Britain and France has ended their wireless exclusivity for the iPhone. The result is obvious and has been predicted by analysts, journalists and interested observers alike: the iPhone will sell like hotcakes. In France, three carriers offer the Apple iPhone which lead to the iPhone increasing its market share to 32% up from 21%. The U.K. has five carriers in all which can distribute the iPhone.
But how would individual carriers cope in a market that wants the same phone from the. The answer is definitely not a price war. “If there’s going to be a price war it’s going to be a minor war. My sense is that Apple keeps a pretty tight grip on prices and they’ve made it clear they want to maximize profit revenue and services. Operators wanting to get it may have committed, whether legally or not, to not eroding pricing too much,” says Strategy Analytics’ Mawston.
[source via engadget, great photo also taken from engadget]
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November 24th, 2009 at 5:58 am
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