Apple's iPhone: Home Court Advantage [View article]
This move serves several needs: - the deals being made by apple are in countries where 2G is dominant, Apple has to milk its cow and make greater profits by selling older phones to countries where 2G prevails for now. 3G may be deployed in a coule years in India/China but today its all 2G.
- sell the 2G phones in counties where there are big grey markets (India, China, Philipines). It could help reduce the "grey market for a 3g" handset and thereby keep the profits for Apple and AT&T in the US
- Plant the seeds to get people to buy Mac's and iTunes, the Vista problems are global, I wonder when Apple start's selling Mac's in emerging markets, this is a huge opportunity for Apple.
Apple's iPhone: Home Court Advantage [View article]
- the deals being made by apple are in countries where 2G is dominant, Apple has to milk its cow and make greater profits by selling older phones to countries where 2G prevails for now. 3G may be deployed in a coule years in India/China but today its all 2G.
- sell the 2G phones in counties where there are big grey markets (India, China, Philipines). It could help reduce the "grey market for a 3g" handset and thereby keep the profits for Apple and AT&T in the US
- Plant the seeds to get people to buy Mac's and iTunes, the Vista problems are global, I wonder when Apple start's selling Mac's in emerging markets, this is a huge opportunity for Apple.