First and foremost, we are not sure about the credibility of the source and hence would take this news with a grain of salt. But having said that, the end of exclusivity would be highly beneficial to not just the users and Apple , but also AT&T.
over the AT&T network are pretty well known and though Apple has not suffered any apparent loss in sales due to this, it has always been believed that the iPhone brand has suffered because of the exclusive (more…)

Unlike popular perception that Vodafone would try penetrating the market with cheaper pricing plans, the company has actually come up with the most expensive pricing among the lot. A 16GB
on Vodafone comes at £89 and an 18 month contract at £40 per month. This works out close to £809 over the lifetime of the contract which is much more than the £713.82 over the lifetime of an O2 contract and £712.98 over Orange's.
Ironically, this comes (more…)

Analysts have been increasingly pointing towards Verizon. Not only has the carrier
in partnering Apple , but also there have been reports about Apple building a
which is due to be launched next year. Besides, it is already known that Verizon is building a next gen
due to be deployed by late next year or 2011. Also, being the largest wireless carrier with 71 million subscribers, it makes business sense for Apple to expand their market by partnering (more…)

According to a note to investors from Broadpoint.Amtech's analyst Brian Marshall, this new partnership between Apple and Verizon is very likely to happen and could consequently lead to the reduction in the subsidy offered by AT&T to its customers. Currently, the subsidy stands at close to $450. However, with a non-exclusive carrier rights in place, this subsidy might come down to $300 which means that the customer must pay an additional $150 upfront (more…)

While the exact date for the launch is not announced, we do know that this is going to be “later this year”. O2 has had a fruitful partnership. Till the Febrary of this year, over a million handsets were sold and the launch of
boosted the sales to a great extent. With the new partnership, Britain finally moves out of the unfortunate group of countries where iPhone is still locked with just one operator. As for Orange, the company has already sold (more…)