Apple estimates 250,000 iPhones sold to SIM unlockers

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Belmin @ Oct 22nd 2007 7:41PM

MR said:
But I wouldn't have bought 2 of the 250k iphones if it couldn't be unlocked. And I'm sure most of the 250k customers would agree. That'd mean a big fat $0 instead of the $65M for Apple. In fact, by your calculation, Apple still gets $240 * 250k = $60M without activation. That ain't too bad compared to $0 if the customers don't buy at all.

In reply: I believe Ryan's numbers was referring to $240 (their percentage from monthly bill of subscribers) * 250k so unlocked phone actually loses $60M, not gains since T-Mo doesn't hand over any percentage of monthly bills.

I guess the only way Apple could make some revenue from an unlocked phone would be with iTunes.

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