O2 claims iPhone is its fastest-selling device -- ever

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Daniel Nicholls @ Nov 19th 2007 10:05AM

honestly, I haven't seen any people using them. I will however say that mine garnered so much more interest once the table across from us overheard me saying that I was using it on Orange. I was drilled for how to do that, and where they can buy one. That proved to me that Apple made a huge mistake in making it exclusive here. People in the UK really do not care much for o2. Horrible value for money, horrible customer service. Apple cannot use the same tactics they used in the music market here in the phone market - they could have increased sales tenfold by selling this thing unlocked.
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Omagus @ Nov 19th 2007 10:35AM

Maybe Apple would have increased sales but that doesn't necessarily mean it would have made more money. Remember, Apple is getting paid on plans and data rates too. That's revenue it wouldn't be able to get by selling an unlocked phone.

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JJV @ Nov 19th 2007 12:26PM

yes but if you look at it. 270 pounds is a lot more than the amount they are getting from the contract and they would have had a much higher sales value which means they would be able to have a firmer hand into the cell (phone) market. Not unlocking it was a big mistake on apple's part. I had an N95 before i went to an iphone except mine is unlocked and the reason people buy phones in europe is the business appeal if you need a smartphone. who cares if it is pretty. Apple really needs to fix this and we'll see about the unlocked iPhone in france debuting in 10 days.

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