Speaking during their quarterly earnings conference call yesterday, Apple COO Timothy Cook stated that the company estimates that 250,000 iPhones were purchased by customers who intended to unlock them.
Cook also noted that most of the sales occurred after the phone dropped price recently.
Although he did not elaborate on where the numbers were taken from, they were most likely related to the amount of phones sold as compared to the amount of phones that have been activated on AT&T's network.
To date, 1.4 million iPhones have been sold in total, which would mean that 17% have been unlocked so far, which is a huge number, especially if you are AT&T's bottom line.
Apple also warned that future firmware updates would make unlocked iPhone inoperable, just as version 1.1.1 did temporarily.
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BetaNews
Although he did not elaborate on where the numbers were taken from, they were most likely related to the amount of phones sold as compared to the amount of phones that have been activated on AT&T's network.
To date, 1.4 million iPhones have been sold in total, which would mean that 17% have been unlocked so far, which is a huge number, especially if you are AT&T's bottom line.
Apple also warned that future firmware updates would make unlocked iPhone inoperable, just as version 1.1.1 did temporarily.
Source:
BetaNews
