On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:56:11 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote in <45bff73d$0$68962$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>:

>Scott wrote:
>
>> There is no evidence to support this claim.
>
>In fact, it is highly unlikely that Apple would do this, as it's very
>out of character.

It's actually standard practice at Apple, as its partners and suppliers
know.

>Jobs is, above all, a businessman.

Which is why he would play one carrier off against the other. To do
otherwise would be leaving money on the table.

>He looked at which
>carrier signs up the most customers each quarter for post-paid service,
>and went to them first. ...

No evidence of that, and what actually matters most is the size of the
subscriber base, the source of upgrades, not new sign-ups.

>Personally I think Verizon was probably foolish for turning Apple down,
>because the iPhone customers will be very high ARPU customers. Yes,
>Apple is a demanding partner, but think of an iPhone with EV-DO as
>opposed to EDGE.

At least we agree on something -- getting outbid by Cingular on the
iPhone may well prove to be the dumbest move Verizon has made in a long
time.

--
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