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July 06, 2007
iPhone Finances
As I thought, Apple is making a great deal more than just the price of the iPhone itself:
Apple is understood to be demanding that its European mobile phone
partners hand over a significant proportion of revenues generated by
the iPhone and restrict the content that users can access.
...
But Apple is not just making money through sales. It is demanding a
slice of the revenues the wireless networks make from usage of the
device. It is also restricting content that can be accessed.
The US contracts are with AT&T and can amount to as much as $3,000 over the two year period. I really would not be surprised if 10% (well, actually I'd think it was much more) or $300 flowed straight down to Apple's bottom line.
Anyone know if that's already priced into Apple's stock price?
July 6, 2007 in Web/Tech | Permalink
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Apart from the lack of 3g, the dire amount of storage and the lack of video, and the lock in to iTunes: Apple is understood to be demanding that its European mobile phone partners hand over a significant proportion of revenues generated by the iPhone and [Read More]
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