No. They could buy Galaxy S phones in bulk for only slightly less than what we'd pay for one off the shelf, and still make money off a buy one get one deal, provided they have a way to subsidize that initial cost.
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No. They could buy Galaxy S phones in bulk for only slightly less than what we'd pay for one off the shelf, and still make money off a buy one get one deal, provided they have a way to subsidize that initial cost.
Just read any of the press releases, conference keynotes and whatnots. The carriers hate Apple, because they can't bully them to play by their rules. This is no secret, and anyone with the most basic knowledge of their business could immediately see this.
The iPhone forces the carriers to compete using their own strenghts and competitive pricing of their own products, i.e. the subscriptions, whereas exclusive phones and services just allow them to go "You want it? Well, come to us or you can't have it?"
Doesn't take a real genius to see which is a more lucrative business model to the carriers.
Oh, and I've been in the mobile phone industry for around 15 years now, so I guess I know at least a little something of what I'm talking about here...
Hard to believe you been in the mobile industry for 15 years. There are so many aspects to the mobile industry, what do you do?
