iphone gives Apple clout over mobile operators.


	iphone gives Apple clout over mobile operators.

Toogoo

9-18-2007 9:13 PM

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Toogoo says:

The manufacturer of a handset receiving cash from a mobile operator is unheard of. Apple is the first to strike such a bargain.

Will people in the UK will give up their free handsets in favour of an iphone? If reports are correct a million of the US model have already been sold in its home market

Meanwhile the iphone is still yet to be released in Australia.

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