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Have you bought a phone lately? The telco pays for most of the phone in exchange for your agreement to use their service for two years.
by MBlume 15y ago
Have you bought a phone lately? The telco pays for most of the phone in exchange for your agreement to use their service for two years.
- sliverstorm 15y agoMore like, have you bought a phone in the last ten years?
- imr 15y agoSure, but now phones generate other revenue than just the service contract. You don't think phone manufacturers would want some of that?
- rsynnott 15y agoThey want it, but they're not going to get it. In any case, for the time being, app store revenue is minimal compared to device revenue; last year the whole sector took under 2 billion dollars in sales globally, only a third (less sales taxes etc. in some cases) goes to the operator.