"SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
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>Would you rather
> market a new handset to a carrier that signs up 2.1 million new contract
> customer per quarter, or to a carrier that signs up well under 1 million
> new contract customers per quarter? Do the math.

I think it's a little more complicated than who adds more new contracts a
month, although I'm fairly sure that would enter into it. I think I'd be
more interested in who was selling more high end phones. If the majority
of new customers are taking the free phone, it might be a strech for them to
spring for a $600 iphone. Get my drift? If I were Apple, I might be
interested in the company that was successfully moving PDA or other high end
phones. I don't know the answer to this. Who was more sucessfull moving the
high priced Razr when it first came out (to both new and existing
customers)? Who has more high end phones in their lineup? Who has a
customer base that tends to upgrade phones more? How's that for some math?

Don