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There is reason. Usually business plan looks like this: locked - monthly payment * 24 = phone price + X X - some money to cover expenses you have as operator
by daliusd 15y ago
There is reason. Usually business plan looks like this:
locked - monthly payment * 24 = phone price + X
X - some money to cover expenses you have as operator because you give phone to user + some money to cover amount of free minutes/MB/SMS (infrastructure is not free) + everything else is profit. Profit might be taken instantly (A) or taken from everything you use above your quota (B). (A) is most probably 0 because of competition.
Now with unlocked phone user might take prepaid card from other operator (that does not work in USA). What happens? B profit goes away. Business is about profit therefore A will grow most probably instead of being zero.
- Mavrik 15y agoHmm... most subscription packages around here are of type "1000 Min, 1000 SMS, 1000 MB" or some such so B profits aren't really high. Also pricing being competitive, there's not much difference in SMS/data/call prices outside dataplans. That makes that claim still silly.
- jvdh 15y agoFact: an iPhone in the Netherlands costs around €0 on average. You can also buy it unlocked for €750. In Greece they have to sell iPhones unlocked, and initial average price is €699. Easy to check yourself at apple.com.