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In the UK the iPhone is now selling on at least three of the big four carriers. (I think the missing one is T-Mobile.) You can even get an iPhone on Tesco Mobi
by notauser 16y ago
In the UK the iPhone is now selling on at least three of the big four carriers. (I think the missing one is T-Mobile.)
You can even get an iPhone on Tesco Mobile, which is a bit like seeing a WalMart branded one! (Tesco is an MVNO for one of the big networks.)
For the US market I suspect that the reason they don't sell on other networks is because Apple doesn't want to make a non-GSM version and no other GSM carrier is big enough to be worth losing AT&Ts full marketing support.
- roc 16y agoUS sales are definitely a direct reflection of AT&Ts iPhone exclusivity. Last quarter was essentially the first time Verizon had really good Android phones on offer. And the market of people who choose network first has been starved for a really good consumer smartphone. Congratulations are due to HTC and Google; the Incredible is a great phone. But I don't think anyone believes this is a market result of Android vs iPhone.