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Tag: carrier subsidies

Carriers turn aggressive with Apple iPhone 13 promotions

Thursday, October 14, 2021 1:46 pmThursday, October 14, 20211 Comment

Analysts expect Apple stock to get a boost as major carriers AT&T, T-Mobile US, and Verizon launched new iPhone 13 promotions aimed at…

Good news for Apple and consumers: The 5G iPhone is reigniting the carrier subsidy wars

Thursday, October 15, 2020 10:04 amThursday, October 15, 20209 Comments

Apple and consumers are in the driver’s seat as the carriers, with the launch of Apple’s iPhone 12 family, offers aggressive subsidies …

With changes to phone sales in Japan threatening its bottom line, Apple hits out at ‘unfair’ rules

Wednesday, August 28, 2019 11:00 amWednesday, August 28, 20192 Comments

Apple has been riding high in the Japanese smartphone market, enjoying the largest share of any company, but changes to the discounts mobile carriers…

Apple dumps AT&T subsidized iPhone options

Friday, June 5, 2015 4:56 pm47 Comments

AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega said subsidized phone prices are going away…

Rent, don’t buy, Apple’s new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in the U.S.A.

Tuesday, September 9, 2014 10:40 pm10 Comments

Carriers’ handset financing plans with early upgrade capability…

Apple, Samsung smartphone sales face $3.9 billion great wall of China

Thursday, August 28, 2014 11:25 amThursday, August 28, 20145 Comments

Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. face a $3.9 billion challenge…

AT&T and Verizon salespeople steer customers away from Apple iPhone to Samsung phones

Wednesday, August 13, 2014 4:56 pmWednesday, August 13, 201463 Comments

If you go into your AT&T or Verizon store to buy a new smartphone…

How will loss of carrier subsidies affect Apple’s iPhone 6 sales?

Wednesday, August 13, 2014 11:32 am39 Comments

Wireless carriers are working hard to wean their customers off voice and data plans…

Customers are stepping up for AT&T’s no-contract plan

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 1:44 pmWednesday, April 23, 201413 Comments

AT&T said 40 percent of its smartphone gross customer additions and upgrades…

As phone subsidies fade, Apple’s iPhone sales could be hurt

Tuesday, April 22, 2014 4:29 pm22 Comments

Apple Inc. charges more for its phones than many companies charge for low-end laptops…

China Mobile added some 1 million new iPhone users in February

Thursday, March 20, 2014 10:57 amThursday, March 20, 20146 Comments

China Mobile Chairman Xi Gouhua said…

China Mobile earnings drop most since 1999 on network expenses, iPhone subsidies

Thursday, March 20, 2014 8:30 am8 Comments

China Mobile Ltd., the world’s largest phone company, posted its biggest decline in profit…

Apple’s new polycarbonate iPhone 5c seen helping crack subsidy-shy Europe

Thursday, September 12, 2013 8:28 amWednesday, September 11, 201328 Comments

The iPhone 5C will sell for as little as 599 euros ($800) in Germany, Apple said this week…

China Unicom 1H profit leaps 55 percent

Thursday, August 8, 2013 8:28 amThursday, August 8, 20135 Comments

China Unicom Ltd., one of the country’s three big state-owned…

Big three Russian mobile phone carriers say ‘nyet’ to Apple’s iPhone

Tuesday, July 16, 2013 5:33 pmTuesday, July 16, 201360 Comments

There’s not an iPhone to be had at any of the big three carriers’ stores in Russia…

Shocker: Apple accused of securing preferential terms for iPhone with mobile operators

Thursday, June 6, 2013 4:19 pmThursday, June 6, 201313 Comments

Apple used its influence to secure preferential treatment from mobile operators…

T-Mobile USA CEO: Apple iPhone debut, phone subsidies to be eliminated in April-May

Wednesday, January 9, 2013 11:53 am11 Comments

T-Mobile USA will start selling the Apple Inc. iPhone in about three to four months…

Sprint CEO Hesse: Oh, yes, Apple’s iPhone was worth the billions

Tuesday, August 7, 2012 2:09 pmTuesday, August 7, 201213 Comments

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse says the opportunity to sell the iPhone was too good to pass up…

$199 iPhone costing you more than a $650 iPhone would?

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 4:03 pm43 Comments

The North American markets (U.S. and Canada) are really the only two in the world…

Why carriers may soon subsidize Apple’s revolutionary iPad

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 1:04 pm9 Comments

What’s the next trend I see coming? iPad subsidies…

Apple slips on more talk of subsidy declines

Monday, April 23, 2012 2:31 pmMonday, April 23, 201224 Comments

Monday saw two more brokers raise the possibility of a decline in wireless-carrier…

Why Apple’s iPhone 4S costs so much in India

Monday, November 21, 2011 11:33 amMonday, November 21, 201125 Comments

The anguish and frustration of Indian mobile fascinates and users, who had long been waiting…

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