> But then you have to buy a lot of iPhones, right? Just two per carrier would do: one at the start of the quarter, and one at the end. Earnings dates happen w

> But then you have to buy a lot of iPhones, right? Just two per carrier would do: one at the start of the quarter, and one at the end. Earnings dates happen weeks after the quarter ends, so you'd have heaps of time to peddle your analysis around.