AT&T (NYSE: T) is paying a subsidy of about $325 per 3G iPhone to get the price of a 8 gigabyte down to $199, according to Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner via an article in Barron’s. AT&T has acknowledged so far that the subsidy will hit earnings in the 10 to 12 cents range, but that it will be worth it because it will get the phone out to the masses and increase the company’s data revenues. AT&T’s mobile chief Ralph de la Vega has said $199 is a
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