Comments on: Verizon Q3 profit up 15% to $1.6 billion; growth likely driven by Apple’s iPhone 5 debut

By: kingmel

kingmel — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:59:54 +0000

Not to mention the fact that Android handsets are subsidized, too. An unlocked Samsung G3 runs $750 and an unlocked Note II runs $700 (although I just saw them discounted to $550 and $650, respectively).

CNET also makes it sound like the subsidy is free. You pay the subsidy back and more (particularly if you don’t jump to a new model handset just as soon as your contract expires).

I don’t even know what it is called a “carrier subsidy.” It would be more accurate to call it a deferred customer payment plan.

By: GM

GM — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:56:13 +0000

It will be interesting to see how the fourth-quarter earnings report turns out for Apple next week. Obviously people were waiting for the iPhone five so iPhone sales will be down from the previous quarter. The street has dropped its estimates on iPhone sales so I can’t wait to see what happens. But as an investor you’d better be prepared for any sort of a surprise in either direction. Not sure if I’m going to ride through earnings or not. Too close to call. Scary!

By: billyjackblack

billyjackblack — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:08:06 +0000

iPhone sales are all the more impressive at Verizon considering the sales doofuses are incentivized to push less-subsidized Android.

By: Ballmer's left nut

Ballmer's left nut — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:36:47 +0000

Yes, correct.

By: AAPLGuy

AAPLGuy — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:18:38 +0000

Yep, they said that Samsungs were too shitty to ever be mistaken for Apple products.

By: opsono

opsono — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:53:48 +0000

Is it still true that the Verizon iPhone is an unlocked phone capable of GSM world-wide?

By: Gupta

Gupta — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:52:52 +0000

Apple loses out in UK tablet design case against Samsung

By: TinCan2012

TinCan2012 — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:48:43 +0000

Makes the whining about iPhone subsidies sound a little insincere.