cellular-news has posted an article that suggests Apple may lose up to $400 million from users buying iPhones with intention of unlocking them to work on networks other than AT&T.
According to Apple’s earnings reports they sold 3.7 million iPhones in 2007, while AT&T said they added only around 2 million iPhone subscribers. Wall Street analysts believe around 300,000-400,000 iPhones were sold in Europe, and of course some purchased phones simply haven’t yet been activated, but that still leaves a gap of around a million phones. Toni Sacconaghi, a researcher at Bernstein Research, suggested that Apple forgoes future profits of between $300 and $400 million for each 1 million unlocked phones.
There a lot of speculation but few cold, hard numbers, so take this with a grain of salt. It is, however, a slightly broader perspective about unlocking your iPhone.
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