Apple inverts business model

Iphones will make Apple billions in recurring revenues from carrier partners:

Apple has inverted the business model it has used with iTunes and the iPod, where it makes a small amount on the software/service and a huge profit on hardware. Now Apple stands to make much much more on service than it ever will on the machines themselves. And that would certainly explain why Jobs was so quick to slash his prices this summer.


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