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Could carriers rebel against the high costs of Apple's iPhone?

By , Tuesday, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:16 am
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If a carrier, like AT&T, wants to improve profitability on iPhone sales, it has to do so by reducing the subsidy. The only way to reduce the subsidy is to get Apple to drop its pricing, or to sell at a higher contract price

Yesterday, on Wall Street, we saw something rare. An Apple analyst downgraded the stock from a “buy” to “neutral” rating. Most analysts who cover Apple are incredibly bullish. So it’s interesting to think about why this analyst, Walter Piecyk from BTIG Research, disagrees.

I haven’t seen his research report with my own eyes, so I’m relying on the good reporting done by AllThingsD here. The crux of the downgrade reasoning seems to come down to subsidies.

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Apple reportedly offers other handset makers a royalty-free license for nano-SIM

By , Monday, Mar 26, 2012 at 11:12 am
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Apple is trying to take a little of the sting out of it's proposal for a nano-SIM standard by offering the rest of the industry a royalty-free license for the technology.

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U.S. Cellular says no to iPhone 4S, quarterly sales estimates say YES!

By , Friday, Nov 4, 2011 at 4:33 pm
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According to a report by Fierce Wireless, U.S. Cellular apparently turned down the opportunity to carry Apple's new iPhone 4S:

U.S. Cellular turned down Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone because

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CDMA iPhone on its way to China, Korea, and Japan?

By , Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 at 12:34 pm
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Looks like the CDMA variant of Apple's iPhone might eventually make its way to carriers in China, Korea, and Japan. According to the not always reliable Digitimes, Apple suppliers

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Android founder says carriers add value, we do a spit take

By , Friday, Oct 8, 2010 at 8:12 pm
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Given all the Verizon iPhone rumors of late, and given our fears Verizon would try to mutilate iOS the way it's mutilated Android, it's rather shocking to hear Android

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iPhone: 3% market share vs. 39% profit share

By , Wednesday, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:41 am
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iPhone has tiny market share, monumental profit share according to Canaccord Genuity and IDC, and pretty much everyone else who's ever mentioned it. TiPb's been pointing this out for a

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Do Apple and carriers remember they're launching iPhone 4 in 17 more countries next week?

By , Friday, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:45 am
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Steve Jobs mentioned almost in passing during the iPhone 4 press conference last week that iPhone 4 would be available on July 30 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland,

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iPhone 4 FaceTime will not use carrier minutes

By , Monday, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:46 am
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Even though Wi-Fi is required to use FaceTime, because it can be initiated from a voice call it was unclear if it would also use minutes from your voice plan.

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WWDC predictions, iPhone pre-order, Win a 4th gen iPhone, iPhone carriers

By , Monday, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:29 am
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From the Forums is a great way to see all of the hot topics in our iPhone and iPad forums. In order to create a new thread of your own

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From the Forums: iPhone OS 4.0, Carriers, Windows 7, iPhone Battery Tips

By , Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:21 am
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So you say you have some time to kill before the big Apple Keynote today? Why not spend it chatting in our forums! All you need to do is register

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