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Pie chart: Apple's outrageous share of the mobile industry's profits
Fortune CNN ^ | September 21, 2010 12:10 PM | Posted by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Posted on 09/21/2010 5:44:34 PM PDT by Swordmaker

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To: martin_fierro

Will not happen until Verizon gets their LTE network up and running. I don’t see Apple making a special CDMA version for VZ, not after Verizon’s original “screw you” reception of the iPhone, their continued sniping, and sporadic attempts to FUD-out the iPhone.

Steve has a very long memory.


21 posted on 09/22/2010 5:23:12 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: ReignOfError

Lol, I haven’t listened to that troll Dworak in years, I came up with the same silly idea on my own ;-) I agree that there’s no upside or even a sideways-side for Apple to stop making hardware, only that they probably *could*, provided they kept the business model intact otherwise.

You said it better than I did with my reference to “use case”. They create a user experience that their customers prefer and are willing to pay for, above all other alternatives. That is, as they say, “the secret sauce”. Thanks.


22 posted on 09/22/2010 8:06:52 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Swordmaker

Minor correction: The SMS plans are $5 for 200 messages/month, $15 for 1500, $20 for unlimited, and $30 for unlimited on a family plan.

A couple of additional notes on the data plans: If you go over the 2GB, instead of overage charges, you can start a new data billing cycle — so if you use 3GB a month, you’re paying $25 every 20 days (on average). The new data plan is required for tethering, so you have to give up the grandfathered unlimited plan to get that.


23 posted on 09/22/2010 11:47:39 AM PDT by ReignOfError
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Minor correction: The SMS plans are $5 for 200 messages/month, $15 for 1500, $20 for unlimited, and $30 for unlimited on a family plan.

Thanks for the correction... I appreciate it.

24 posted on 09/22/2010 11:52:18 AM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone!)
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