Comments on: Why AT&T Is Desperately Addicted to the iPhone

By: With Today’s Smartphones, Carrier Loyalty Is Fleeting: Tech News «

With Today’s Smartphones, Carrier Loyalty Is Fleeting: Tech News « — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:30:34 +0000

[...] may be even more important. Apple’s iPhone is a prime example of this concept. At one point, 73 percent of AT&T’s quarterly new subscribers activated iPhones. These new customers had ample opportunity to switch from their current carrier to AT&T at any [...]

By: 5 Lessons Learned From the Microsoft Kin Debacle

5 Lessons Learned From the Microsoft Kin Debacle — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:32:43 +0000

[...] Microsoft must realize that it needs the carriers more than the carriers need Microsoft. AT&T is doing just fine with the iPhone, thank you. Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile are quite content with a range of solid Android devices of [...]

By: Apple iPhone Production Points to Impending Verizon Deal: Analyst

Apple iPhone Production Points to Impending Verizon Deal: Analyst — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:18:30 +0000

[...] fee to $325, effective next week, is just further evidence that AT&T expects to soon be losing its cash cow. Perhaps the big news at Apple’s WWDC event next week isn’t what we already know [...]

By: 3 Reasons Apple’s iPad Won’t See a Price Drop – jkOnTheRun

3 Reasons Apple’s iPad Won’t See a Price Drop – jkOnTheRun — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:42:07 +0000

[...] data network, and AT&T earns much more from iPhone users than its other customers. Last year, Om noted AT&T’s iPhone addiction and the revenues it produces from each customer: “[t]he average iPhone user gave AT&T about $94.74 a month vs. an average postpaid [...]

By: How Much Will AT&T webOS Phones Help Palm? – jkOnTheRun

How Much Will AT&T webOS Phones Help Palm? – jkOnTheRun — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:45:32 +0000

[...] of availability for the Pre and/or Pixi should help Palm, but I’m wondering — how much? AT&T’s “money” phone is Apple’s iPhone — here in the U.S. the device is exclusive to the carrier, and could be for some time yet. [...]

By: AT&T does not heart Android « Theoblogical

AT&T does not heart Android « Theoblogical — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:54:18 +0000

[...] just aren’t meant to be. Take AT&T and Android, for example. Since the Apple iPhone is a cash cow for the carrier, I’m thinking that there isn’t much chance for AT&T customers to experience Google Android [...]

By: For AT&T, iPhone to The Rescue…. Again

For AT&T, iPhone to The Rescue…. Again — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:31:57 +0000

[...] from 46.3 million in Q2 2009. AT&T had 47.5 million voice connections in Q3 2008. (Previously: Why AT&T is desperately addicted to the iPhone & AT&T beholden to Steve & the [...]

By: Why the End of AT&T’s iPhone Exclusivity Would Be Good for Apple

Why the End of AT&T’s iPhone Exclusivity Would Be Good for Apple — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:09:36 +0000

[...] What will all this mean for AT&T, though? After all, as Om noted in his post, “Why AT&T Is Addicted to the iPhone”: [...]

By: Open Cell Networks « Under Aged Thinking

Open Cell Networks « Under Aged Thinking — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:14:39 +0000

[...] iPhone exclusivity has resulted in a huge jump in subscribers (about 1.9 million new iPhone users in the last quarter), but at the same time complaints over the network have increased. The new users seems to have [...]

By: Come On, AT&T. « - iDLE WORSHiP -

Come On, AT&T. « - iDLE WORSHiP - — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:03:25 +0000

[...] AT&T makes an estimated 60 million dollars a month in additional revenue from iPhones [gigaom.com, April 2009]. And if they don’t start being a little less selfless and a little more loyal to their [...]

By: I Changed my Palm Pre Plan Thanks to Sprint’s “Any Mobile, Anytime”

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:26:43 +0000

[...] Sprint are working with Research in Motion and Palm on hot handsets to compete with AT&T and their iPhone cash cow. And calling plans are opening up to offer unlimited calls outside of the carrier’s [...]

By: AT&T to Android — It’s Not You, It’s Me

AT&T to Android — It’s Not You, It’s Me — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:38:21 +0000

By: An Apple MVNO Wouldn’t Hang Up on Google Voice Apps

An Apple MVNO Wouldn’t Hang Up on Google Voice Apps — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:46:33 +0000

[...] think about it out loud, using Apple’s current relationship with Apple as an example. Recent monthly revenue figures for iPhone accounts on AT&T show that the carrier earns around $94.74 a month. With a massive user base for iPhones, an Apple [...]

By: iPhone, Shift to the Wireless Web Boosts AT&T

iPhone, Shift to the Wireless Web Boosts AT&T — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:04:36 +0000

[...] S and lower $99 iPhone 3G, the company is continuing to print money off its partnership with Apple. As I had pointed out earlier, AT&T makes roughly $95 a month from a customer who owns an iPhone versus about $59 from an [...]

By: As Its Stock Sinks, We Wonder What’s Wrong With Nokia

As Its Stock Sinks, We Wonder What’s Wrong With Nokia — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:20:58 +0000

[...] enough that a carrier would actually give the company a piece of monthly subscriber revenues. Apple got AT&T hooked on the iPhone. How? By designing a game-changing [...]

By: What Will Carriers Do When the Data Gravy Train Derails?

What Will Carriers Do When the Data Gravy Train Derails? — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:01:36 +0000

[...] now, wireless data is booming. Verizon saw wireless data revenue rise 41 percent from 2007 to 2008. In that same time period, [...]