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Apple Turning Cell Phone Market Upside Down?

Posted by Zonk on from the please-keep-right-side-up dept.

joek writes "This MacRumors analysis puts some of the iPhone/Cingular pieces together and suggests that Apple may be turning the the cell phone market upside down. Everyone assumed that Apple's $499/$599 prices for the iPhone was subsidized by Cingular. But, it appears that Apple is not allowing mobile carriers to subsidize the iPhone. Why? Because when Apple comes out with the Touch iPod, they don't want it compared in price to a discounted/subsidized iPhone. Add to that rumors that Cingular may heavily discount service (but according to a Cingular rep, they will not be giving away service, as previously suggested) to attract Verizon customers. Without kicking in $100-$200 against the price of the phone, Cingular can discount the service as an incentive. Other cell phone manufacturers will certainly be interested in the outcome of this new model."

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  1. I much prefer... by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Going over 70 cm to my autopatch hooked up to Vonage. Yes, 10 voice lines, as long as you have a license for amateur radio.

    I dont carry a cell phone cause I despise the cell phone companies (well, and the phone co's they come from). The only true way to stick it to them is to go amateur radio instead.

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