) since I quoted it.

Sorry. It would never have happened if we'd stuck to print etc. etc.

 

[gglockner]

The statistic I want to know is: how many unlocked French iPhones are staying in France? I'll bet that many of these unlocked iPhones are purchased by non-French customers, and many others are resold in other countries.